In order to regain the first place of the English Championship, the cast of Newcastle United receives the visit of Aston Villa, in game to be disputed in the St. James Park.
Aston Villa
The Brighton squad moved to the top of the table after a 2-0 victory in their visit to Barnsley on Saturday and in this way the Magpies are second with two points less, although with a game still pending.
For that reason, those led by the Spaniard Rafa Benítez leave for a victory to return to the first place, also know that there is little left for the end and can not sleep, even more when Huddersfield Town comes from behind with good pace, to the point To be five points away from them.
Newcastle come from a 2-2 draw in their visit to Norwich City this being their second draw in the four-game space, but the good thing is that they remain unbeaten in the last six games with 4 wins and 2 draws.
On the other hand, from the hand of Steve Bruce things have not changed at Aston Villa, the villains come from losing at home by 1-3 against Barnsley and thus extended their streak without winning in the league to 8 games, where 6 of them Were defeats, a streak that has led them to descend the 17th box with only 6 points difference that separate them from the drop zone.
Newcastle Utd
The last time they saw the faces was in the first leg of the tournament, where the result was a draw to a goal, being the third consecutive tie between them. The truth is that the history of Newcastle against Aston Villa is good, thus, magpies are unbeaten in the last 11 games against Villa, with 5 wins and 6 draws. The record at St. James Park is slightly better, as it won in 5 of the last 7.
Aston Villa have won only once in their last 16 visits to Newcastle, with the remaining 15 remaining, 8 Newcastle wins and 7 draws.
Thus, Newcastle has a great opportunity to score three points and to be again leader alone, know very well that Brighton will not be easy and everything is in his hands, it is true that he has a rival with history in English football as Aston Villa, but the villains do not have a good time, come from defeat after defeat and also play at home, where they do well before them and we see no result other than a victory here in favor of Newcastle United.
Possible alignments:
Newcastle United: Darlow; Clark, Lascelles, Dummett, Yedlin; Gouffran, Colback, Shelvey, Ritchie, Mitrović; Ayoze Pérez.
Aston Villa: Johnstone; Hutton, Chester, Baker, Amavi; Adomah, Hourihane, Lansbury, Grealish, Kodjia; Hogan.