Ten-man Aston Villa held Newcastle to a 0-0 draw of their opening recreation of the Premier League season regardless of Ezri Konsa’s second-half pink card.
The Magpies had been the higher aspect for a lot of the encounter at Villa Park, going shut via Anthony Elanga, Anthony Gordon and Harvey Barnes however had been unable to make their dominance, and the additional man, pay.
The sport’s key spotlight occured halfway via the second half when Konsa pulled Gordon again when he was via on purpose, leading to successive pink playing cards for Villa following Emiliano Martinez’s dismissal of their ultimate Premier League recreation final season.
Aston Villa v Newcastle
Anthony Elanga might have opened his account solely three minutes into his Newcastle profession after racing clear following a Tyrone Mings slip however fellow debutant within the Villa purpose Marco Bizot saved from point-blank vary in what was a fast-paced opening to the sport.
The guests remained the larger risk within the opening phases, with Elanga mis-hitting a shot after discovering house within the field and Anthony Gordon heading over from shut vary.
Villa struggled to click on within the first half, giving the ball away a number of instances as they struggled to deal with the strain placed on them by the Magpies, who can have been lifted by their show after a tumultuous summer season amid the hypothesis over absent striker Alexander Isak’s future.
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