Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 29 January 2013

Result

Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle United

Premier League · Tuesday 29 January 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Aston Villa 1-2 Newcastle United: match report

Aston Villa lost to Newcastle United 1-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 29 January 2013. The half-time score was 0-2.

Papiss Demba Cissé opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Christian Benteke (49', penalty). Newcastle United scored through Papiss Demba Cissé (19') and Yohan Cabaye (31').

Discipline: Aston Villa received 6 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 18th on 20 points from 23 and Newcastle United 16th on 22 points from 23. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Newcastle United 15th with 41.

Aston Villa lined up in a 5-3-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 4 for Newcastle United.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-L-D-L-L and Newcastle United's L-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Papiss Demba CisséNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · Yohan CabayeNewcastle United · 0-2
  • 42'Yellow card · Charles N'ZogbiaAston Villa
  • 49'Penalty goal · Christian BentekeAston Villa · 1-2
  • 52'Yellow card · Jonás GutiérrezNewcastle United
  • 61'Yellow card · Christian BentekeAston Villa
  • 67'Yellow card · Nathan BakerAston Villa
  • 76'Yellow card · Matthew LowtonAston Villa
  • 78'Yellow card · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa
  • 78'Yellow card · Gabriel AgbonlahorAston Villa
  • 87'Yellow card · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United
  • 88'Yellow card · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 3, draws 3, Newcastle United 4.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (5-3-2)

Matthew Lowton, Ciaran Clark, Ron Vlaar, Ashley Westwood, Christian Benteke, Brad Guzan, Joe Bennett, Charles N'Zogbia, Barry Bannan, Darren Bent, Nathan Baker

Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Tim Krul, Mathieu Debuchy, Fabricio Coloccini, Steven Taylor, José Faria, Moussa Sissoko, Papiss Demba Cissé, Yohan Cabaye, Jonás Gutiérrez, Yoan Gouffran, James Perch