Aston Villa and Newcastle United will face on Tuesday the 30th of January at 8:15 pm in the 22nd week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Birmingham at the Villa Park. The chosen referee is John Brooks.
Aston Villa is in the 4th position in the standings with 43 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Everton in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 13 times, draw 4 times, and lost 4 times.
Newcastle United sits in the 10th position in the standings with 29 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against Manchester City in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 9 times, drawn twice, and lost 10 times.
Newcastle United lost the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it won was on the 16th of December against Fulham and the score was 3-0.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up during the season (11 times or 52.38%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (11 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 4-4-1-1 (4 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Unai Emery Etxegoien is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: Emiliano Martínez, Álex Moreno, Clément Lenglet, Diego Carlos, Ezri Konsa, John McGinn, Boubacar Kamara, Douglas Luiz, Leon Bailey, Moussa Diaby and Ollie Watkins.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Aston Villa would be 28.36.
Unai Emery Etxegoien will probably not be able to employ Jacob Ramsey because of injury.
Lucas Digne, Tyrone Mings , Pau Torres, Emiliano Buendía, Jhon Durán and Bertrand Traoré will definitely miss the match.
Newcastle United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (21 times).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Aston Villa with the following players: Martin Dúbravka, Dan Burn, Fabian Schär, Sven Botman, Kieran Trippier, Lewis Miley, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimarães, Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Newcastle United would be 27.90.
There are doubts about the presence of Miguel Almirón.
Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ Jamaal Lascelles because of injury.
Nick Pope, Elliot Anderson, Joelinton, Matt Targett, Joseph Willock, Harvey Barnes and Callum Wilson will definitely miss the match.
Eddie Howe will not be able to have the presence of Sandro Tonali who is suspended.