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
Strikers Duran and Watkins have been Villa's most prolific players this season, each scoring seven times, but Unai Emery will be regretting not starting Isak – for the fourth leagie game in a row – given Duran's costly red card for that stamp on Schar.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
We're into the first of four additional minutes to close out this highly entertaining first half at St. James'.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
SAVED!!! What a stop from Martinez!! Guimaraes barges Tielemans off the ball on the edge of his own box before teeing up Tonali, whose first-time effort is somehow clawed onto the post and wide by the Villa keeper at full stretch!
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
BALL IN THE NET!!! Newcastle think they've got a second, but the offside flag denies them! Isak plays a one-two with Guimaraes before skipping past Digne and cutting back from the byline. His cross is swept home first-time by Guimaraes, but the flag has already been raised to penalise the Magpies frontman, despite replays showing that he was in fact onside!
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Yellow Card Joelinton Cássio Apolinário de Lira
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
WIDE!!! A Villa clearance only comes out as far as Schar, who steps beyond Tielemans with ease before curling a left-footed strike just wide of the far post!
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Gordon escapes from Cash once again down the left and swings a cross into the middle, but Digne's present to head clear before Murphy can get there. The ball is fired straight back up into the area by Schar towards Isak, but he's penalised for a push on Torres before he can get a shot away.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Aston Villa have lost on Boxing Day in each of the last three seasons, conceding three goals in each defeat. Only once have they lost on the day in four consecutive league campaigns, doing so between 1932-33 and 1935-36, but with Duran sent off, they face an uphil battle to prevent history repeating itself here.
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