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Newcastle United and Aston Villa are separated by two points and two places in the Premier League table when they meet on Thursday.

Newcastle United beat Aston Villa 's 10 men in a feisty Boxing Day encounter at St James' Park, with Anthony Gordon, Alexander Isak and Joelinton all scoring in a comprehensive 3-0 home win.

Serie A side Napoli are quite interested in signing Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran and they watched him during their Premier League loss to Newcastle United.Il Mattino state that emmisaries from the

Dermot Gallagher reviews controversial decisions in the Premier League after each round of games, on behalf of Sky Sports. The former top referee has now given his call on these incidents in the Newcastle v Aton Villa match.

Alan Shearer believes Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran was hard done by with his red card in Saturday’s heavy loss to Newcastle United.Villa were already 1-0 down to a second-minute Anthony Gordon

Newcastle were leading 1-0 through Anthony Gordon’s second-minute strike when Duran was sent off on the half-hour mark for a stamp on Fabian Schar’s back. The Magpies then cruised to victory with second-half goals from Alexander Isak and Joelinton.