Hello and welcome to live coverage of Newcastle United vs Aston Villa

Riviere is unmarked for a corner from the left, he climbs well, and thunders a header a couple of yards wide.

Caulkin's done a funny.

GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Aston Villa. Cisse scores - Obertain picks up a loose ball on the right, and blasts a shot at Lowton. Newcastle retain possession, and Janmaat sends in a cross that drops to Cisse, and he pulls a shot into the far corner.

A chipped ball over the top for Sinclair's run down the inside left, and he sends in a weak shot at Krul.

The ball runs from Agbonlahor to Benteke, who has two shots blocked. The ball is worked back to Delph, and he drags his shot well wide. This is poor so far.

I reckon, after seconds of deliberation, that Sammy Ameobi has the best hair on the pitch today. It's got volume.

Obertan makes his way into the box, but he's tackled quickly and fairly by Delph. Villa aim a cross at Benteke, but it's out.

Krul claims a knockdown from his defence, and sends the ball long.

The first corner comes to nothing, and so does the second.

Williamson heads a ball into the air on the edge of the box, and Benteke attempts an overhead kick that Krul palms away.

Ameobi has a niggle at Hutton, a little vengeance, and isn't booked. Nothing from the free kick.

Delph's cross falls to Ameobi at the back post, and after getting it out of his feet, he manages to clear. Hutton is booked for fouling him as he closes him down.

Benteke makes a run to the back post, waits for the ball to drop, and he sidefoots a first-touch shot into the sie netting.

Villa are keeping possession well at the moment, but Newcastle are organised enough for now, able to keep them at bay.

And a handshake from Sherwood for Gutierrez #class.

Nothing from the free kick, a cross that drifts out of play.

Free kick for Villa, 25 yards and centrally placed. Westwood will likely take.

Janmaat finds Cisse at the back post with a left-footed cross. Hutton misses the path of the ball and then has to block Cisse's shot for a corner.

Agbonlahor goes down under a little bit of pressure with his back to goal, but he wins nothing.

Agbonlahor latches onto a header down the middle and finishes smartly, but the offside whistle had already gone. So there.

The cross is aimed at Williamson, but as it is roughly 12 feet high, it's pointless and out for a throw in.