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Matt Maher previews Aston Villa's Premier League clash against Newcastle
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18/04/2025
Matt Maher previews Aston Villa's Premier League clash against Newcastle.
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Good afternoon from Bodimoore Heath where Unai Emery has held his press conference
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out of Saturday's game with Newcastle United. A huge game for Villa coming what
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four days after the Champions League exit to Paris Saint-Germain. Two huge
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Premier League games coming up now in the next few days. Obviously Newcastle
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on Saturday, Manchester City on Tuesday and the results of these games are going
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to go a long way to determine in your field whether Villa will make a return
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to the Champions League next season. They're seventh in the table at the
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minute but it's all very tight. Newcastle after their 5-1 win, 5-0 win rather
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sorry over Crystal Palace on Wednesday night have a lead on the rest of the
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bunch. They're in third place, they're five points ahead of Villa with six to
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play and Unai Emery making the point today you know basically saying those
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numbers. He didn't quite say it specifically but it's clear that if Villa
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don't beat Newcastle tomorrow or certainly if they were to lose it'd be very hard to
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see them overhauling Newcastle before the end of the season. I mean you couldn't
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find two teams at the minute in better form really. Villa have won nine out of the
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last ten games in all competitions. The one defeat away to Paris Saint-Germain
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in the Champions League. Newcastle have won five straight in the Premier League.
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Both teams absolutely flying. The statistics eerily similar to two years ago
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actually. Well they're the same. Newcastle have won five Premier League games. Villa
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have won four when they met in April 2023 and Villa won that game 3-0. You know one of the big
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early results under Unai Emery. But of course Newcastle have a history of ending Villa's
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unbeaten runs at home. They were the first team to win at Villa Park in nearly a year when
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they did so in January 2024 in the Premier League. Villa 18 games unbeaten in all competitions
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at home. You know you'd back them over everybody. But this does feel, certainly at Villa Park,
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this is the biggest test they've got left remaining. A win tomorrow would be huge.
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Emery expecting to have a full squad to choose from. You know no fresh injury concerns but
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put the training later today. So you know we'll see what happens there. But both teams you feel
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could not be in better form. It's all set up to be a cracker on Saturday evening at Villa Park.
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