Newcastle United vs. Aston Villa: Kickoff, TV, and Latest Team News

Updated October 17, 2026. Newcastle United host Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday, October 17, at St. James’ Park. Kickoff is 5:30 p.m. BST (UTC+01:00) in Newcastle, which is 16:30 UTC. Sky Sports lists the match on Sky Sports Main Event HD in the UK, with its schedule showing coverage from 4:30 p.m. BST. Newcastle’s Bazoumana Touré is a possible return, while Aston Villa will assess Ross Barkley and George Hemmings. Neither club’s starting XI was confirmed in the pre-match updates checked for this article.

Newcastle vs. Aston Villa: match details

Kickoff time, venue, and time-zone conversion

The Newcastle United vs. Aston Villa kickoff time is set for 5:30 p.m. in Newcastle on Saturday. Newcastle United’s official fixture amendment says the home match at St. James’ Park was moved from its original 3:00 p.m. slot to 5:30 p.m. BST and confirms the game is part of the live Sky Sports schedule. The Premier League match center lists the same fixture at St. James’ Park.

Newcastle is on British Summer Time on October 17, so the local offset is UTC+01:00. That makes the 5:30 p.m. BST start equal to 16:30 UTC on the same date. The conversion does not cross midnight. The UK’s 2026 clock change is scheduled for October 25, after this match; GOV.UK’s clock-change calendar identifies October 25 as the date clocks go back. International viewers can use 16:30 UTC as a reference and convert it to their own time zone.

How to watch Newcastle vs. Aston Villa in the UK

For UK viewers, Sky Sports is the confirmed broadcaster. Sky’s current Aston Villa fixtures listing labels the Premier League game for Sky Sports Main Event HD at 16:30. That is the listed coverage time; the match itself is scheduled to kick off at 17:30 BST. Newcastle’s official fixture-change notice confirms that the game will be shown live on Sky Sports.

Check the Sky guide on matchday for any channel or program changes, and distinguish the start of the broadcast from kickoff. This confirmation applies to UK coverage only. TV rights vary by country, so viewers elsewhere should check the Premier League’s official match information and the authorized broadcaster in their region rather than assume a UK Sky listing will be available internationally.

Newcastle United team news

Head coach Matthias Jaissle gave Newcastle’s latest availability update at his Thursday pre-match briefing. Bazoumana Touré was withdrawn late in the October 12 match at Coventry City, but Jaissle said the winger had been progressing and hoped he could rejoin the group on Saturday. That makes Touré a possibility, not a confirmed selection.

Anthony Elanga had missed three league matches. Jaissle said the plan was to bring him back gradually, with partial group training hoped for the following week, so the update did not point to him being ready for Villa. Tino Livramento was also on a cautious return path over the coming weeks. Jacob Ramsey was making progress, and the coach hoped he could take part in partial training next week. Neither Livramento nor Ramsey was confirmed available for this fixture.

Dan Burn and Joelinton both made their first competitive appearances of the 2026–27 season at Coventry. Jaissle said Burn had completed only a couple of training sessions and that a start against Villa would most likely come too soon. Joelinton had been training longer, so his situation was different, although the club planned to manage his minutes carefully. Jaissle did not confirm a starting role for either player. Read Newcastle’s official team-news briefing for the coach’s full update.

Aston Villa team news

Unai Emery’s latest update, published Friday ahead of the trip, left two players subject to assessment. Ross Barkley had played 85 minutes in Villa’s 6–0 Champions League win over Fenerbahçe on Wednesday and was feeling discomfort afterward. Emery said the club would check his condition following training. George Hemmings, who missed the European match, was close to returning to the group; Emery said a decision would depend on how he came through the session. Neither player was confirmed fit or ruled in for Newcastle.

Villa’s update listed Ian Maatsen and Matteo Ruggeri as still sidelined by injury. An earlier official preview also described Amadou Onana as unavailable during his longer-term recovery, with no later return confirmation in the pre-match club material checked here. These are availability notes, not a predicted lineup. See Aston Villa’s official team news for the Magpies meeting for the latest club wording.

Are the starting lineups confirmed?

No. Starting XIs had not been published in the clubs’ pre-match updates checked for this article. Treat any predicted Newcastle or Aston Villa lineup as an estimate until the official team sheets appear. The main selection questions are whether Touré is cleared to return, how many minutes Newcastle can give Burn and Joelinton, and whether Barkley or Hemmings pass Villa’s late assessments.

Before tuning in, recheck three details: the match remains scheduled for Saturday, October 17, at 5:30 p.m. BST (UTC+01:00); Sky’s UK listing shows Sky Sports Main Event HD, with coverage scheduled from 4:30 p.m. BST; and the clubs’ official channels have the final word on availability and starting XIs. For viewers outside the UK, 16:30 UTC is the confirmed international time reference.