Newcastle United will take on Aston Villa at the Sports Direct Arena on Sunday, looking for another home win and building on their strong start to the Premier League season. Aston Villa lost both their games, and will face a tough test as they are still
hopeful of their first Premier League points this season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alan-c4244 Pardew’s team will head into the game full of confidence as they saw off Atromitos last night in a 1-0 victory. The Magpies have had a good start to the competitive season, and will be looking to build on it.
Aston Villa earned their first win this season against League One opposition Tranmere http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rovers-c40385 in the Capital One Cup. This was manager Paul Lambert’s first competitive victory as Villa boss, and the Scot will be hoping that his team is able to go on and get
something out of Sunday’s clash at Tyneside.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United are expected to put out their strongest team against Aston Villa. Tim Krul will start in goal and will have http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-c10193 Simpson up ahead of him in defence.
Ryan Taylor faces time out on the sidelines after the player was injured against Atromitos in last night’s game. Newcastle do have the likes of Steven Taylor and Curtis Good to call upon from the bench.
In midfield, new signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 last week.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gabriel-Obertan-c14324 will start on the bench for the Magpies.
Up front, Senegalese strike duo http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Demba-Ba-c10812 and Papiss Demba Cisse will play in a 4-4-2 formation. Both strikers have impressed with their first season with the club, and manager Alan Pardew hopes to get the best out of both players.
Aston Villa
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-c29347 Lambert is still in search of his first win in the Premier League as Villa manager. The former Norwich boss has had his first taste of pressure managing a bigger club, but has asked the fans to be patient as Aston Villa still have a relatively new squad.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stephen-Warnock-c34158 in defence in front of him.
In midfield, Villa are expected to play new signing Karim El-Ahmadi in the defensive midfield position, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stephen-Ireland-c34149 in the central attacking midfield role.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darren-Bent-c10358 will play in the sole striker position, and Paul Lambert will be hoping to see the excellent link up play between Bent and Ireland which was on display against Tranmere in the League Cup game.
Newcastle have far more quality and squad stability, and are favourites to win the game. But Aston Villa are a dangerous team on their day, and can punish you if you’re not careful. I expect Newcastle to win the game by at least a goal or two, courtesy of
the Senegalese strike power of Ba and Cisse.
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