Aston Villa vs Newcastle United Predictions and Betting Tips

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Villa Park hosts the Premier League sole weekend fixture as Aston Villa and Newcastle United go at each other. The Villans look to put more pressure on Steve Bruce whose job might just be hanging by a thread. Read on for expert tips and predictions.

The Magpies, with 14 wins in the last 38 encounters between both clubs compared to their opponent's nine wins, head into this game with the superior head-to-head record. However, it is to be noted that Steve Bruce has bean Dean Smith only once in his career. The Villa manager has emerged victorious in four of the eight encounters between the English managers.

City too strong for the Villans

Although they have a couple of games on most teams in the league, Aston Villa is currently in the bottom half of the table- which is something we haven't seen since the end of last season. They had a chance to get back to the Top 10 but couldn't manage a win in their most recent encounter against Manchester City. Two late goals from Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan saw off the Villans having defending diligently for most of the game. No doubt, they left the Etihad with their heads held high given the performance they put out.

Compounding woes for Steve Bruce's outfit

Things don't seem to be going in the right direction for the Magpies as they head into this game looking for their first win since early December. They lost their third league game in a row- 4th in all competitions- in their most recent game at the Emirates Stadium. Aubameyang, with his first brace since the FA Cup final, coupled with a solitary goal for in-form Saka made sure the Gunners ran out 3-0 winners. This put more pressure on Steve Bruce and as such, he and his team alike are in desperate need of a quick turnaround.

Aston Villa vs Newcastle United Team News

McGinn is expected to sit this one out via suspension while Trezeguet is ruled out of this game with a thigh injury. For the visitors, Saint-Maximin and Fernandez are both our injured while Fraser is still serving a suspension given his red card against Sheffield United.

Aston Villa possible starting XI:

Martinez; Cash, Konsa Ming, Targett; Luiz, Nakamba; Grealish, barkley, Troare; Watkins

Newcastle United possible starting XI:

Yedlin, Schar, Lascellles, Clark, Lewis; Almiron, Shelvey, Longstaff, Murphy; Joelinton, Wilson

Aston Villa vs Newcastle United Prediction: 1-0

It's looking like the time for Steve Bruce to put all his cards on the table as another negative result for his here could mean the sack. Aston Villa, on the other hand, has been quite impressive this season and will want to keep that going. As such, we believe this would be a closely contested affair with the home side eventually emerging the victors.