Aston Villa V Newcastle: Premier League – Live

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Aston Villa v Newcastle United line-ups

Aston Villa: Bizot, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Digne, Kamara, Tielemans, McGinn, Onana, Rogers, Watkins.

Subs: Wright, Pau, Maatsen, Buendia, Malen, Guessand, Iling-Junior, Jimoh.

Newcastle United: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Tonali, Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton, Gordon, Barnes, Elanga.

Subs: Ramsdale, Hall, Botman, Thiaw, Krafth, Osula, Murphy, Seung-soo, Miley.

Premier League: Aston Villa v Newcastle

Villa Park is nan venue for a lucifer betwixt 2 sides whose respective coaches whose pre-season preparations person been acold from ideal. In his pre-match property convention yesterday, Unai Emery could beryllium heard bemoaning nan mode successful which Aston Villa’s activity successful nan transportation marketplace has been hamstrung by profit and sutainability rules, a authorities of affairs that prompted nan Spaniard to show reporters that his squad person small aliases nary chance of finishing successful nan apical 7 of nan Premier League.

Villa’s only awesome finance this summertime has been connected nan Nice Striker Evan Guessand, while nan Turkish centre-back Yasin Ozcan and a mates of reserve goalkeepers person besides arrived astatine Villa Park. Ozcan has already been loaned retired to Anderlecht but Villa are hopeful of getting Marco Asensio backmost successful connected indebtedness from Paris Saint-Germain aft his productive spell successful nan Midlands past season.

His other number, Eddie Howe, has had akin issues but while Newcastle person missed retired connected respective precocious floor plan targets, they person managed to bring Malick Thiaw (AC Milan), Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton), Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) and Antonio Cordero (free aft leaving Malaga) to St James’ Park. They are besides understood to beryllium successful nan process of wrapping up a woody to motion Jacob Ramsey from today’s opponents, who desperately request nan £40m profit they’ll make from nan waste of a highly regarded academy postgraduate who has been pinch his hometown nine since 2007 to thief them equilibrium nan books.

Howe has besides been forced to woody pinch nan petulant and unseemly strop thrown by his prima striker Alexander Isak, who is hankering aft a move to Liverpool and has made it clear he has nary volition of pulling connected a Newcastle garment again contempt having 3 years near connected his contract. Howe admitted yesterday that power of nan business is “not successful my hands” but said he could envisage a script wherever Isak plays successful his broadside again. It is 1 that would almost surely impact nary extremity of grovelling to unimpressed teammates, different nine unit and fans from nan Swede but we are improbable to spot immoderate motion of him astatine Villa Park today.

With truthful overmuch (or little, successful nan lawsuit of Villa) going connected down nan scenes, it is to beryllium presumed some managers will invited nan opportunity to put their off-field woes down them and get down to nan comparatively uncomplicated task of playing football. Kick-off is astatine 12.30pm but enactment tuned successful nan meantime for squad news and build-up. Villa will beryllium retired for a modicum revenge complete nan squad that pipped them to nan last Champions League qualification spot connected nan last time of past season.