Newcastle United vs Aston Villa - Match Preview

The big question for Magpies boss Alan Pardew is whether or not he decides to start with new £10 million mega signing Papiss Cisse alongside leading scorer Demba Ba after their African Cup of Nations excursions.

By Matt Holmes /

Line-ups from;

Newcastle (from): Krul, Elliot, Harper, Simpson, R. Taylor, Santon, Ferguson, Perch, Coloccini, Williamson, Kadar, Obertan, Ben Arfa, Gutierrez, Gosling, Abeid, Vuckic, Ba, Cisse, Best, Shola Ameobi, Lovenkrands. Aston Villa (from): Given, Guzan, Hutton, Lichaj, Cuellar, Dunne, Warnock, Baker, Bannan, Clark, Petrov, Ireland, Bent, Keane, Agbonlahor, Heskey, N'Zogbia, Weimann, Marshall, Johnson, Gardner, Stevens.