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Match insight

Aston Villa and Newcastle sit within touching distance of each other on points, with nothing meaningful to split them on the table. Newcastle currently sit 5 places and 3 points above Aston Villa in the table — 11th against 16th. Aston Villa have taken 5 points from their last 5, against 7 for Newcastle over the same stretch. There's a gap between what Aston Villa are capable of and where they actually sit — our metrics say so, even if the table doesn't yet.