Newcastle vs. Aston Villa: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 179

Draws: 40

Newcastle wins: 77

A regular fixture in the top flight ever since the late 1800s, Aston Villa and Newcastle United met for the 179th time across all competitions when they clashed at St James' Park in the Premier League in October 2026.

Both teams were in desperate need of a win, with Villa having taken just five points from their first seven games, whereas Toon has taken just eight in that time.

Unfortunately for Newcastle, Johan Manzambi leapt highest in the penalty area to nod home the only goal of the game in the 36th minute, giving the visitors all three points.

The Swiss international was heavily linked with a move to the Magpies before signing for Villa, so the fact he was the one to ultimately win the match made the result even more difficult to deal with.

Newcastle hold the overall bragging rights by a fair distance, coming out on top on 77 occasions, while Villa have won 62 scraps in this fixture, with the teams sharing the spoils a further 40 times.

Newcastle have also edged the head-to-head column in recent years - even if they have failed to triumph in any of the last three - taking six wins over Villa from their last 11 encounters, including a run of three in a row before April 2025.

The Magpies also scored at least three goals in each of those Premier League victories; 5-1 at home in August 2023, 3-1 at Villa Park in January 2024 and 3-0 at St James' Park on Boxing Day 2024.

However, Villa's first win in that sequence was an equally emphatic one - 3-0 on their own patch in April 2023 - and there have been a whopping 21 goals scored across the last seven Premier League meetings between the two clubs.

Both sides have one over each other in FA Cup finals, with Aston Villa conquering Newcastle 2-0 in the 1905 showpiece thanks to two Harry Hampton goals, but the Magpies got their revenge 19 years later, winning by the same scoreline in the final of the 1923-24 edition at Wembley.

Hampton netted 11 times in meetings between Aston Villa and Newcastle, only below two other Lions strikers in Joe Bache (13) and Billy Walker (12) for the most documented all-time goals in this particular fixture.