Aston Villa-Newcastle is a match valid for the 31st day of the Premier League and is played Saturday at 1:30pm: tv, predictions.
Four consecutive wins for Emery’s Aston Villa. Five for Howe’s Newcastle. Anything can be said, then, that this match does not feature two unfit teams.
But despite this path for the hosts the Europe zone, the one that counts, remains distant: in fact, Tottenham, fifth in the standings, is still six lengths ahead and it does not seem like a close margin. In these last days before the end of the Premier League no doubt the Villans will try, but it will not be easy. Not least because even tomorrow it will not be easy to manage to win against the Bianconeri who are in third place and dreaming of a qualification to the next Champions League.
A third place to be defended in every way for a team that is having a sensational season and has economic possibilities out of the ordinary. Making it to the Champions League would open the door to what could be incredible strikes for Newcastle. That, however, in a tough game like this, they might as well settle for a draw. Yes, ninety crucial minutes that can deliver something magical, no doubt, but coming out of an important challenge like this one unscathed would mean making it clear to all the others-if the signs were still not there-that for the top four places, until the last day, they will have to contend with Newcastle.
Howe (Lapresse)
The prediction
It will undoubtedly be a match of at least one goal per team. In attack both Aston Villa and Newcastle have men who can strike at any time. Moreover, in this aspect, there is also a trend to reverse: in the last five crossings only once the two formations have both found the way to the net. Also by the law of large numbers tomorrow it will be so. What’s next. And then as mentioned a draw could be well seen by the guests who would come out of a hot and difficult stadium unscathed.
The likely lineups for Aston Villa-Newcastle
- ASTON VILLA (3-5-2): Martinez; Young, Konsa, Mings, Moreno; McGinn, Luiz; Traore, Buendia, Ramsey; Watkins.
- NEWCASTLE (4-3-3): Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Almiron, Wilson, Murphy.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
