Aston Villa V Newcastle United betting preview

Aston Villa V Newcastle United – Sunday 16:00

This fixture will undoubtedly attract a fair few neutral spectators as two sides with only winning the game in mind go head-to-head at Villa Park this Sunday afternoon. Although Aston Villa would love to secure a fifth place finish, the pressure to win will firmly rest on the shoulders of Newcastle and more importantly, on Alan Shearer. The Magpies recent defeat against Fulham has seen their bid for survival hang by a thread and this will be the biggest Premiership fixture in Newcastle’s history. This is certainly a game you cannot afford to miss and it’s live on SkySports this Sunday.

Both Martin O’Neill and David Moyes have expressed their feelings about how much they want to finish in fifth position and only a win will do for Villa with Everton’s win over the weekend pushing them above Villa into fifth. Although the arrival of a battling Newcastle side may bring about a lot of market support for the away side, we actually think Villa have a decent shout of nailing down all three points in this fixture. O’Neill’s side shown us all at the weekend when they travelled to The Riverside that they could carve out opportunity’s and if they more clinical in the final third, could of won at a cantor. They will certainly get several chances in this fixture and providing Agbonlahor and John Carew get their shooting boots on, Villa should enjoy themselves in front of the Newcastle goal.

To say this fixture is big for Newcastle would be a massive understatement. It literally is make or break for the club on Tyneside. Defeat at Villa Park could potentially destroy a club who were once striving for Premiership success. The most daunting factor about this fixture is that the Newcastle team could produce the performance of their lives and still not survive the drop. Their home defeat at the hands of Fulham last Saturday meant Newcastle now have no control over their fate. Even if they were to smash Villa off the park, which is highly unlikely. They would still need Manchester United to do them a favour against Hull City at The KC stadium. Alan Shearer can ill-afford to let that thought slip into his players minds though and he must ensure that his squad do their part in order to leave themselves with some sort of chance of avoiding the chop.

This fixture has so much riding on it that i find it hard to justify anyone’s decision to go lumping on either side. Newcastle desperately want and need all three points but their performances of late would indicate that they have no chance. For Shearer’s sake i will be a proud member of the ‘Toon Army’ but I’m not too optimistic. I would be surprised if Villa didn’t breach Steve Harper’s goal and while i do want Newcastle to win, i’ll play kinda safe by backing each side to score.

Match Odds –
Aston Villa  6/4 Boylesports     
Draw  5/2 PaddyPower    
Newcastle United  9/5 PaddyPower

SoccerBetting Tip – Both Teams to Score at 4/6 – Bet365