Newcastle United vs Aston Villa LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from St. James' Park
Follow live coverage as Newcastle United face Aston Villa today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
NO GOAL!!! Although the comical nature of that finish seemed entirely of Villa's own doing, Konsa's clearance hitting the arm of Guimaraes is spotted by VAR, and as a result the scoreline remains 2-0!
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
BALL IN THE NET!! Tonali slips hall in behind on a diagonal run and the youngster hangs up a cross from the byline. It drops at the far post, where Barnes arrives to volley back across the face of goal, and although Konsa cuts it out, his attempted clearance ricochets off Guimaraes and into the back of the net. The goal is initially given and the players celebrate accordingly, but the referee's had a word in his ear...
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Villa make a further change of their own in a bid to find a way back into the game late on, with McGinn replaced by Emiliano Buendia in the visitors' final throw of the dice.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Joe Willock also comes on, with Gordon withdrawn to a hero's welcome from the home fans after his goal got a dominant Newcastle performance up and running.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Matt Targett also enters the fray in place of Trippier, suggesting that Hall may now switch to right-back in the veteran's place.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
It's Newcastle who make a triple change next, looking to shore things up, as Murphy is replaced on the right flank by Harvey Barnes.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
BLOCKED!! Digne is picked out on the run by Torres' lofted forward pass and drills a first-time volley goalwards, but Schar sticks out a leg to block and send the strike into the side netting!
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Newcastle (16) have lost more Premier League games on Boxing Day than any other sides in the competition’s history, but the visitors, with 15 defeats themselves, are well on course to join the Magpies as joint-holders of that unwanted record.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Tonali slips a throughball into Hall's path and the Newcastle left-back crosses first-time. It's across the face of goal yet again, forcing Konsa into another sliding intervention as he steers the ball behind for a corner.
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