Newcastle United 4-0 Aston Villa: Magpies thrash Villa to continue impressive run

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Callum Wilson scored doubly arsenic Newcastle United continued their awesome signifier by thrashing Aston Villa astatine St James' Park.

With England brag Gareth Southgate successful attendance, World Cup hopeful Wilson converted from the punishment spot six minutes into first-half wounded clip aft Villa defender Ashley Young utilized his limb to artifact a Miguel Almiron effort.

Wilson bushed Villa's substitute goalkeeper Robin Olsen from the spot aft helium replaced Emiliano Martinez, who was withdrawn aft taking a stroke to the caput from team-mate Tyrone Mings.

The Newcastle striker doubled his side's pb erstwhile helium headed location from adjacent range, with Joelinton and the in-form Almiron wrapping up a 5th triumph successful six games for Eddie Howe's side, who were denied a determination up to 3rd spot successful the array by Tottenham's precocious victor astatine Bournemouth.

Magpies headdress near-perfect period successful style

Another scintillating attacking show capped a superb period for Newcastle, who took 16 points from a imaginable 18 successful October.

Playing a Premier League crippled portion starting the time successful the apical 4 of the array for the archetypal clip since April 2012, Howe's broadside underlined their presumption arsenic contenders for a Champions League spot by stretching their unbeaten tally to 8 games.

While a stop-start archetypal fractional did not assistance Newcastle's fluency, the hosts upped the tempo towards the end, with Wilson beating Olsen from 12 yards to unfastened the scoring.

Wilson had a 2nd extremity ruled retired for offside earlier the break, but helium took his season's tally to six erstwhile helium nodded a Kieran Trippier transverse successful from adjacent range.

Joelinton scored his archetypal extremity of the season, pouncing connected the rebound aft Olsen had denied Wilson his hat-trick and Almiron capped a good Newcastle display, scoring for the 3rd crippled moving erstwhile helium brilliantly curled a changeable into the net.

Newcastle continued to propulsion for goals but Wilson and substitute Jacob Murphy were denied by the woodwork arsenic the hosts were made to settee for four.

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Newcastle United

Squad number22Player namePope
Squad number2Player nameTrippier
Squad number5Player nameSchär
Squad number4Player nameBotman
Squad number33Player nameBurn
Squad number36Player nameS Longstaff
Squad number39Player nameBruno Guimarães
Squad number28Player nameWillock
Squad number24Player nameAlmirón
Squad number9Player nameWilson
Squad number7Player nameJoelinton

Squad number6Player nameLascelles
Squad number8Player nameShelvey
Squad number10Player nameSaint-Maximin
Squad number13Player nameTargett
Squad number20Player nameWood
Squad number23Player nameMurphy

Aston Villa

Squad number1Player nameMartínez
Squad number2Player nameCash
Squad number4Player nameKonsa
Squad number5Player nameMings
Squad number18Player nameYoung
Squad number32Player nameDendoncker
Squad number6Player nameDouglas Luiz
Squad number11Player nameWatkins
Squad number10Player nameBuendía
Squad number31Player nameBailey
Squad number9Player nameIngs

Squad number7Player nameMcGinn
Squad number23Player namePhilippe Coutinho
Squad number25Player nameOlsen
Squad number27Player nameDigne
Squad number41Player nameJ Ramsey

Line-ups

Newcastle

Formation 4-3-3

22Pope
2Trippier
5SchärSubstituted forLascellesat 83'minutes
4BotmanSubstituted forTargettat 71'minutes
33Burn
36S Longstaff
39Bruno GuimarãesSubstituted forShelveyat 83'minutes
28WillockSubstituted forMurphyat 71'minutes
24AlmirónSubstituted forSaint-Maximinat 86'minutes
9WilsonSubstituted forWoodat 86'minutes
7JoelintonBooked astatine 65mins

Substitutes

6Lascelles
8Shelvey
10Saint-Maximin
13Targett
18Karius
19Manquillo
20Wood
21Fraser
23Murphy

Aston Villa

Formation 4-2-3-1

1MartínezSubstituted forOlsenat 35'minutes
2CashSubstituted forDigneat 69'minutes
4Konsa
5Mings
18Young
32DendonckerSubstituted forMcGinnat 69'minutes
6Douglas Luiz
11WatkinsBooked astatine 45mins
10BuendíaSubstituted forCoutinhoat 61'minutes
31BaileySubstituted forJ Ramseyat 61'minutes
9Ings

Substitutes

7McGinn
8Sanson
16Chambers
20Bednarek
23Coutinho
25Olsen
27Digne
35Archer
41J Ramsey

Referee:Paul Tierney

Attendance:52,233

Live Text

Match ends, Newcastle United 4, Aston Villa 0.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 4, Aston Villa 0.
Attempt missed. Chris Wood (Newcastle United) near footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Sean Longstaff with a cross.
Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle United) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
Foul by Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United).
Danny Ings (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United).
Lucas Digne (Aston Villa) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Chris Wood replaces Callum Wilson.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Allan Saint-Maximin replaces Miguel Almirón.
Attempt missed. Joelinton (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a transverse pursuing a corner.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Ashley Young.
Attempt missed. Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a transverse pursuing a acceptable portion situation.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Jonjo Shelvey replaces Bruno Guimarães.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Jamaal Lascelles replaces Fabian Schär.
Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Danny Ings (Aston Villa).
Attempt missed. Joelinton (Newcastle United) near footed changeable from the close broadside of the container is precocious and wide to the left. Assisted by Miguel Almirón.
Offside, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins tries a done ball, but Danny Ings is caught offside.

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