{"id":5784,"date":"2025-07-23T16:33:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/?p=5784"},"modified":"2025-07-23T16:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:33:29","slug":"premier-league-aston-villa-vs-newcastle-united-aug-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/premier-league-aston-villa-vs-newcastle-united-aug-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League: Aston Villa vs. Newcastle United: Race for Europe on Opening Day (Aug 16)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Newcastle United travel down to Aston Villa for their opening Premier League match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The away side will be looking to get a big win early as they hunt Champions League football once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The home side fell just short of the top four last season, a win on opening day could help them get the ball rolling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Odds<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Match Result<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Odds<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aston Villa<\/td><td>4\/3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Newcastle United<\/td><td>15\/8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Draw<\/td><td>13\/5<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Villa Victors in Last Matchup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><br><\/td><td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Aston Villa<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Newcastle<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Draw<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Games<\/td><td>27<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Goals<\/td><td>70<\/td><td>28<\/td><td>42<\/td><td><br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Aston Villa won the last game between the two teams 4-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, Newcastle won the three games previous, scoring a total of 11 goals in those three games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want more fun outside of sports? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monopolycasino.com\/slots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monopoly Casino<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aston Villa vs. Newcastle United Key Stats<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Newcastle United have won three out of the last five games vs. Aston Villa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avfc.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a> have won just one out of the last five fixtures vs. Newcastle United.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aston Villa scored four goals in their last game against Newcastle United.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aston Villa Team News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Aston-Villa-5-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Aston Villa\" class=\"wp-image-5787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Aston-Villa-5-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Aston-Villa-5-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Aston-Villa-5-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Aston-Villa-5-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Aston-Villa-5-1638x2048.jpeg 1638w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Aston-Villa-5-scaled.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Aston Villa will be without Axel Disasi, Marcus Rashford and Marcos Asensio following the expiry of their loan spells with the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New signing Yasin Ozcan will be ready to go for the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Field work \u26bd\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8SjmrgNnTK\">pic.twitter.com\/8SjmrgNnTK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AVFCOfficial\/status\/1947676256952270944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Possible Lineup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Emiliano Martinez (GK), Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Pau Torres, Lucas Digne, Youri Tielemans, Amadou Onana, Morgan Rogers, John McGinn, Donyell Malen, Ollie Watkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Newcastle United Team News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Newcastle-United-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Newcastle United\" class=\"wp-image-5788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Newcastle-United-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Newcastle-United-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Newcastle-United-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/soccerballworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Newcastle-United.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>New signing Anthony Elanga will be ready from the off and able to participate in this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joelinton will be available after recovering from an injury that saw him miss the end of last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Getting warm at Celtic Park \ud83d\udd25<br><br>Our 2025\/26 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adidasfootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@adidasfootball<\/a> pre-match jersey &#8211; on sale on Tuesday, 22 July! \ud83d\uded2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FxJuQ2fBL7\">pic.twitter.com\/FxJuQ2fBL7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Newcastle United (@NUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NUFC\/status\/1946568369236328466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Possible Lineup<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Nick Pope (GK), Fabian Schar, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Jacob Murphy, Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Tino Livramento, Anthony Elanga, Anthony Gordon, Alexander Isak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Aston Villa vs. Newcastle United Picks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A matchup between two team that were neck and neck throughout last season in the race for Champions League football. Ultimately, the Magpies won that race and came home with a trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newcastle\u2019s ability to keep hold of their talent will see them win this one, as Villa simply haven\u2019t added enough pieces to improve on their squad from last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other markets include Alexander Isak to score two or more goals, Morgan Rogers to have two or more shots on target and Emiliano Martinez to make two or more saves and receive a yellow card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle United travel down to Aston Villa for their opening Premier League match. The away side will be looking to get a big win early as they hunt Champions League football once again. 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