Premier League 2025/26 · Matchday 1 · Villa Park
Aston Villa0:0Newcastle United
16 August 2025 · 42,526 in the ground · Craig Pawson
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Aston Villa4-2-3-1
Newcastle United4-3-3from the bench
match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards
goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names
- quiet five minutes — nothing on record
The shots, as they came
Every attempt, sized by expected goals
Aston Villa 0:0 Newcastle Utd0'kickoff
The xG race
Expected goals accumulating minute by minute
The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute
Aston Villa 0:0 Newcastle UtdTerritory
Where each side actually occupied the pitch, summed from every player’s heatmap
Aston Villa attacking right · Newcastle United attacking left · where both glow, the pitch was contested
The duel
Aston Villa vs Newcastle United
40%
Possession
60%
0.2
Expected goals
1.43
3
Shots
16
3
Shots on target
3
1
Big chances created
2
227
Passes completed
376
40
Into final third
122
40
Duels won
43
5/11 (45%)
Tackles won
8/10 (80%)
3
Corners
6
13
Fouls
11
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