Newcastle United and Aston Villa will trade tackles in a Premier League round 23 clash on Sunday (January 25th). The game will be played at St. James’ Park.
The home side are coming into the game on the back of a comfortable 3-0 victory over PSV Eindhoven at the same venue in the UEFA Champions League in midweek. Yoane Wissa broke the deadlock in the eighth minute while Anthony Gordon doubled the hosts’ lead on the half-hour mark. Harvey Barnes completed the scoring 20 minutes into the second half.
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Aston Villa, meanwhile, claimed maximum points with a 1-0 away win over Fenerbahce in their penultimate matchday of the Europa League’s league phase. Jadon Sancho’s 25th-minute strike settled the contest.
The Villans will shift focus to the domestic scene, where their last game saw them fall to a 1-0 defeat at home to Everton. Newcastle shared the spoils in a goalless draw away to Wolves.
The stalemate left Eddie Howe’s side in eighth spot in the standings, having garnered 33 points from 22 games. Villa are 10 points better off in third spot.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- This will be the 177th head-to-head meeting between the two sides. Newcastle United lead 76-60.
- Their most recent clash came in August 2025 when both sides canceled each other in a goalless stalemate on the opening weekend of the season.
- That draw ended a sequence of seven successive head-to-head games to produce over 2.5 goals.
- Newcastle are unbeaten in their last eight home league games, winning six.
- Villa are winless at this ground since April 2005, losing 11 of 17 games (six draws).
- Newcastle have scored 2+ goals in their last eight league games.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa Prediction
Newcastle are aiming to start a calendar year with three successive home league wins for the first time since 2012. Coincidentally, the last game in that run came against Villa.
The Magpies have tended to bring their A-game against the elite sides in the league, having lost just two of their last nine games against sides starting the day in the top three (four wins).
Aston Villa are fresh off booking their spot in the Europa League round of 16. Unai Emery’s side now find themselves seven points off table-toppers Arsenal after a poor run that has seen them win just one of their last four league games (two losses).
We are backing the two sides to share the spoils in a high-scoring stalemate.
Prediction: Newcastle United 2-2 Aston Villa
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa Betting Tips
Tip 1 – Result: Draw
Tip 2 – Both teams to score
Tip 3 – Over 2.5 goals
Bold Tip – Both teams to score over 1.5 goals
Edited by Peter P
