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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

Aston Villa fans hadn’t seen their team win at St James’ Park since back in 2005, the infamous Dyer and Bowyer red cards match. It will be now at least a 20 years gap before it happens again. Indeed,

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.