Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Monday 3 November 2008
Result
Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa
Premier League · Monday 3 November 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa: match report
Newcastle United won against Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Monday 3 November 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Obafemi Martins opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Obafemi Martins (60') and Obafemi Martins (82'). Aston Villa did not score.
Discipline: Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 20th on 9 points from 10 and Aston Villa 5th on 20 points from 10. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-L-D-D-L and Aston Villa's W-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Habib Beye
- 22'Yellow card · Gareth Barry
- 37'Yellow card · Luke Young
- 54'Yellow card · Joey Barton
- 57'Yellow card · Obafemi Martins
- 60'Goal · Obafemi Martins
- 71'Yellow card · Shola Ameobi
- 77'Yellow card · Steve Sidwell
- 82'Goal · Obafemi Martins
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, Damien Duff, José Enrique, Steven Taylor, Jonás Gutiérrez, Obafemi Martins, Shola Ameobi, Fabricio Coloccini, Joey Barton, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Luke Young, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Nicky Shorey, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar