Newcastle United vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from St. James' Park
Follow live coverage as Newcastle United face Aston Villa today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Bailey's first action is to swing a dangerous-looking cross into the middle from the near-side touchline, forcing Trippier to awkwardly volley it behind for a corner at the far post.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Murphy drills another low cross into the area with Isak arriving to tap home, but Konsa slides in front of him to send the ball behind as Villa survive yet another wave of attack.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
OFF THE BAR!!! Martinez is caught out at the back again and gifts possession to the hosts, but after Joelinton's strike is blocked, Murphy pops up and rattles the crossbar with a flying volley, before Isak lashes the rebound well wide as Newcastle go within inches of a third goal!
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Substitution Morgan Elliot Rogers Leon Patrick Bailey Butler
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Substitution Boubacar Bernard Kamara Ross Barkley
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
BLOCKED!! The Magpies set-piece sees Burn and Joelinton both denied with close-range headers before the ball comes back out to Isak, and his first-time strike takes a deflection to skew wide with Martinez already committed!
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Murphy's cutback for Guimaraes is struck first-time by the Brazilian, but Kamara gets in the way to block behind and it'll be another corner for Newcastle.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
BALL IN THE NET!!! The flag denies Newcastle a third goal! McGinn is put in all sorts of trouble by Martinez's pass out of defence and soon loses the ball. It's played forward to Isak, and then Murphy, but after the latter's close-range shot is blocked, Isak comes back from an offside position to tap home, meaning the effort will not count!
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Only Alan Shearer (27 in 2002) has now scored more goals in a calendar year for Newcastle in the Premier League than Isak's 24 in 2024, and the Sweden striker still has half an hour, plus another match against Manchester United, to try and break that record!
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