Newcastle United — Aston Villa 0:1, 17 October: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 7 Saturday 17 October · 16:30 UTC

Newcastle United 11th · 8 pts LLWLD

0 : 1 1st half 0:1

Aston Villa 16th · 5 pts WDWLD

venue to be confirmed · referee Jarred Gillett, Australia

Match predictionBold

Over 1.5 goals

81% · Over 2.5 goals in 5 of 7 Newcastle United games

Prediction missed. We predicted “Over 1.5 goals”, and the match finished 0:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Newcastle United 38% draw 25% Aston Villa 37%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Newcastle United win, and the match finished 0:1. Fans backed Newcastle United win — they got it wrong.

fans 58 votes

Newcastle United 49% draw 15% Aston Villa 36%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

Joelinton 18'

S. Botman 18'

Joao Gomes 25'

Alysson 28'

J. Manzambi assist: Joao Gomes 0-1 36'

J. McGinn for Alysson 46'

Nico 53'

Y. Wissa 55'

W. Osula for J. Willock 56'

B. Toure for M. Fernandez-Pardo 56'

L. Goretzka for E. Buendia 72'

R. Barkley for Joao Gomes 72'

I. Mbaye for J. Manzambi 72'

P. Torres for A. Wan-Bissaka 77'

W. Osula 78'

U. Emery 79'

M. Thiaw 86'

D. Burn for Joelinton 90'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Newcastle United 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Aston Villa

Lukáš Horníček  
Lewis Miley  12 Malick Thiaw  4 Sven Botman  3 Lewis Hall  
Joelinton  6 Nico González  
Matías Fernández-Pardo  28 Joe Willock  11 Harvey Barnes  
Yoane Wissa  

Nicolas Jackson  
Alysson  44 Johan Manzambi  10 Emiliano Buendía  
Boubacar Kamara  35 João Gomes  
Matty Cash  3 Victor Lindelöf  5 Tyrone Mings  29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka  
Zion Suzuki  

Newcastle United bench

8Aladji Bamba
37Amar Dedić
17Bazoumana Touré
33Dan Burn
5Fabian Schär
23Jacob Murphy
1Nick Pope
14Sean Steur
10William Osula

Aston Villa bench

39Brian Madjo
19Ibrahim Mbaye
7John McGinn
26Lamare Bogarde
27Leon Goretzka
40Marco Bizot
14Pau Torres
6Ross Barkley
4Taylor Harwood-Bellis

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

49%Possession51%

16Shots15

1Shots on target3

6Shots off target4

9Blocked shots8

11Shots inside box11

5Shots outside box4

113Attacks93

72Dangerous attacks41

4Corners5

5Offsides0

14Fouls11

6Yellow cards2

2Saves1

401Passes432

333Accurate passes347

11Free kicks19

21Throw-ins10

7Goal kicks11

0Penalties0

Newcastle United

Aston VillaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Newcastle United and Aston Villa met on matchday 7 of the Premier League on 17 October. Final score — 0:1.

Newcastle United sit 11th on 8 points after 7 matches (2 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses). Aston Villa sit 16th on 5 points after 7 matches (2 wins, 2 draws, 3 losses), unbeaten in 3 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Newcastle United won 0, Aston Villa won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 0:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Newcastle United last five Aston Villa

LLWLD form WDWLD

7 Matches 7

2 — 2 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 2 — 3

10 — 14 Scored — conceded 7 — 11

1.14 Points per game 1.14

1.43 Goals scored per game 1

1 Clean sheets 2

1 Failed to score 3

winless in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 3

Newcastle United at home: 4 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 6—6, 1.25 points per match.

Aston Villa away: 4 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 4—6, 1.75 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Newcastle United wins 1 draw 1 Aston Villa win goals 0:2 Newcastle United — Aston Villa

25/01/2026	Newcastle United — Aston Villa	0:2	Premier League
16/08/2025	Aston Villa — Newcastle United	0:0	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Ipswich Town	6	3	0	3	9—12	9
11	Newcastle United	5	2	2	1	9—9	8
12	Crystal Palace	6	2	1	3	9—12	7
…
15	Nottingham Forest	6	1	2	3	5—8	5
16	Aston Villa	6	1	2	3	6—11	5
17	Sunderland	6	1	1	4	6—12	4

Full Premier League table