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Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe left Allan Saint-Maximin on the bench against Aston Villa; He was declared compatible after hamstring problems.
The Frenchman suffered a recurrence of the muscle injury after the 5-1 defeat to Brentford recently. That meant Howe stuck with the 3 most sensible ones who helped beat the Spurs last weekend.
Nick Pope on purpose, while Kieran Trippier led the team in its 200th Premier League match. And there have been new beginnings for the unwavering Fabian Schar and Sven Botman.
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Dan Burn continued to give the green light in front of Matt Targett while Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes and Joe Willock in midfield.
And the first 3 of Miguel Almiron, Callum Wilson and Joelinton were for new goals.
UNITED: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn, Willock, Guimaraes, Longstaff, Almiron, Wilson, Joelinton.
Substitutes: Karius, Lascelles, Shelvey, Saint-Maximin, Targett, Manquillo, Wood, Fraser, Murphy.
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