⚫ No Bruno Guimaraes, no wins (still) ❌
⚪ Big chances missed 🫣
⚫ Ruthless Villa from distance ⚽
⚪ Rare home defeat - w/ daunting away run to come 🔮
⚫ Joelinton injury blow 🤕

📝 #NUFC 0-2 #AVFC briefing, w/ @GeorgeCaulkin.bsky.social: #NEWAVL https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6990973/2026/01/25/newcastle-0-aston-villa-2/

Full-time: #NUFC 0-2 #AVFC

A damaging home defeat, especially given the away run to come.

Villa clinical, whereas #NUFC were wasteful - though home side also lacked invention & missed Guimaraes' drive.

#NUFC are 9th, 4 points adrift of fourth place.

#NEWAVL

8 minutes of added time.

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2-0 Villa. Watkins.

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#NUFC 0-2 #AVFC

Game over.

From the corner that followed a magnificent Pope save from Watkins, Villa put the ball back into the box, Watkins ghosts into the back post unmarked & heads beyond Pope.

Awful defending.

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83: #NUFC sub - Tonali is replaced by Willock. Miley goes to No 6, Willock right-sided No 8.

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62: #NUFC double sub - Elanga & Woltemade replace Gordon & Wissa.

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48: #NUFC substitution as Joelinton is forced off & Jacob Ramsey comes on to replace him against his former side. Looks to be a groin problem for Joelinton. Not good, with Guimaraes already absent...

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We're back under way at St James' Park, where #NUFC trail 1-0.

No changes for either side at the break.

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Half-time: #NUFC 0-1 #AVFC

A real test, this.

Tonali should have scored inside 37 secs, but then Villa had best of it. Buendia with a cracker.

Miley forced a great save from Martinez, but #NUFC went 41 minutes between shots.

Need to find a way back without Bruno.
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