Aston Villa hold Newcastle to a one-man draw

Line-up

Aston Villa (4-4-2): Bizot; Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne; Kamara, Tielemans; Onana, McGinn, Rogers; Watkins.

Newcastle (4-3-3): Pope; Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Elanga, Gordon, Barnes.

Red card: Konsa 66'

08/16/2025 | 20:29

End

The match ended in a 0-0 draw - Photo: PL

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08/16/2025 | 20:17

90'

The second half has 6 minutes of extra time.

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08/16/2025 | 20:10

82'

Aston Villa are dropping back to defend to keep Bizot's net clean.

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08/16/2025 | 20:00

73'

Playing with one more player, Newcastle attacked strongly. Barnes just volleyed in the penalty area but the ball bounced off a Villa defender.

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08/16/2025 | 19:54

66'

Red card: Gordon charged down the pitch, forcing Konsa to pull him down from behind. The referee immediately showed the Aston Villa defender a red card.

Konsa was sent off - Photo: Premier League

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08/16/2025 | 19:46

56'

The situation on the field was quite balanced, but both sides lacked sharpness in decisive attacks.

The two teams competed fiercely - Photo: AVFC

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08/16/2025 | 19:46

47'

Kamara entered Newcastle's penalty area and headed the ball straight to goalkeeper Nick Pope.

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08/16/2025 | 19:22

End of first half

The first 45 minutes ended with a 0-0 draw - Photo: AVFC

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08/16/2025 | 19:12

41'

Aston Villa gradually regained their rhythm and played fairly. However, the home team's final handling lacked a bit of precision.

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08/16/2025 | 19:11

33'

Elanga continuously stirred up the corridors on both wings with his fast dribbling.

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08/16/2025 | 18:58

21'

Newcastle are playing more dominantly thanks to the ease of most of their players. On the other side of the front line, Aston Villa have not had any chances towards Nick Pope's goal.

resources_premierleague_pulselive_com 2230415347.jpg — Home team at a disadvantage - Photo: Premier League

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08/16/2025 | 18:48

15'

It was Anthony Gordon again testing goalkeeper Bizot with an extremely dangerous low shot outside the box.

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08/16/2025 | 18:42

10'

Harvey Barnes crossed from the left for Gordon to jump high and head over the bar.

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08/16/2025 | 18:34

3'

Despite being the away team, Newcastle started the match with great enthusiasm. Elange and Gordon had early chances towards Aston Villa's goal but failed to finish.