Matt Maher previews Aston Villa's Premier League clash against Newcastle.
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00:00Good afternoon from Bodimoore Heath where Unai Emery has held his press conference
00:04out of Saturday's game with Newcastle United. A huge game for Villa coming what
00:10four days after the Champions League exit to Paris Saint-Germain. Two huge
00:15Premier League games coming up now in the next few days. Obviously Newcastle
00:17on Saturday, Manchester City on Tuesday and the results of these games are going
00:22to go a long way to determine in your field whether Villa will make a return
00:25to the Champions League next season. They're seventh in the table at the
00:29minute but it's all very tight. Newcastle after their 5-1 win, 5-0 win rather
00:34sorry over Crystal Palace on Wednesday night have a lead on the rest of the
00:38bunch. They're in third place, they're five points ahead of Villa with six to
00:42play and Unai Emery making the point today you know basically saying those
00:48numbers. He didn't quite say it specifically but it's clear that if Villa
00:52don't beat Newcastle tomorrow or certainly if they were to lose it'd be very hard to
00:56see them overhauling Newcastle before the end of the season. I mean you couldn't
01:00find two teams at the minute in better form really. Villa have won nine out of the
01:05last ten games in all competitions. The one defeat away to Paris Saint-Germain
01:09in the Champions League. Newcastle have won five straight in the Premier League.
01:14Both teams absolutely flying. The statistics eerily similar to two years ago
01:19actually. Well they're the same. Newcastle have won five Premier League games. Villa
01:23have won four when they met in April 2023 and Villa won that game 3-0. You know one of the big
01:28early results under Unai Emery. But of course Newcastle have a history of ending Villa's
01:34unbeaten runs at home. They were the first team to win at Villa Park in nearly a year when
01:39they did so in January 2024 in the Premier League. Villa 18 games unbeaten in all competitions
01:44at home. You know you'd back them over everybody. But this does feel, certainly at Villa Park,
01:49this is the biggest test they've got left remaining. A win tomorrow would be huge.
01:55Emery expecting to have a full squad to choose from. You know no fresh injury concerns but
02:00put the training later today. So you know we'll see what happens there. But both teams you feel
02:04could not be in better form. It's all set up to be a cracker on Saturday evening at Villa Park.