It is 21 years since Aston Villa fans last saw their team win at St James’ Park.

Since his arrival at Newcastle United, Eddie Howe has a perfect record at home against Villa, winning all four games at St James’ Park, his team scoring 13 goals and conceding only one.

Some interesting comments from Aston Villa fans below, ahead of Sunday’s match on Tyneside.

The entire Premier League era has seen their team win only twice at St James’ Park, whilst in that same time period United have won 18 against Aston Villa at SJP.

Aston Villa fans seeing their team win away at Fenerbahce less than 72 hours ahead of kick-off at St James’ Park, a 1-0 victory in the Europa League.

Aston Villa fans commenting via their Villa Talk message board:

‘Hate this fixture as all too often we fail to turn up. The worry for this one is the quick turnaround from Thursday night, the late flight back and the lack of rest time before we travel again on Saturday.

Some changes needed and use of subs will be all important in the second half. Newcastle also have some injury concerns with Bruno and Burn being...