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

Newcastle dominated the first-half, although neither side broke the deadlock. Anthony Elanga was played through on goal early doors, but his shot was saved. The visitors ended up having eight shots, while Villa did not trouble Nick Pope in the Newcastle goal once.