Aston Villa 4-1 Newcastle - follow live radio commentary on this page
Watkins, Maatsen, Burn own goal and Onana give hosts control
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Brentford 3-1 Brighton
More changes. Two for each side.
Rico Henry and Mathias Jensen come on for Yehor Yarmoliuk and Keane Lewis-Potter for the hosts.
Danny Welbeck and Carlos Baleba are off the visitors. Diego Gomez and Yasin Ayari come on.
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Tom: Different Tom here, it feels like Tom is forgetting Villa are on a run of 4 wins, only 1 behind Newcastle and could match it today. Those 2 seem best placed to secure top 5 based on form
Image source, Getty ImagesEverton 0-0 Man City
Changes galore.
A triple switch for the hosts. Carlos Alcaraz, Tim Iroegbunam and Dwight McNeill come on for Idrissa Gueye, Iliman Ndiaye and Jack Harrison. That's Everton's changes done.
A double change for the visitors as Mateo Kovacic and Jeremy Doku replace Nico Gonzalez and Savinho.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Bournemouth
After conceding 10 in their previous two games, Palace are closing in on a clean sheet - not bad considering have played the whole of the second half with 10 men.
There's around 15 minutes plus stoppages left at Selhurst Park.
Brentford 3-1 Brighton
Image source, Getty ImagesAs you would expect Brentford atre dominating since that red card for Brighton forward Joao Pedro.
Brighton responded to the red by bringing Solly March and Kaoru Mitoma on for Yankuba Minteh and Matt O'Riley.
Brentford have also made a change with Kristoffer Ajer replacing Michael Kayode, who was booked in the first half.
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Brighton's season imploded in 5 games, the mentality of senior players is so poor, evident again today. Hurzeler bubble truly burst
Sam
Everton 0-0 Man City
That's pretty aimless from the visitors.
Ruben Dias tries to pick out Savinho with a long ball but it drifts over everyone. It is retrieved by Nico O'Reilly but nobody is challenging to get on the end of his cross.
West Ham 1-0 Southampton
Paul Robinson
Former England goalkeeper on Final Score
It was a foul. Niclas Fullkrug gets his arm across the chest and face of Aaron Ramsdale. No goal correct decision.
Image source, Getty ImagesWest Ham 1-0 Southampton
So close by Saints skipper Jack Stephens!
West Ham fail to clear properly and it drops nicely for Stephens who drills it towards the net.
Alphonse Areola makes the save but I'm not sure how much he knew about it.
Everton 0-0 Man City
Chris Sutton
Former Chelsea striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Really good from Omar Marmoush.
He picks the ball up inside the Everton box, he drives at Jarrad Branthwaite and then feeds a ball into Savinho.
A smart save from Jordan Pickford.
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That João Pedro red has finally ended my FPL hopes for the season. The rebuild begins now.
Richard, London
Image source, Getty ImagesWest Ham 1-0 Southampton
Adam Lallana, who has stepped up off the pitch following Ivan Juric's dismissal, is deep in conversation with interim boss Simon Rusk.
How Southampton could do with Lallana on the pitch.
They're desperately short of leaders.
Everton 0-0 Man City
Better from the visitors.
Omar Marmoush runs at the Everton defence and lays off for Savinho. He's able to get a strike away with his right foot from the edge of area.
It forces Jordan Pickford to get down and save but again it is fairly comfortable.
Everton 0-0 Man City
Image source, Getty ImagesIliman Ndiaye tries to curl in from range but it drifts wide of the far post.
Both teams are struggling to really test the keepers.
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Once again, Pep is hoping against hope the old guard can pull a result from somewhere. It's sad but KDB, Gundo and Bernardo on the pitch together is hard to watch.
Paul, Holmes Chapel
Everton 0-0 Man City
Decent connection from Ilkay Gundogan as he takes aim from distance but it is straight at Jordan Pickford.
Brentford 3-1 Brighton
Stephen Warnock
Former Aston Villa and Liverpool defender on Football Focus
Image source, PA MediaIt was silly from Joao Pedro but this is not the first time we have seen that from him this season. He has got previous.
It looks like the arms come up into an area and you think, why are you doing that? Completely off the ball. From what we saw initially I think it is a red card.
West Ham 1-0 Southampton
West Ham have the ball in the back of the net from a corner but Niclas Fullkrug's attempt is ruled out for a foul on goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale.
Around 20 minutes plus stoppages left. Southampton just don't look like scoring.
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Other than Newcastle it feels like every team pushing for Europe is stumbling towards the end of the season. 4th and 5th could still go to anyone this season and any team that gets their act together could quite comfortably do it.
Tom
Brentford 3-1 Brighton
Image source, Getty ImagesThis is just frustration from Joao Pedro.
He is tangling for a long ball with Nathan Collins. It's the type of battle you see centre forwards and defenders having the time.
Pedro gets frustrated though and has a kick out/flick at Collins. Tim Robinson takes his time but then brandishes the red card.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 74 | 31 | 43 | 76 |
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| 32 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 57 | 27 | 30 | 63 |
| |
| 33 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 44 | 18 | 59 |
| |
| 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 42 | 22 | 58 |
| |
| 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 38 | 13 | 57 |
| |
| 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 47 | 6 | 57 |
| |
| 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 56 | 39 | 17 | 54 |
| |
| 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 40 | 12 | 49 |
| |
| 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 43 | 4 | 48 |
| |
| 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 48 |
| |
| 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 56 | 50 | 6 | 46 |
| |
| 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 45 | -4 | 44 |
| |
| 33 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 34 | 40 | -6 | 38 |
| |
| 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 45 | -7 | 38 |
| |
| 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 60 | 49 | 11 | 37 |
| |
| 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 55 | -18 | 36 |
| |
| 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 47 | 61 | -14 | 35 |
| |
| 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 67 | -34 | 21 |
| |
| 32 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 27 | 72 | -45 | 18 |
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| 33 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 78 | -54 | 11 |
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Manager: Unai Emery
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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).
