Newcastle United head to Aston Villa on the back of some solid transfer business of late. Anthony Elanga, Aaron Ramsdale and Malick Thiaw will be involved at Villa Park but the clash will come too soon for incoming midfielder Jacob Ramsey.

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.

Newcastle lacks a cutting edge without star striker Alexander Isak and draws 0-0 at Aston Villa in the Premier League's opening round.

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