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Stuart Jamieson

The Newcastle United team fans want to see at Aston Villa tonight

Newcastle United fans would put Florian Lejeune straight back into the Premier League fray at Aston Villa tonight.

The Magpies travel to Villa Park for their first match since the back-to-back wins over West Ham and Bournemouth before the international break.

While manager Steve Bruce will be keen to maintain his side's good run, he will have to make a few changes to the XI which started the 2-1 win over Eddie Howe's Cherries last time out.

With Jamaal Lascelles and Ciaran Clark ruled out through injury, Bruce must decide between Federico Fernandez, Paul Dummett, fit-again Fabian Schar and Lejeune, who is back in contention after a cruciate ligament injury kept him out since last April.

And United fans have gone for the Frenchman, alongside Schar and Fernandez, for the Villa Park test tonight.

It's a case of more of the same in midfield and up front, with the pace of Miguel Almiron and Allan Saint-Maximin hopefully having the same impact as it did at West Ham

Newcastle fans XI vs Aston Villa

Don't agree? You can still pick your Magpies' XI for tonight's match here.

Team news ahead of the big game will be revealed at 7pm tonight, and you can follow the build up, match action, analysis and reaction as it happens in our live match blog.

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