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Aston Villa vs Newcastle United. Sky Bet Championship.

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Aston Villa 1

  • A Tshibola (88th minute)

Newcastle United 1

  • T Elphick (28th minute own goal)

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Jack Grealish in action during the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Huddersfield Town
Image: Jack Grealish may be left out by Villa

Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish is waiting to discover his fate after the club launched an investigation into a party he allegedly attended.

Boss Roberto Di Matteo confirmed the club were looking into claims Grealish was at a party at a Birmingham hotel where police were reportedly called in the early hours of Sunday morning, with the manager yet to decide whether he will face Newcastle on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 5.15pm.

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Midfielder Aaron Tshibola is fit and available, but Ross McCormack, Rudy Gestede and Nathan Baker face late fitness tests.

Albert Adomah could make his full debut for the club after he made a late substitute appearance in their 0-0 draw at Ipswich on Saturday which left Di Matteo's side with just one win from their opening eight games.

Villa v Newcastle: £150m of talent
Villa v Newcastle: £150m of talent

The game is set to feature the most expensive combined line-ups in Championship history

Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez will be without Vurnon Anita after the full-back lost his appeal against the red card he was shown in the 2-0 league defeat to Wolves last Saturday.

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Aston Villa are conducting an internal investigation into Jack Grealish's off-field conduct

Anita challenged referee Tim Robinson's decision to send him off for his challenge on substitute Ivan Cavaleiro, but was unsuccessful and having sat out the midweek EFL Cup victory over the same opposition, he will do so once again for the trip to Villa Park and DeAndre Yedlin is likely to deputise.

Benitez made eight changes in midweek, two of them to hand debuts to full-back Achraf Lazaar and striker Daryl Murphy, and the Spaniard is likely to make further changes against last season's Premier League rivals.

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Aston Villa are conducting an internal investigation into Jack Grealish's off-field conduct

Keeper Rob Elliot and defender Massadio Haidara (both knee) and midfielder Rolando Aarons (fractured metatarsal) are still out, while full-back Jesus Gamez is working his way back from a calf problem.

Watch Aston Villa v Newcastle live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 5.15pm on Saturday.

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