Paul Merson believes Newcastle will win opening recreation towards Aston Villa on Saturday at St. James Park.
As part of his column for Sportskeeda, Merson predicted a troublesome match for each golf equipment however with Magpies as winner.
“This can be a large match,” he mentioned.
“Unai Emery is sweet at his European fixtures, and Aston Villa haven’t received a trophy in a very long time. They may discover it tough to discover a steadiness between their European video games and their Premier League kind.
“Aston Villa might pull off a number of upsets this season and completed very nicely final season. Newcastle pulled off a top-four end and have introduced in some excellent gamers.
“Newcastle completed within the high 4 final season and would possibly discover it tough to realize the identical end result this season.
“Newcastle are excellent at residence – the video games they misplaced at St. James’ Park final season had been shut.
“If each these groups are something like they had been in pre-season, this can be one hell of a recreation. Newcastle have the house benefit and I’m backing them to win this weekend.”
