Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 5 February 2012
Result
Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Sunday 5 February 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newcastle United 2-1 Aston Villa: match report
Newcastle United defeated Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 February 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Demba Ba opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Demba Ba (30') and Papiss Cissé (72'). Aston Villa scored through Robbie Keane (45+5').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 6th on 39 points from 23 and Aston Villa 13th on 28 points from 23. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 38.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Aston Villa's D-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Demba Ba
- 38'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 39'Yellow card · Richard Dunne
- 45+5'Goal · Robbie Keane
- 68'Yellow card · Darren Bent
- 72'Goal · Papiss Cissé
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, James Perch, Ryan Taylor, Danny Guthrie, Jonás Gutiérrez, Demba Ba, Leon Best, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria
Aston Villa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Shay Given, Alan Hutton, Stephen Warnock, Richard Dunne, Ciaran Clark, Stephen Ireland, Charles N'Zogbia, Stiliyan Petrov, Darren Bent, R. Keane, Carlos Cuéllar