This Saturday, Aston Villa received Newcastle for a very important meeting in the Premier League between two teams who aspire to finish in the top 5 of the championship, synonymous with the Champions League next season. And after their disillusionment against Paris in the quarterfinals of C1 this week despite the victory, the Villans showed the fangs against the Magpies.
While Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the first seconds for the locals (1-0, 1st), visitors returned quickly thanks to Fabian Schär (1-1, 18th). Despite this equalization, Newcastle still took the tide in the second half. Dominator, the Birmingham club resumed the advantage thanks to Ian Maathsen (2-1, 64th) before taking off thanks to the Dan Burn counter-sound-cap (3-1, 73rd) then the realization of Amadou Onana (4-1, 75th). With this victory, Aston Villa replaces 6th place and returns two points from his opponent of the day, third.
