What time and TV channel is Aston Villa v Newcastle in the Premier League today?

Aston Villa and Newcastle meet in the first early Saturday kick-off of the new Premier League season today at Villa Park.

It’s been a fairly quiet window for Villa, while Newcastle have looming under the cloud of the Alexander Isak transfer saga for a large part of the summer.

Newcastle are back in the Champions League this season after securing their place in the final few weeks of last season.

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Unai Emery will be desperate to bring the Villains back into that competition and will be keen to make a brighter start than the last campaign.

Where is the game?

The game is at Villa Park.

What time is kick-off?

The game gets underway at 12.30pm today.

What TV channel is it on?

The game will be shown live on TNT Sports.

Will the game be streamed?

You can stream the game live on the Discovery Plus App.

Betting odds

Villa 5/4

Draw 5/2

Newcastle 2/1

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