Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 24 May 2009
Result
Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Sunday 24 May 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United: match report
Aston Villa beat Newcastle United 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal was an own goal by Damien Duff in the 38th minute, credited to Aston Villa.
Discipline: Aston Villa received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 6th on 59 points from 37 and Newcastle United 18th on 34 points from 37. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 62 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 34.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-L-W-D-D and Newcastle United's L-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Steven Taylor
- 38'Own goal · Damien Duff
- 82'Yellow card · David Edgar
- 90'Second yellow · David Edgar
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Ashley Young, Curtis Davies, Nicky Shorey, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Craig Gardner, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Damien Duff, Steve Harper, Steven Taylor, David Edgar, Danny Guthrie, Obafemi Martins, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Mark Viduka, Fabricio Coloccini, Kevin Nolan, Nicky Butt