Aston Villa 1-3 Newcastle
Key numbers
- Possession 43% – 57%
- Shots 8 (2 on target) – 12 (3)
- Decisive moment: 76' Sandro Tonali, FN xPts +1.4
Tammy Abraham 14'
HT 1:0
Sandro Tonali 63'
Sandro Tonali 76'
Nick Woltemade 88'
Sandro Tonali 76'
Nick Woltemade 88'
Aston Villa edged xG (0.97–0.96) but Newcastle took the win.
Player of the matchSandro TonaliDecisive moment76' Sandro Tonali+1.4
Player of the match
Sandro Tonali Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Aston Villa ahead 49 min · level 27 min · Newcastle ahead 14 min
- Aston Villa: Red card 45+1' → ~45 min a player down
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
14'
Tammy Abraham
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Douglas Luiz +0.2
+0.7
45+1'
Marco Bizot
Red card
−0.3
63'
Sandro Tonali
Goal
+0.9
76'
Sandro Tonali
Goal · scorer +1.0 · assist Dan Burn +0.4
+1.4
88'
Nick Woltemade
Goal
+0.1
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Aston VillaNewcastle
43%Possession57%
0.97Expected goals (xG)0.96
0.12xG per shot0.08
8Shots12
2Shots on target3
25%Shots on target %25%
6Shots in box8
362Passes476
81%Pass accuracy85%
6Corners5
0Saves1
11Fouls10
2Yellow cards3
1Offsides3
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
36 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0.97 | |
| xG | 0.97 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 0.96 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 8 | 12.7 | |
| On target | 2 | 4.8 | |
| Shots faced | 12 | 12.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 43% | 54.4% | |
| Passes | 362 | 461.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 81% | 84.8% | |
| Corners | 6 | 5.3 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 10 |
Newcastle
40 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 0.96 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 0.97 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 12 | 13.6 | |
| On target | 3 | 5 | |
| Shots faced | 8 | 12.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 57% | 52.4% | |
| Passes | 476 | 457.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 82.7% | |
| Corners | 5 | 6.4 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 9.2 |
Timeline
- 4' Yellow Douglas Luiz
- 14' Goal Tammy Abraham competition goal #1 assist Douglas Luiz
- 25' Yellow Malick Thiaw
- 42' Yellow Lucas Digne
- 45+1' Red Marco Bizot
- 45+4' Sub Leon Bailey → Emiliano Martínez
- 52' Yellow Harvey Barnes
- 55' Yellow Jacob Ramsey
- 63' Sub William Osula → Anthony Gordon
- 63' Sub Jacob Murphy → Anthony Elanga
- 63' Goal Sandro Tonali competition goal #1
- 65' Sub Ross Barkley → Emiliano Buendía
- 65' Sub Tammy Abraham → Ollie Watkins
- 76' Goal Sandro Tonali competition goal #2 assist Dan Burn
- 77' Sub Morgan Rogers → Ian Maatsen
- 78' Sub Douglas Luiz → Jadon Sancho
- 80' Sub Jacob Ramsey → Joe Willock
- 88' Goal Nick Woltemade competition goal #1
- 90' Sub Kieran Trippier → Alex Murphy
Category leaders
- Key passesLucas Digne4
- Duels wonAmadou Onana12/14
- DribblesNick Woltemade3/3
- Defensive actionsLamare Bogarde6
- ShotsHarvey Barnes3 (on target 0)
- Fouls wonAmadou Onana3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.