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
Newcastle are unbeaten in their last 15 Premier League home games against Aston Villa, winning nine of these since a 3-0 loss in April 2005. They’ve won the last three in a row by an aggregate score of 10-1, and are on course to make that four straight already.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Tonali's loose pass gifts possession to Villa and Onana's throughball releases Duran on the left. He drills a low ball across the face with numbers arriving, but no-one can get on the end of his cross to turn it home!
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Trippier is picked out on the run with a cross-field pass from Guimaraes, but his drilled ball in from the byline is scythed away from danger by a sliding Torres before it can trouble Martinez.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
WIDE!!! Gordon looks to play a one-two with Isak and the ball ricochets back to him on the edge of the box, with the Newcastle goalscorer rolling a first-time strike well wide of the target!
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
BLOCKED!! A Villa free-kick from the edge of the box is played down the line to Cash, who cuts back from the byline. Kamara races onto the loose ball unmarked and lashes it goalwards first-time, but Tonali gets in the way of it!
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Anthony Gordon's goal after 90 seconds is the quickest in a Premier League game on Boxing Day since 2014, when both Harry Kane (57 secs) and Adam Johnson (30 secs) scored within the opening minute.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Villa turn possession over in Newcastle's half and Cash is sent in behind before crossing from the right, but Burn gets across at the near post to put the ball behind for a corner.
Newcastle United vs Aston Villa
Gordon and Hall play the Newcastle corner short before the former whips a cross into the area, and Villa can't clear their lines as Guimaraes sends a looping far-post header back across the face of goal and wide.
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