Newcastle and Aston Villa have named their starting teams for their meeting at St James’ Park in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Magpies lost 4-1 at Coventry City on Monday but are unbeaten at home in four games in all competitions this season, most recently beating Hull City 2-1 on September 19.
Villa are unbeaten in three domestic matches following their 2-2 draw at home to high-flying Brentford last Saturday, winning their last away game 3-2 at Spurs.
Unai Emery’s team continued their perfect start to their Champions League campaign by winning 6-0 at home to Fenerbahce on Matchday 2 on Wednesday.
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Venue
- St James’ Park
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Referee
- Jarred Gillett
Newcastle confirmed starting team vs Aston Villa
Newcastle United: Hornicek, Hall, Botman, Gonzalez, Joelinton, Wissa, Barnes, Thiaw, Fernandez-Pardo, Willock, Miley
Substitutes: Nick Pope, Fabian Schar, Aladji Bamba, William Osula, Sean Steur, Bazoumana Toure, Jacob Murphy, Dan Burn, Amar Dedic
Aston Villa full line up vs Newcastle
Aston Villa: Suzuki, Cash, Lindelof, Mings, Wan-Bissaka, Gomes, Kamara, Alysson, Manzambi, Buendia, Jackson
Substitutes: Marco Bizot, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Ross Barkley, John McGinn, Pau Torres, Ibrahim Mbaye, Lamare Bogarde, Leon Goretzka, Brian Madjo
Where to watch Newcastle vs Villa: TV channel, live online stream
Kick-off on Saturday is at 17:30 BST (12:30 ET / 09:30 PT), with live coverage in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.
Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs £14.99 for a day membership, £27.99 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.
Here’s the full list of Premier League international broadcasters.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa Premier League stats
- Newcastle have gone three consecutive Premier League games without a win against Aston Villa (D1 L2), losing 2-0 in their most recent meeting. They haven’t lost consecutive games against Villa since losing both matches in 2004-05, the second of which saw Steven Taylor, Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer all sent off.
- Aston Villa won 2-0 in their last away Premier League game against Newcastle. They haven’t won consecutive league visits to St James’ Park since a run of three between 1955-56 and 1957-58.
- Newcastle have gone 12 consecutive Premier League games without a clean sheet at St James’ Park, last having a longer run without a shutout between December 1998 and August 1999 under Ruud Gullit (13 games).
- Newcastle United have conceded 13 Premier League goals this season, their third-most after six matches after 1999-00 (18) and 2021-22 (14), going on to finish 11th in both seasons. Only Chelsea (36) have faced more shots on target this season than the Magpies (34).
- In 2026, only Tottenham Hotspur (13) have lost more Premier League games than Newcastle (12), while the Magpies have shipped the joint-most goals (44, level with Chelsea).
- Aston Villa have conceded 11 goals in six Premier League games this season, their most at this stage of a top-flight season since 1986-87 (16), when they eventually finished bottom. They’ve faced 15.8 shots per game in 2026-27, their most since 2019-20 (16 per game).
- Since the start of 2023-24 – which began with Newcastle beating Aston Villa 5-1 on MD1 – St James’ Park has seen more goals than any other Premier League venue (208) and has seen the most games played without any ending goalless (60).
- Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has won 99 of his 196 Premier League games (D44 L53). Victory in this game would make him the joint-ninth fastest manager to 100 victories in the competition.
- Newcastle’s Harvey Barnes has been involved in 10 goals in 13 Premier League games against Aston Villa (6 goals, 4 assists), his joint-most against an opponent, along with West Ham. He only has more Premier League goals against Leeds (7).
- Aston Villa’s Nicolas Jackson has scored in his last two Premier League games, only netting in three in a row once in the competition (May 2024 for Chelsea).
Latest updated Premier League table
- Position 1, 2, 3, 4 : Promotion – Champions League (League phase)
- Position 5 : Promotion – Europa League (League phase)
- Position 18, 19, 20 : Relegation – Championship
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