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Newcastle 1-1 Aston Villa: Ahmed Elmohamady rescues valuable point at St James' Park
Ahmed Elmohamady's equaliser rescued a valuable point for Dean Smith's Aston Villa in their battle to avoid relegation after substitute Dwight Gayle opened the scoring for Newcastle. See how the action unfolded with Express Sport.
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NEWCASTLE 1-1 ASTON VILLA | GAYLE [68] ELMOHAMADY [83]
Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Manquillo, Fernandez, Lascelles, Rose, Shelvey, Hayden, Ritchie, Almiron, Saint-Maximin, Joelinton.
Subs: Darlow, Schar, Carroll, Gayle, Muto, Krafth, Yedlin, Lazaro, Bentaleb.
Aston Villa XI: Nyland, Konsa, Hause, Mings, Targett, Luiz, McGinn, Grealish, Trezeguet, Samatta, El Ghazi.
Subs: Reina, Taylor, Nakamba, Hourihane, Baston, Jota, El Mohamady, Vassilev, Davis.
- Dwight Gayle, moments after coming on, opens the scoring for the home side with a composed finish past Nyland
- Ahmed Elmohamady has grabbed a goal just minutes after coming on! A glancing header to level it up
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Aston Villa substitute Ahmed El Mohamady scored with seven minutes remaining to give his beleaguered side a potential lifeline from relegation as they claimed a vital point in a 1-1 Premier League draw at Newcastle on Wednesday.
Villa remained in the bottom two but will be buoyed by their fightback at St James' Park after Dwight Gayle had put the home team in front in the 68th minute.
Newcastle, who beat Sheffield United 3-0 on Sunday in their first game after the COVID-19 lockdown, stayed in 13th place as they advanced to 39 points from 31 games.
Villa have 27 points, having drawn two of three games played in a seven-day spell after the league's return to action.