What is Aston Villa's record with Jarred Gillett as Newcastle appointment confirmed
Jarred Gillett will be the referee in charge of Aston Villa's trip to Newcastle United on Saturday.
The 39-year-old Aussie is one of the newest refereeing additions to the Premier League.
He began his officiating career in his native Australia, refereeing in the A-League from 2010 to 2019.
It was in 2019 that he moved to English football and began refereeing in the EFL, but it wasn't long before he'd be promoted to the top flight.
Between 2013 to 2019 he was a FIFA-listed referee for the Australian FA, and returned to the list in 2023, now representing England's FA.
Gillett will have the whistle in his hand when Villa travel to St James' Park on Saturday, and that will fill Unai Emery with confidence.
How many Aston Villa-Newcastle games has Jarred Gillett refereed?
The Premier League have confirmed that Gillett will be the referee for Aston Villa's trip to Tyneside this weekend.
His assistants are Nick Greenhalgh and Blake Antrobus, the fourth official is Matt Corlett, VAR is Stuart Atwell and assistant VAR is Craig Taylor.
Detailed via Transfermarkt, despite only refereeing in English football for a handful of years, Gillett has already refereed Villa 15 times in his career.
Two of those games have seen the Villains take on the Magpies, and it's been Emery's side that have emerged victorious on both occasions.
April last year saw Gillett in the middle for Villa's 4-1 home win over Toon, before the Aussie was again in charge of the 2-0 win at St James' in January this year.
Emi Buendia and Ollie Watkins were on the scoresheet in the latter of those two matches.
Villa's excellent record with Gillett against the Geordies will appease the superstitious Villains supporter.
As will his overall record when holding the whistle for Aston Villa games.
What is Villa's recent record with Gillett as referee?
Of the 15 Aston Villa matches Gillett has refereed in his career, the Villains have won seven of those, losing five and drawing three.
However, prior to those two most recent losses, Villa were on a six-game unbeaten run with Gillett as referee dating back to December 2023.
Gillett has never shown a straight red card to an Aston Villa player either, but has brandished two yellows on one occasion.
So, armed with a strong recent record and with a 100 per cent win rate over Newcastle with Gillett as referee, Villa have new reason for belief ahead of Saturday.