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Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has a fully-fit squad at his disposal. The Spaniard might be tempted to rotate his side with another midweek fixture against Manchester City on the horizon, and Marco Asensio, Tyrone Mings, Jacob Ramsey and Ollie Watkins could all come into the team. Newcastle United head coach Eddie Howe is still recovering from pneumonia so Jason Tindall will continue to lead the side. The Magpies have no fresh injury concerns and could name the same starting XI for the seventh successive match. Sven Botman and Jamaal Lascelles have both been earmarked to return in May but Lewis Hall with not feature again this season. Head-to-head Newcastle have won the past three Premier League meetings, scoring at least three goals each time. Villa have lost five of their last six top-flight clashes with the Magpies, winning the other 3-0 at Villa Park in April 2023. Aston Villa Aston Villa are on an 18-match unbeaten home streak across all competitions (W12, D6), their longest since a run of 20 games between April 1990 and February 1991. Unai Emery's side have won nine of their past 10 matches in all competitions, with their only defeat in that spell coming away to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. They could win five top-flight fixtures in a row for the first time since April 2023. Villa have lost just one of their past 24 Premier League games at home on a Saturday, against Arsenal in August (W18, D5). However, they've kept just six clean sheets in their past 37 home matches. Marcus Rashford has registered five assists since making his Villa debut in February; no Premier League player has more during that period. Youri Tielemans has started every Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League game for Villa this season and has been on the pitch for a total of 4, 130 minutes, more than any other teammate. Newcastle United Newcastle United have won six successive league and cup games, scoring 17 goals and conceding just three. The Magpies have accrued 27 away points this season, behind only Liverpool and Arsenal. Newcastle could register a ninth Premier League away victory of the season, a feat they've only achieved 23 years ago. They have won eight of their last 10 away matches in all competitions, losing the other two to Manchester City and Liverpool. Nick Pope is set to make his 75th Premier League appearance for the club. Jacob Murphy has been directly involved in 13 goals in his last 17 Premier League away games, with four goals and nine assists. Last Updated 17th April 2025 at 02: 11 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions Aston Villa have lost five of their last six Premier League games against Newcastle (W1), as many as they had in their previous 16 against the Magpies in the division (W4 D7). Newcastle have won their last three Premier League games against Aston Villa, scoring at least three goals each time. Only against Tottenham have they won more consecutively while scoring 3+ each time in the competition (5 between 2006 and 2008). Aston Villa have won each of their last four Premier League matches, conceding just one goal. Villa are looking to win five in a row for the first time since April 2023. Only Liverpool (35) and Arsenal (28) have won more away Premier League points this season than Newcastle United (27). They’ve won eight away games this season, last winning more in 2001-02 (9). Since keeping five consecutive clean sheets at Villa Park in March and April 2023, Aston Villa have kept just six clean sheets in their last 37 on home soil. They are unbeaten in 15 home games (W8 D7) despite keeping just two clean sheets in that run. Aston Villa have missed three of the five penalties they’ve taken in the Premier League this season, a conversion rate of 40%. Among teams to take 5+ pens in a season, this is the lowest by a side since Southampton in 2019-20 (also 2/5, 40%). In all competitions, Newcastle United have won eight of their last 10 away matches (L2), with their only two defeats in that time coming at the Etihad and Anfield. Their away win percentage is 53% (10 wins in 19 games), only having a higher percentage in 2016-17 (54%, 14 wins in 26) in their entire history. Aston Villa had 48 touches in Southampton’s box in their 3-0 win last time out, their joint-most in a Premier League game this season. They’re averaging 27. 2 touches in the opposition box this season, only having more in one season on record (since 2008-09), which was 28. 4 last season. Jacob Murphy has had a hand in 13 goals in his last 17 away Premier League appearances for Newcastle United (4 goals, 9 assists), while he has three assists in seven games against Aston Villa. Per 90 minutes in the Premier League this season, Marcus Rashford is having more touches (54), shots (3. 8), creating more chances (2. 8) and attempting more dribbles (5) for Aston Villa than he did for Manchester United (42 touches, 1. 5 shots, 1. 4 chances created and 3. 5 dribbles). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.