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Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa - February 20, 2017 / Championship 2016/2017

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Championship 2016/2017 - Round 33

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

February 20, 2017

50 024

Newcastle United

2 - 0

Aston Villa

Yoan Gouffran

42'

(o.g) Henri Lansbury

59'

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33' - Substitution Dwight Gayleis substituted by Aleksandar Mitrovic33

34' - Yellow card Jonjo Shelvey34

37' - Yellow card Jamaal Lascelles37

42' - Goal Yoan Gouffran42

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59' - Own goal Henri Lansbury59

71' - Substitution Mile Jedinakis substituted by Albert Adomah

82' - Substitution Birkir Bjarnasonis substituted by Gary Gardner photo Leandro Bacuna

82' - Substitution Jonathan Kodjiais substituted by Leandro Bacuna

89' - Substitution Yoan Gouffranis substituted by Christian Atsu89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

2 - 0

Aston Villa

Newcastle United Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Gayle33

Dwight Gayle

England

B.date17/10/1989

Age27 years

H1m74

positionStriker

15Diamé

Mohamed Diamé

Senegal

B.date14/06/1987

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

20Gouffran4289

Yoan Gouffran

France

B.date25/05/1986

Age30 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

12Shelvey34

Jonjo Shelvey

England

B.date27/02/1992

Age24 years

H1m83

positionPlaymaker

4Colback

Jack Colback

England

B.date24/10/1989

Age27 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

11Ritchie

Matt Ritchie

Scotland

B.date10/09/1989

Age27 years

H1m72

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

3Dummett

Paul Dummett

Wales

B.date26/09/1991

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

2Clark

Ciaran Clark

Republic of Ireland

B.date26/09/1989

Age27 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

6Lascelles37

Jamaal Lascelles

England

B.date11/11/1993

Age23 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

22Yedlin

DeAndre Yedlin

United States

B.date09/07/1993

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

26Darlow

Karl Darlow

Wales

B.date08/10/1990

Age26 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Karl Darlow		26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Ciaran Clark		27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jamaal Lascelles	37	23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	DeAndre Yedlin		23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Paul Dummett		25	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Jack Colback		27	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Mohamed Diamé		29	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Yoan Gouffran	4289	30	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Jonjo Shelvey	34	24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Matt Ritchie		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Dwight Gayle	33	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Hogan

Scott Hogan

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/04/1992

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

26Kodjia82

Jonathan Kodjia

Ivory Coast

B.date22/10/1989

Age27 years

H1m90

positionStriker

14Hourihane

Conor Hourihane

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/02/1991

Age26 years

H1m81

positionLeft central midfielder

5Lansbury59

Henri Lansbury

England

B.date12/10/1990

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

20Bjarnason82

Birkir Bjarnason

Iceland

B.date27/05/1988

Age28 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

25Jedinak71

Mile Jedinak

Australia

B.date03/08/1984

Age32 years

H1m89

positionRight central midfielder

3Taylor

Neil Taylor

Wales

B.date07/02/1989

Age28 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

6Elphick

Tommy Elphick

England

B.date07/09/1987

Age29 years

H1m81

positionRight central defender

12Chester

James Chester

Wales

B.date23/01/1989

Age28 years

H1m81

positionRight central defender

21Hutton

Alan Hutton

Scotland

B.date30/11/1984

Age32 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

34Johnstone

Sam Johnstone

England

B.date25/03/1993

Age23 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
34	G	Sam Johnstone		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Tommy Elphick		29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	James Chester		28	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Alan Hutton		32	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Neil Taylor		28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Mile Jedinak	71	32	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Birkir Bjarnason	82	28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Henri Lansbury	59	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Conor Hourihane		26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Jonathan Kodjia	82	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Scott Hogan		24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Robert Elliot		30
5	D	Grant Hanley		25
27	D	Jesús Gámez		31
7	D	Achraf Lazaar		25
30	M	Christian Atsu	89	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	F	Aleksandar Mitrovic	33	22	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Ayoze Pérez		23

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Mark Bunn		32
2	D	Nathan Baker		25
7	D	Leandro Bacuna	82	25	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Jordan Amavi		22
22	M	Gary Gardner	82	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	M	Albert Adomah	71	29	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
40	F	Jack Grealish		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dwight Gayle

Aleksandar Mitrovic

OUT

Mohamed Diamé

Ayoze Pérez

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Birkir Bjarnason

Albert Adomah

OUT

Tommy Elphick

Nathan Baker

OUT

Neil Taylor

Jordan Amavi

OUT

Mile Jedinak

Jack Grealish

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Benítez vs Aston Villa

10 victories

6 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 20, 2017

Benítez vs Bruce

5 victories

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Bruce vs Newcastle United

5 victories

7 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 2017

Bruce vs Benítez

3 victories

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on February 20, 2017

Referee

Peter Bankes

4 victories	5 draws	6 losses	Newcastle United15 matches	General total	Aston Villa20 matches	7 victories	4 draws	9 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Newcastle United2 matches	Season total	Aston Villa4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on October 19, 2024					Latest figure on December 21, 2024

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Key figures

Dwight Gayle played his game number 150 in his professional career

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Rafa Benítez has reached 59% of wins .

It's the first time Yoan Gouffran scores a goal vs in his professional career since the 14/09/2013 (with Newcastle United vs )

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Newcastle United	69 pts	32 rd
-1	2	Brighton & Hove	68 pts	32 rd
	3	Huddersfield Town	61 pts	31 rd
	4	Reading	60 pts	32 rd
	5	Leeds United	58 pts	33 rd

General ranking

15	Brentford	37 pts	31 rd
16	Queens Park Rangers	37 pts	32 rd
17	Aston Villa	36 pts	32 rd
18	Nottingham Forest	36 pts	33 rd
19	Wolverhampton	35 pts	31 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LNewcastle United 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday26/12/2016

VNewcastle United 3-1 Nottingham Forest30/12/2016

VNewcastle United 3-1 Birmingham City18/01/2017

VNewcastle United 4-0 Rotherham United21/01/2017

DNewcastle United 2-2 Queens Park Rangers01/02/2017

VNewcastle United 1-0 Derby County04/02/2017

Overall

VNewcastle United 4-0 Rotherham United21/01/2017

LOxford United 3-0 Newcastle United28/01/2017

DNewcastle United 2-2 Queens Park Rangers01/02/2017

VNewcastle United 1-0 Derby County04/02/2017

VWolverhampton 0-1 Newcastle United11/02/2017

DNorwich City 2-2 Newcastle United14/02/2017

Current form

Away

VQueens Park Rangers 0-1 Aston Villa18/12/2016

LCardiff City 1-0 Aston Villa02/01/2017

LTottenham 2-0 Aston Villa08/01/2017

LWolverhampton 1-0 Aston Villa14/01/2017

LBrentford 3-0 Aston Villa31/01/2017

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa04/02/2017

Overall

LWolverhampton 1-0 Aston Villa14/01/2017

DAston Villa 2-2 Preston North End21/01/2017

LBrentford 3-0 Aston Villa31/01/2017

LNottingham Forest 2-1 Aston Villa04/02/2017

LAston Villa 0-1 Ipswich Town11/02/2017

LAston Villa 1-3 Barnsley14/02/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	5	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	5	4
Winless streak	5	9
Drawless streak	8	4
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	5	10

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	17
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	19

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	31
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	16
21	Victories (Competition total)	8
10	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	12
1	Draws (Home / Away)	5
7	Losses (Competition total)	11
4	Losses (Home / Away)	9

Goals

60	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
25	Goals conceded (Competition total)	36
15	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.97
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
0.81	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.16
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.25

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	10
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
13	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
3-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

59	Yellow cards (Competition total)	69
29	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	40
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Dwight Gayle	20 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Jonathan Kodjia
Dwight Gayle	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Jonathan Kodjia
Matt Ritchie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Jonathan Kodjia
Matt Ritchie	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jordan Ayew
Jonjo Shelvey	7 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	6 assists	Albert Adomah
Jonjo Shelvey	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Albert Adomah
Ayoze Pérez	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Jonathan Kodjia

Historical head to head

Home

79 matches

49 v

16 d

14 l

167 gf

93 ga

Away

80 matches

20 v

21 d

39 l

82 gf

145 ga

Total

159 matches

69 v

37 d

53 l

249 gf

238 ga

Historical head to head

Home

80 matches

39 v

21 d

20 l

145 gf

82 ga

Away

79 matches

14 v

16 d

49 l

93 gf

167 ga

Total

159 matches

53 v

37 d

69 l

238 gf

249 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	August 22, 2010
Home	6 - 0	August 22, 2010

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	November 29, 1902
Away	3 - 0	April 02, 2005

Latest head to head

September 24, 2016 - Championship 2016/2017

Aston Villa

1 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

May 07, 2016 - Premier League 2015/2016

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

December 19, 2015 - Premier League 2015/2016

Newcastle United

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

February 28, 2015 - Premier League 2014/2015

Newcastle United

1 - 0

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

August 23, 2014 - Premier League 2014/2015

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Peter Beardsley	7 goals	1984 - 1995
Alan Shearer	7 goals	1996 - 2005
Les Ferdinand	4 goals	1995 - 1996
Nolberto Solano	3 goals	2000 - 2003
Len White	3 goals	1958 - 1961
Papiss Cissé	3 goals	2012 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Dwight Yorke	4 goals	1996 - 1997
Tony Daley	3 goals	1986 - 1989
Dion Dublin	3 goals	2000 - 2003
Juan Pablo Angel	3 goals	2004 - 2006
Paul Rideout	3 goals	1984 - 1984
John Carew	3 goals	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Shay Given	18 matches	1997 - 2008
Alan Shearer	17 matches	1996 - 2006
Shola Ameobi	16 matches	2001 - 2013
Nolberto Solano	14 matches	1998 - 2006
Rob Lee	13 matches	1993 - 2001
Fabricio Coloccini	13 matches	2008 - 2015

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Gareth Barry	21 matches	1998 - 2009
Alan Wright	15 matches	1995 - 2001
Lee Hendrie	15 matches	1998 - 2006
Ian Taylor	14 matches	1995 - 2003
Gabriel Agbonlahor	13 matches	2006 - 2015
Gareth Southgate	13 matches	1995 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/10/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Shay Given

463 matches

53 matches

1997 - 2015

Nolberto Solano

315 matches

52 matches

1998 - 2007

Aaron Hughes

278 matches

64 matches

1997 - 2007

Steve Watson

203 matches

54 matches

1991 - 2000

Charles N'Zogbia

154 matches

93 matches

2004 - 2015

Jermaine Jenas

151 matches

3 matches

2002 - 2011

Total : 19 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Ciaran Clark

28 matches

159 matches

2009 - 2017

James Milner

136 matches

126 matches

2004 - 2010

Charles N'Zogbia

154 matches

93 matches

2004 - 2015

John Burridge

6 matches

65 matches

1975 - 1991

Aaron Hughes

278 matches

64 matches

1997 - 2007

Alan Thompson

1 match

58 matches

1992 - 2000

Total : 19 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 18, 2017

Barnsley

0 2

Brighton & Hove

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Nottingham

1 2

S Wednesday

Video availableLine-ups available

Wigan

0 0

Preston NE

Line-ups available

February 21, 2017

Huddersfield

1 0

Reading

Line-ups available

February 22, 2017

Bristol City

0 2

Fulham

Line-ups available

February 28, 2017

Blackburn

1 0

Derby County

Video availableLine-ups available

March 14, 2017

Brentford

1 2

Wolverhampton

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Newcastle United	69	32	22	3	7	62	25	+37
-12	Brighton & Hove	68	32	20	8	4	54	26	+28
3	Huddersfield Town	61	31	19	4	8	42	35	+7
4	Reading	60	32	18	6	8	47	41	+6
5	Leeds United	58	33	18	4	11	45	34	+11
6	Sheffield Wednesday	58	32	17	7	8	41	30	+11
7	Norwich City	51	33	15	6	12	58	47	+11
8	Fulham	49	31	13	10	8	52	37	+15
9	Barnsley	49	33	14	7	12	51	47	+4
10	Preston North End	49	33	13	10	10	44	40	+4
11	Derby County	47	31	13	8	10	36	29	+7
12	Cardiff City	45	33	13	6	14	45	47	-2
13	Ipswich Town	41	33	10	11	12	34	41	-7
14	Birmingham City	40	33	10	10	13	34	48	-14
15	Brentford	37	31	10	7	14	44	45	-1
16	Queens Park Rangers	37	32	10	7	15	34	45	-11
17	Aston Villa	36	32	8	12	12	30	38	-8
18	Nottingham Forest	36	33	10	6	17	46	58	-12
19	Wolverhampton	35	31	9	8	14	38	42	-4
20	Burton Albion	34	32	9	7	16	33	46	-13
21	Bristol City	32	31	9	5	17	42	46	-4
22	Wigan	30	32	7	9	16	29	38	-9
23	Blackburn	29	31	7	8	16	36	49	-13
24	Rotherham United	17	33	4	5	24	30	73	-43

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Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa - February 20, 2017 / Championship 2016/2017

Newcastle United

2 - 0

Aston Villa

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Benítez vs Aston Villa

Benítez vs Bruce

Manager

Bruce vs Newcastle United

Bruce vs Benítez

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking