The Newcastle United Magpies host the Aston Villa Villans on Oct. 29 in Premier League action. Newcastle is 23-16-11 all-time against Aston Villa in Premier League matches. The Magpies and Villans split last season as each club won at home with a shutout.
The Magpies have climbed into the top four in the league by winning four of their last five games and going 4-3-0 in their last seven. United is now 5-6-1 after starting the season 1-3-1. Those 21 points and a plus-10 goal differential (20 scored, 10 allowed) has the club one spot above 6-3-2 Chelsea and its plus-five goal differential (16-11).
The Villans (3-3-6) are 15th with 12 points and a minus-five goal differential having scored 11 goals and given up 16. They are one spot ahead of Southampton (3-3-6), which also has 12 points but has allowed 19 goals to its 11 scored.