{"id":8700,"date":"2026-10-15T00:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T22:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bankrollatlas.com\/fr\/matchs\/newcastle-come-home-villa-arrive-without-a-left-back\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T21:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T19:11:30","slug":"newcastle-aston-villa-prediction-2026-10-17","status":"publish","type":"ba_match","link":"https:\/\/bankrollatlas.com\/en\/matches\/football\/premier-league\/newcastle-aston-villa-prediction-2026-10-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle come home, Villa arrive without a left-back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle lose on the road, hold at home<\/h2>\n

Matthias Jaissle apologised to the supporters after the 4-1 defeat at Coventry on Monday, a second heavy away beating in a row after the 4-1 at Leeds in September. This Newcastle travel badly; the St James’ Park version holds: 2-1 against Hull City, 2-2 against Bournemouth, no home defeat for a side sitting eleventh on eight points. Saturday’s return home comes at a good time.<\/p>\n

Bodies coming back, at half speed<\/h2>\n

At Thursday’s press conference, Jaissle set the frame: his returnees remain \u201ca few weeks\u201d from their best level. The official eleven follows that line: Joelinton starts; Burn, with two training sessions in his legs, does not. The coach refuses the injury excuse<\/a> and points to the 2-1 over Hull<\/a> as the model reaction after Coventry. I watch the minutes rather than the names: when a team gets its midfield runners back, the pressing comes back first, and the freshness of the block will show in the last half hour.<\/p>\n

Two teams, two ways of travelling<\/h2>\n

Across their last five matches, Newcastle have lost their last two league trips by three goals; Villa had strung together three away wins before the draw with Brentford. Each score is shown from the side named first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>\nTeam<\/th>\nOpponent<\/th>\nCompetition<\/th>\nScore<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
12\/10<\/td>\nNewcastle<\/td>\nCoventry (away)<\/td>\nPremier League<\/td>\n1-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19\/09<\/td>\nNewcastle<\/td>\nHull City (home)<\/td>\nPremier League<\/td>\n2-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14\/09<\/td>\nNewcastle<\/td>\nLeeds (away)<\/td>\nPremier League<\/td>\n1-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
08\/09<\/td>\nNewcastle<\/td>\nMillwall (away)<\/td>\nLeague Cup<\/td>\n1-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
05\/09<\/td>\nNewcastle<\/td>\nBournemouth (home)<\/td>\nPremier League<\/td>\n2-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14\/10<\/td>\nAston Villa<\/td>\nFenerbahce (home)<\/td>\nChampions League<\/td>\n6-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/10<\/td>\nAston Villa<\/td>\nBrentford (home)<\/td>\nPremier League<\/td>\n2-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
02\/10<\/td>\nAston Villa<\/td>\nSevilla (away)<\/td>\nFriendly<\/td>\n3-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19\/09<\/td>\nAston Villa<\/td>\nTottenham (away)<\/td>\nPremier League<\/td>\n3-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16\/09<\/td>\nAston Villa<\/td>\nCoventry (away)<\/td>\nLeague Cup<\/td>\n3-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Villa still patch up their left side<\/h2>\n

Sixteenth on five points, the crisis on Villa’s left flank carries on: Ruggeri (hamstring) is out for more than a month and Maatsen (ankle), \u201cnot yet available\u201d according to Emery on Tuesday<\/a>, with a return \u201cin a few days or a week\u201d: too early for Saturday. The stopgap held on Wednesday: Wan-Bissaka, a right-back, kept the left-back slot against Fenerbahce<\/a>. The official eleven confirms the patch-up: Cash, Lindelof, Mings and Wan-Bissaka form the back four. A right-back filling in on the left cuts inside onto his stronger foot: the lane closes, and the build-up on that side loses its outlet. The weak side of a block is always the one opponents attack first.<\/p>\n