Newcastle United’s Fabian Schar, left lays on the pitch after being fouled by Aston Villa’s Jhon Duran leading to a red card, during the English Premier League soccer match between Newcastle United and Aston Villa at St. James’ Park, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

Jhon Duran will serve a three-game ban after Aston Villa had their appeal against his red card rejected by the Football Association (FA). Duran was sent off during the first half of Villa’s 3-0 defeat at Newcastle United on Boxing Day for a foul on Fabian Schar.

Alan Shearer believes Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran was hard done by with his red card in Saturday’s heavy loss to Newcastle United.Villa were already 1-0 down to a second-minute Anthony Gordon

Richard: The annoying thing is that the sending off will dominate the headlines but the overall performance from Newcastle was excellent. Sandro Tonali is worth the ticket price on his own. Our very own Andrea Pirlo! A joy to watch him conduct the orchestra. It's no coincidence that our current good form coincides with Tonali's form.

Aston Villa intend to appeal against the red card received by Jhon Duran for violent conduct against Newcastle United with Unai Emery saying any ban for his striker would be “hard to accept”. Duran, 21,

Newcastle United and Aston Villa are separated by two points and two places in the Premier League table when they meet on Thursday.

"The red card more or less kills the game, it changes it completely. "I do not know what happened at half-time."

Dermot Gallagher reviews controversial decisions in the Premier League after each round of games, on behalf of Sky Sports. The former top referee has now given his call on these incidents in the Newcastle v Aton Villa match.

Newcastle were leading 1-0 through Anthony Gordon’s second-minute strike when Duran was sent off on the half-hour mark for a stamp on Fabian Schar’s back. The Magpies then cruised to victory with second-half goals from Alexander Isak and Joelinton.