Premier League Round 7 2026-10-17 · 16:30 UTC finished
Newcastle United (home)
VS St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Aston Villa (away)
Prediction
40% Newcastle United (home)
28% Draw
32% Aston Villa (away)
Expected goals 1.5 — 1.34 Over 2.5 goals: 54% Both teams to score: 57%

Model: history/v2-w1460-r150. Probabilities are produced by our own model from public match data. They are not odds and not betting advice.

Why — recent form

"—" means the number is not available in our data; we never fill gaps with zeros. Recent form covers only matches with expected-goals data, which may be fewer than the team's actual recent fixtures.

Metric Newcastle United Aston Villa
Recent xG (attack, per-match avg) 1.151.13
Recent xGA (defence, per-match avg) 1.781.74
Sample size (matches with xG data) 55
Rest days since last match 53
Season pressing (PPDA, lower = more intense) 9.6 15.5
Matches in the last 7 days 12
Matches in the next 7 days 12
Travel to this match (km) 281275

What could go against this prediction

The model's top probability for this match is below 50% (backtest hit rate for this band is 42.7%%).

Injuries & suspensions

Latest pre-match snapshot from our data source; availability varies by league.

Newcastle United

  • injured Anthony Elanga return: Mid October 2026
  • injured Ewen Jaouen return: Early December 2026
  • injured Jacob Ramsey return: Late October 2026
  • injured Valentino Livramento return: Early November 2026

Aston Villa

  • injured Amadou Onana return: Mid April 2027
  • injured George Hemmings return: doubtful
  • injured Ian Maatsen return: Late October 2026
  • injured Matteo Ruggeri return: Late October 2026
  • injured Modou Kéba Cissé return: doubtful

Head to head

All-time (per our source): Newcastle United 13 · 10 10 draws · 7 Aston Villa

DateHome ScoreAway
2026-02-14Aston Villa 1 - 3Newcastle United
2026-01-25Newcastle United 0 - 2Aston Villa
2025-08-16Aston Villa 0 - 0Newcastle United
2025-04-19Aston Villa 4 - 1Newcastle United
2024-12-26Newcastle United 3 - 0Aston Villa
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Data coverage

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