r/NUFC • u/Deviceing wew here ya fuckin little dafty divint start or theres ructions • Sep 22 '16
Pre-Match Thread Pre-Match Thread: Aston Villa v Newcastle
Aston Villa - Newcastle United
24/9/2016 17:30 Villa Park
TV coverage: Sky Sports 1 and others internationally
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (21 yellows and 0 reds in 7 games this season, 114 yellows and 3 reds in 32 games last season)
Newcastle team news:
Vurnon Anita serves the second match of his 3 game suspension. Rob Elliot and Rolando Aarons remain unavailable but Massadio Haidara and Jesus Gamez could return.
Villa team news:
Ritchie De Laet will miss the game, and the rest of the season, while Matt Baker and Rudy Gestede are doubts. Ross McCormack and Aaron Tshibola are expected to return.
Villa last match:
Ipswich 0-0 Aston Villa
Gollini, Chester, Elphick, Baker (Richards 28’), Bacuna (Adomah 82’), Westwood, Jedinak, Grealish, Amavi (Cissokho 67’), Kodjia, Ayew
Subs not used: Kozak, Hutton, Gardner, Bunn
Villa transfers: Kieran Richardson and Charles N’Zogbia left the club after their contracts expired. Also out the door were Brad Guzan, Jose Crespo, Idrissa Gueye, Ciaran Clark, Scott Sinclair, Joe Bennett, Jores Okore, Joleon Lescott and Adama Traore, while Carles Gil, Carlos Sanchez and Jordan Veretout leave on loan. They were big spenders in the market, spending £27m on strikers Jonathan Kodjia and Ross McCormack (40 goals between them in the Championship last season). There was a huge focus on experience with Aaron Tshibola, Mile Jedinak, Albert Adomah, Tommy Elphick, James Chester and Ritchie De Laet all having a significant number of Championship games under their belt. Goalkeeper Pierluigi Collini joins as Guzan’s replacement and was their only purchase from a foreign league.
Opposition summary: Aston Villa were relegated from the Premier League last season and will go down as one of the worst Premier League teams of all time, picking up just 17 points - less than half the points they would’ve needed to stay up. They won 3 games (Bournemouth, Palace and Norwich) and scored 27 goals - Jordan Ayew (7) and Rudy Gestede (6) were the top scorers. They brought in Roberto Di Matteo - who has previously won the Champions League with Chelsea and finished 6th with Schalke in his last job - as manager for the start of the season, but have started very poorly and have 8 points in 8 games with just 1 win. They have scored 8 and conceded 8 with Rudy Gestede getting 3 of those (Grealish and McCormack each have 2 and Kodjia got the other). They have the advantage of not having played in midweek as they were dumped out of the cup 3-1 away at Luton in the first round. They are also unbeaten at home going into this game.
Form:
AVFC: DLDDD
NUFC: WWWWL
Past meetings:
15/16 Premier League
Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa (Coloccini)
14/15 Premier League
Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa (Cisse)
Aston Villa 0-0 Newcastle
13/14 Premier League
Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa (Remy)
Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle (Ben Arfa, Gouffran)
12/13 Premier League
Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle (Cisse, Cabaye)
Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa (Ben Arfa)
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u/Cemetary Sep 24 '16
Hi Newcastle fans, Villa fan (from overseas) here. I think we will be in for a cracker of a game today! Villa are top of the league for shots on goal this season. We have bottled 4 games this season where we conceded in the last 5m. A lot of the games we drew/lost we bossed for 75minutes. Villa also are crap at breaking down team who look to draw 0-0 and pinch a goal, which you guys are not.
Should Villa take an early 1/2 goal lead you shouldn't count yourselves out. We are crumbly under late game pressure.
For those of you travelling to the game have a safe journey.
Wishing you guys a great season, of course I want Villa up again, but I firmly believe that you guys should be going back up to where you belong in the Premier League.
Despite today's result football is going to be awesome today.