Having been pipped by Newcastle to a Champions League spot at the end of last season, Aston Villa has the opportunity to exact revenge at home today as it hosts the Magpies in this first Saturday fixture of the new English Premier League campaign.

After a nightmarish pre-season, Newcastle United faces another major hurdle when it gets its Premier League campaign up and running at Aston Villa on Saturday.

It's a new season but the same old story for Aston Villa.Unai Emery's side suffered a repeat of a familiar trend after kicking off their Premier League campaign in Saturday's early kick-off against