Aston Villa’s next five fixtures compared to Arsenal and Man City after Newcastle win

Aston Villa beat Newcastle United 2-0 to keep pace with Arsenal and Manchester City in the Premier League title race

Aston Villa managed to keep pace in the Premier League title race with a comfortable 2-0 victory away to Newcastle United at St. James’ Park on Sunday afternoon.

Unai Emery‘s men needed to bounce back after defeat to Everton last weekend, and especially as Manchester City had already claimed three points this weekend with a win over Wolves. After a nervy start, a superb Emi Buendia strike from outside of the 18-yard box opened the scoring on Tyneside.

Villa goalkeeper made good saves to deny Sandro Tonali and Lewis Miley, and victory was wrapped up by Ollie Watkins in the closing stages.

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As things now stand, Villa sit third with 46 points though are level with second-placed City. Both clubs are four points behind current league leaders Arsenal, who only kick-off their weekend fixture late on Sunday.

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Here, Birmingham LIVE takes a look at Villa’s upcoming Premier League fixture list compared to their title rivals;

Aston Villa’s next five Premier League fixtures

Brentford (H) – February 1

Bournemouth (A) – February 7

Brighton (H) – February 11

Leeds United (H) – February 21

Wolves (A) – February 27

Brentford, Bournemouth and Brighton are all part of the pack chasing qualification for European competitions next season. They should provide tests similar in difficulty to the one experienced at Newcastle this Sunday.

Following on, both Leeds United and Wolves are further down the table and fighting relegation. Villa will hope to come away with maximum points from these fixtures.

Arsenal’s next five Premier League fixtures

Manchester United (H) – January 25

Leeds United (A) – January 31

Sunderland (H) – February 7

Brentford (A) – February 12

Tottenham Hotspur (A) – February 22

Man City’s next five Premier League fixtures

Tottenham Hotspur (A) – February 1

Liverpool (A) – February 8

Fulham (H) – February 11

Newcastle United (H) – February 21

Leeds United (A) – February 28