Aston Villa 0 Newcastle 0 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players | OneFootball

It ended Aston Villa 0 Newcastle 0.

A game not without incident but in the end, goalless.

Anthony Elanga played through by Sandro Tonali but the Villa keeper saving in the one on one contest only a couple of minutes in.

Then Anthony Gordon played through beyond the last man only for Konsa to drag him down and get a red card, midway through the second half. United unable to take advantage.

A moral victory for Eddie Howe as easily the better team, especially in the first 45 when they dominated.

Looking at the individuals in black and white, interesting to get an independent perspective on how this played out.

‘Whoscored ratings use data from every single Premier League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.

Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.’

Now whoscored have published their automated player ratings for this Aston Villa 0 Newcastle 0 match:

As you can see, ten players received a rating of 7.0 or more, with five for each team.

The automated ratings very generous to Villa, although the fact that their keeper Bizot (7.6) was rated man of the match maybe sums up the game.

Burn, Schar and Pope all picked up United’s joint highest rating of 7.5, whilst Tonali (my man of the match) and Livramento both rated at 7.0.

Aston Villa 0 Newcastle 0 – Saturday 16 August 2025 12.30pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Villa

Konsa red card 66

(Stats in brackets are at half-time)

Possession was Newcastle 59% (58%) Villa 41% (42%)

Total shots were Newcastle 16 (8) Villa 3 (0)

Shots on target were Newcastle 3 (2) Villa 3 (0)

Corners were Newcastle 6 (3) Villa 3 (2)

Touches in the box Newcastle 33 (18) Villa 14 (5)

Newcastle team v Aston Villa:

Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Joelinton (Miley 83), Tonali, Bruno, Barnes (Osula 90), Gordon, Elanga (Jacob Murphy 78)

Unused subs:

Ramsdale, Hall, Botman, Thiaw, Krafth, Seung-soo

(Match Report – United’s demise much exaggerated as by far the better team – It ends Aston Villa 0 Newcastle 0 – Read HERE)

Opening Newcastle United match schedule:

Saturday 16 August – Aston Villa 0 Newcastle 0

Monday 25 August – Newcastle v Liverpool (8pm) Sky Sports

Saturday 30 August – Leeds v Newcastle (5.30pm) Sky Sports

Saturday 13 September – Newcastle v Wolves (3pm)