Newcastle United vs. Aston Villa 2/13/22 Premier League Soccer Picks, Predictions, Odds

Newcastle United and Aston Villa face off on Sunday in an English Premier League showdown at St. James Park. When these two teams faced off in August of 2021 it was Aston Villa that came away with the 2-0 victory. 

Newcastle currently sits in 17th place in the standings having picked up 18 points. Newcastle has won two games in a row including the last game against Everton where they won 3-1. Newcastle fell behind 1-0, but they quickly answered and were able to score three goals. Newcastle only had 39 percent of the possession but they did have nine shots on target. Newcastle has scored 24 goals total while their defense has given up 44 goals total. Callum Wilson has been the top player scoring six goals. Allan Saint-Maximin has also scored five goals and added three assists. 

On the other side of this matchup is Aston Villa who sits in 11th place in the standings having picked up 27 points. Aston Villa has picked up five points over their last three games. In the last game against Leeds United, Aston Villa scored three goals in the first 43 minutes but couldn’t hold on and only picked up a point. Ezri Konsa did pick up a red card and won’t be available to go in this game. Aston Villa has scored 31 goals total while their defense has given up 35 goals total. Ollie Watkins and Jacob Ramsey have both scored five goals and added one assist. 

Aston Villa and Newcastle are both coming off games where the offense was strong, and I expect that is going to be the case again in this one. Look for very little defense to be played by either team, and the over is going to cash.