Newcastle United 3 Aston Villa 0

Of their remaining fixture of the calendar 12 months at St. James’ Park, the Magpies received off to a flying begin courtesy of Anthony Gordon’s beautiful strike contained in the early exchanges earlier than the guests had been decreased to 10 males shortly after the half-hour mark following Jhon Durán’s straight purple card after a harmful foul on United defender Fabian Schär.

Alexander Isak’s close-range tap-in earlier than the hour mark doubled the Magpies’ lead, with the Swedish ahead netting in his fifth consecutive Premier League sport within the course of, earlier than Joelinton’s emphatic stoppage-time strike rounded off a fourth successive win in all competitions for Eddie Howe’s aspect, shifting into fifth place of the English top-flight.

After netting inside 27 seconds of final weekend’s 4-0 victory towards Ipswich City, Newcastle scored after 81 seconds following Gordon’s glorious effort. The Liverpool-born winger collected Joelinton’s go in direction of the left flank after the Brazilian accomplished a surging run in direction of aim earlier than the previous curled a terrific effort from the sting of the field into the highest right-hand nook.

Martin Dúbravka produced a key cease to forestall Lucas Digne from levelling for the guests because the Slovakian goalkeeper pushed away the Frenchman’s free-kick from the sting of the field earlier than Matty Money directed the ensuing rebound huge of the goal.

Schär went near extending Newcastle’s lead additional because the Swiss centre-back’s free-kick from the sting of the penalty space in entrance of the Gallowgate Finish was pushed out by Martínez.

Durán was despatched off for the guests moments later after the Colombian striker was overwhelmed in a race to a unfastened ball by the sliding Schär earlier than leaving studs on the Newcastle defender, with referee Anthony Taylor brandishing a straight purple card.

Joelinton seemed to have netted Newcastle’s second aim of the afternoon after firing the ball house from Alexander Isak’s cutback however the ball had strayed out of play on the proper byline to the frustration of the house crowd.

Sandro Tonali, who scored on his Premier League debut towards the Villans on the opening weekend of the 2023/24 season, went near scoring earlier than the half-time whistle. After Bruno Guimarães dispossessed Youri Tielemans on the sting of the field earlier than cleverly teeing up Tonali, the Italian’s first-time effort contained in the field was pushed across the publish by Martínez.

After the restart, which noticed Magpies assistant coach Jason Tindall despatched off in the course of the half-time break, Murphy went near persevering with his brilliant goalscoring type because the right-winger, focusing on a fourth aim in his final three league outings, pounced on John McGinn’s misplaced go earlier than his ensuing effort at aim deflected huge of the goal.

Isak, who scored a brace in final season’s 5-1 win towards Aston Villa at St. James’ Park, went near scoring in his fifth consecutive Premier League match after controlling Guimarães’ go earlier than his stabbed shot at aim was held by Martínez.

Within the 59th minute, nonetheless, Isak netted his seventh aim in his final 5 league matches. After Guimarães threaded a pleasant by ball into Murphy’s path, the latter fired a low cross into the six-yard space, with Isak available to calmly stroke the ball house from close-range.

The Swedish frontman had the ball within the internet minutes later, emphatically inserting the ball house from Murphy’s go after combining neatly with the latter, however the aim was disallowed after Isak appeared to stray into an offside place.

Newcastle continued their search in extending their benefit as Murphy struck the crossbar. After Joelinton retrieved Martínez’s go contained in the field, the Brazilian’s preliminary shot was blocked by Ezri Konsa earlier than Murphy slammed a vicious effort towards the woodwork.

Guimarães seemed to have prolonged United’s lead additional after Konsa’s meant goalline clearance from Harvey Barnes’ trickling effort at aim thumped off the Brazilian into the web however, following a VAR test, the aim was disallowed after the ball adjudged to hit the Magpies skipper’s arm.

Within the first minute of stoppage-time, Joelinton added gloss to the scoreline because the Brazilian midfielder superior in direction of aim and, after being granted time and area on the sting of the field, hammered a strong strike into the highest right-hand nook to spherical off Newcastle’s calendar 12 months on house soil in successful trend.

Newcastle United: Martin Dúbravka, Kieran Trippier (Matt Targett 78), Fabian Schär, Dan Burn, Lewis Corridor, Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimarães (c) (Lewis Miley 90), Joelinton, Jacob Murphy (Joe Willock 78), Anthony Gordon (Harvey Barnes 78), Alexander Isak (Will Osula 90).

Subs not used: Odysseas, Lloyd Kelly, Sean Longstaff, Miguel Almirón.