Aston Villa face a trip to Newcastle United at St. James' Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Villans will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 42 and win only 13 of the 66 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2003, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Mon 21 Apr | Newcastle | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 07 Dec | Aston Villa | 0 - 1 | Newcastle | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 02 Apr | Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | Newcastle | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 03 Nov | Newcastle | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 19 May | Newcastle | 3 - 0 | Aston Villa | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 17 Jan | Aston Villa | 1 - 0 | Newcastle | FAC |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 07 Jan | Newcastle | 1 - 1 | Aston Villa | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Newcastle United have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The Magpies have scored 9 and conceded 2 during this period.
The away form of Aston Villa is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Villans's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Newcastle's 15 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Aston Villa find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 10 points from their 10 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newcastle | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 15 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Magpies, as the Villans have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newcastle | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Won their latest 5 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Aston Villa | Not won in previous 2 away matches. Drawn each of the last 3 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |