In a weekend match on Saturday Jan 23rd, in week 11, Aston Villa will host Newcastle United in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 11th placed Aston Villa is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Manchester City. Bernardo Silva struck first for Manchester City in the 79th minute on a feed from Rodri, then İlkay Gündoğan added another in the 90th minute on a penalty In the end, Aston Villa couldn’t muster any offence and Manchester City ran away with the shutout win. Aston Villa is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 15th placed Newcastle United is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Arsenal. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck first for Arsenal in the 50th minute on a feed from Thomas Partey, then Bukayo Saka added another in the 60th minute on a feed from Emile Smith Rowe At the end of 90 a dissapointed Newcastle United couldn’t manage to score, and Arsenal took the shutout win. Newcastle United looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Aston Villa won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw. Both Anwar El Ghazi and Bertrand Traoré have been the hottest scorers for Aston Villa in the last five each having scored 2 goals
Trezeguet, Wesley, Ross Barkley, Bertrand Traoré, Frédéric Guilbert, Keinan Davis, Kortney Hause, Björn Engels and Tom Heaton are unavailable to play for Dean Smith’s team, while Newcastle United will be without Allan Saint-Maximin, Matt Ritchie, Federico Fernández, Jamaal Lascelles, Dwight Gayle, Andy Carroll, Callum Wilson, Jamal Lewis, Miguel Almirón, Jonjo Shelvey, Paul Dummett and Martin Dubravka.