Newcastle United5–1Aston Villa

Half-time goals: Newcastle United 2, Aston Villa 1. The score at the break.

xG: Newcastle United 4.32, Aston Villa 1.49. Chances created, each weighted by how often a shot like it is scored.

Non-penalty xG: Newcastle United 4.32, Aston Villa 1.49. The same with penalties taken out — open-play threat only.

Shots: Newcastle United 17, Aston Villa 15. Attempts at goal, on target or not.

On target: Newcastle United 13, Aston Villa 5. Goals plus saved shots. A shot against the post is not on target.

Big chances: Newcastle United 7, Aston Villa 1. Shots worth 0.3 expected goals or more — the ones that should be scored.

Corners: Newcastle United 6, Aston Villa 5. Corners won.

Shots from corners: Newcastle United 2, Aston Villa 3. How many of those corners actually produced a shot.

From free kicks: Newcastle United 0, Aston Villa 1. Shots struck directly from a free kick.

Headed shots: Newcastle United 3, Aston Villa 4. Attempts with the head, a proxy for how much arrives from crosses.

Passes in their third: Newcastle United 324, Aston Villa 255. Passes completed in the opposition’s defensive third. NOT total passes — no source here publishes those.

Deep completions: Newcastle United 9, Aston Villa 6. Passes completed within 20 yards of goal.

Fouls: Newcastle United 12, Aston Villa 17. Fouls conceded.

Yellow cards: Newcastle United 4, Aston Villa 4. Summed from the players.

PPDA: Newcastle United 15.0, Aston Villa 11.6. Passes the opposition completes per defensive action. A LOW number means pressing high and often; a high one means sitting off.

Expected points: Newcastle United 2.76, Aston Villa 0.17. Points these chances were worth on average — 3 for a win, 1 for a draw — whatever the scoreline actually said.