Aston Villa – Newcastle United

In Birmingham, both opponents will score goals

The opponents on the central meeting of the next round of the Premier League in the middle of the week did not rest. "Magpies" spent their missed match with Crystal Palace and met the expectations of fans in full. The London club was defeated 5-0, which once again emphasized the level of playing form of Howe's charges. Aston Villa, in turn, solved more important tasks - achieved a good, but not triumphant result in the Champions League. Birmingham club with a deficit of two goals after the defeat in the first meeting approached the return quarter-final clash with PSG. When the Parisians led 2-0 on English soil, all of Luis Enrique's players believed in an easy life. However, the Villans turned the tide of the match and by the middle of the second half went ahead - 3:2. Aston Villa failed to get the fourth goal and move the duel into extra time, but their players can definitely be proud of themselves. Whether Emery's wards will be able to be as energised for the meeting with Newcastle - it is difficult to say. Bookmakers have identified the hosts as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 2.40 on their victory. At their stadium Aston Villa lost only twice this season. It happened last August in the championship from Arsenal and in October 2024 in the English League Cup from Crystal Palace. Birmingham City, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest, PSG have all lost at Birmingham this season, while Liverpool, Juventus, Brighton, Manchester United have failed to win. Another thing is that not all of the mentioned opponents performed on the field of Aston Villa after heavy from an emotional point of view confrontations "villans". Newcastle are having a fantastic last five weeks of the season. "Magpies" after the FA Cup exit from Brighton won six times in a row. This has allowed the team to climb to third place in the standings, just four points behind London Arsenal. Newcastle are likely to achieve a key goal for the season and finish in the Champions League zone. The upcoming match will be the key to the final decision on this issue, because Aston Villa is one of the key competitors of the "forty". The rivals will be active in attack and will definitely exchange goals.