English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 19, 2015
Aston Villa DLLDL 1
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Newcastle United WLLWW 1
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NEW101
St. James' Park · 48,234 att.

Match Report

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Jordan Ayew cracker salvages point for Aston Villa at Newcastle

Jordan Ayew's piledriver denied Newcastle a third successive Premier League victory and handed relegation-haunted Aston Villa a glimmer of hope.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
6
52.8
Possession
47.2
10
SHOTS
8
7
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
311
Accurate Passes
249
414
Passes
370
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
9
32
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.4
79
Long Balls
81
43
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
0
19
Effective Tackles
18
22
Tackles
26
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
26
17
Clearances
32

Head to Head

NEW leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NEW · 4-2-3-1

  1. 21Robert ElliotG
  2. 2Fabricio ColocciniCD-L
  3. 18Chancel MbembaCD-R
  4. 3Paul DummettLB
  5. 22Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 10Siem de JongAM
  7. 4Jack ColbackLM
  8. 8Vurnon AnitaRM
  9. 9Papiss CisséF
  10. 5Georginio WijnaldumAM-L
  11. 7Moussa SissokoAM-R

AVL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 16Joleon LescottCD-L
  3. 5Jores OkoreCD-R
  4. 7Leandro BacunaLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 19Jordan AyewM
  7. 24Carlos SánchezCM
  8. 17Jordan VeretoutAM
  9. 8Idrissa GueyeLM
  10. 15Ashley WestwoodRM
  11. 9Scott SinclairCF-R

Timeline

  1. 33' Substitution, Newcastle United. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Papiss Demba Cissé because of an injury.
  2. 38' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Aston Villa 0. Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Siem de Jong with a cross following a corner.
  3. 41' Paul Dummett (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Substitution, Newcastle United. Ayoze Pérez replaces Siem de Jong.
  5. 60' Substitution, Aston Villa. Rudy Gestede replaces Scott Sinclair.
  6. 61' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Aston Villa 1. Jordan Ayew (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jordan Veretout with a cross following a corner.
  7. 71' Substitution, Newcastle United. Florian Thauvin replaces Vurnon Anita.
  8. 77' Leandro Bacuna (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 79' Jordan Ayew (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 84' Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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