Key occasions
Aston Villa: Youri Tielemans will make his a hundredth look for Aston Villa this afternoon and as he ready to mark his century the Belgian sat down with our personal Ben Fisher to debate life, the universe and his willpower to assist finish Aston Villa's 30-year trophy drought.
Aston Villa: Opposite to Unai Emery's pessimistic view, our writers have predicted a fifth place end for Aston Villa come season's finish. I want to distance myself from the collective Guardian hive thoughts as a result of in accordance with my crystal ball they'll be ending ninth.
Newcastle United: Should you'd requested me on the finish of final season, I'd have predicted that Newcastle would spend huge and nicely this summer season, and probably be within the title race this time round. After the summer season they've had, I'm extra of a thoughts that they'll to do nicely to complete within the high 10. The Guardian Sport collective has them greater up in seventh place.
At present's match officers
Referee: Craig Pawson.
Referee's assistants: Constantine Hatzidakis and Nick Hopton.
Fourth official: Simon Hooper.
VAR: Peter Bankes.
Assistant VAR: Tim Robinson.
These groups: With Emi Martinez suspended, Dutch goalkeeper Marco Bizot is available in for his Villa debut after be a part of ing the membership from Brest. New signing Evann Guessand is on the bench, whereas the inclusion of Donyell Malen among the many Villa substitutes is a little bit of a shock as he's reported to have been in sensational type throughout pre-season.
Newcastle are with out Joe Willock, who has been dominated out of at present's proceedings with a calf damage, whereas petulance's Alexander Isak is clearly not concerned. Aaron Ramsdale has to accept a spot on the bench, with Nick Pope conserving his place in aim, however there's a debut for Anthony Elanga on the appropriate wing. Harvey Barnes will begin on the left, with Anthony Gordon enjoying as a false 9.
Aston Villa v Newcastle United line-ups
Aston Villa: Bizot, Money, 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, Corridor, Botman, Thiaw, Krafth, Osula, Murphy, Seung-soo, Miley.
Premier League: Aston Villa v Newcastle
Villa Park is the venue for a match between two sides whose respective coaches whose pre-season preparations have been removed from perfect. In his pre-match press convention yesterday, Unai Emery could possibly be heard bemoaning the style wherein Aston Villa's exercise within the switch market has been hamstrung by revenue and sutainability guidelines, a state of affairs that prompted the Spaniard to inform reporters that his group have little or no probability of ending within the high seven of the Premier League.
Villa's solely main funding this summer season has been on the Good Striker Evan Guessand, whereas the Turkish centre-back Yasin Ozcan and a few reserve goalkeepers have additionally arrived at Villa Park. Ozcan has already been loaned out to Anderlecht however Villa are hopeful of getting Marco Asensio again in on mortgage from Paris Saint-Germain after his productive spell within the Midlands final season.
His reverse quantity, Eddie Howe, has had related points however whereas Newcastle have missed out on a number of excessive profile targets, they've managed to deliver Malick Thiaw (AC Milan), Aaron Ramsdale (Southampton), Anthony Elanga (Nottingham Forest) and Antonio Cordero (free after leaving Malaga) to St James' Park. They're additionally understood to be within the technique of wrapping up a deal to signal Jacob Ramsey from at present's opponents, who desperately want the £40m revenue they'll generate from the sale of a extremely regarded academy graduate who has been along with his hometown membership since 2007 to assist them stability the books.
Howe has additionally been pressured to take care of the petulant and unseemly strop thrown by his star striker Alexander Isak, who's hankering after a transfer to Liverpool and has made it clear he has no intention of pulling on a Newcastle shirt once more regardless of having three years left on his contract. Howe admitted yesterday that management of the state of affairs is “not in my arms” however stated he might envisage a state of affairs the place Isak performs in his facet once more. It's one that will nearly definitely contain no finish of grovelling to unimpressed teammates, different membership workers and followers from the Swede however we're unlikely to see any signal of him at Villa Park at present.
With a lot (or little, within the case of Villa) occurring behind the scenes, it's to be presumed each managers will welcome the chance to place their off-field woes behind them and get all the way down to the comparatively uncomplicated activity of enjoying soccer. Kick-off is at 12.30pm however keep tuned within the meantime for group information and build-up. Villa can be out for a modicum revenge over the group that pipped them to the ultimate Champions League qualification place on the ultimate day of final season.
