Newcastle United Vs Aston Villa FPL: Who Hauled And What It Means
The call — Newcastle 0 Aston Villa 1 — GW7, 17 October, St James' Park Manzambi scored, played 71 minutes and took maximum bonus. Eleven points at £5.9m. Roughly 2 in 100 managers own him. That is the headline from this fixture. Villa kept a clean sheet and their defence collected.
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Lindelöf returned 10 points at £4.5m — 90 minutes, two bonus, and he cleared the extra-defending threshold with room to spare. Fewer than 1 in 100 own him. Suzuki made one save and banked 8 at £5.0m. Cash played 90, hit the defensive-contribution mark, and took 8 at £4.4m — about 4 in 100 have him, the most-owned of the Villa back line. Mings and Wan-Bissaka took 6 apiece. Gomes added an assist and 5 points before coming off on 71 minutes.
Now the line most readers came for. Wissa played 90 minutes, picked up a yellow, and returned 1 point. About 1 in 7 managers own him — the most-owned player on either side. Barnes played 90 and returned 2 at £6.1m; roughly 1 in 12 own him. Newcastle scored nothing and conceded at home. Four of their players were booked.
The caveats are plain. Manzambi has one goal in this evidence and nothing more — a single return at low ownership is a single return. Barkley lasted 18 minutes before coming off; Pau 13; Goretzka 18. Villa's rotation across those slots is a fact of this match, not a guess. Burn came on for one minute for Newcastle.
What it means for the deadline. The Villa defence is priced between £4.4m and £5.0m and just delivered a shutout with two players in the bonus. Cash at £4.4m is the cheapest route in and hits his defensive numbers weekly. Manzambi at £5.9m is the attacking route, owned by almost nobody.
The call: Cash is a buy at £4.4m. Wissa owners who were waiting for a reason — 90 minutes, one point, a booking, no goal — now have one. Sell Wissa.