Stephen Warnock
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

West Ham's better work has been as a defensive unit.

I can't even think of an opportunity where they've caused Aston Villa any issues!

West Ham keep giving away fouls around the penalty box and they've been Villa's best chances.

Philippe Coutinho's free-kick is nodded clear but West Ham are struggling to make it stick. Emerson then has to scamper back and follow Matty Cash's run, beating the full-back to a header.

Big chance for Wolves here. Raul Jimenez whips in a fantastic cross to Matheus Nunes, who is unmarked seven yards out, but he gets his jump wrong and heads well wide.

If Jimenez could have been on the end of his cross somehow that would have been 1-0.

Wolves left-back Jonny's cross is heavily deflected and loops over Nick Pope, who is relieved to see it sail harmlessly away in the end.

NIce football to play their way out from Aston Villa but the West Ham press is virtually non existent. The visitors drop back to defend their own box. All Villa at the moment.

It's 1-8 on the shot count. Only two on target, mind. Can Newcastle find a way through?

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And here is the change for West Ham. Ben Johnson is replaced by Vladimír Coufal.

Stephen Warnock
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

Aston Villa are by far the better team in the opening stages.

Danny Ings has to start doing better though.

Just re-read my 14:20 BST entry on ASM. It's happened again.

Ben Johnson is down for West Ham, he's struggling and will need to go off.

Some brilliant skill by Allan Saint-Maximin but then his shot is blocked. Not the first time that's been said.

Gianluca Scamacca is back helping out his defence and heads behind for a corner, which Kurt Zouma then clears.

Newcastle midfielder Sean Longstaff is a bit lucky to avoid a yellow card here. His first touch is poor and he clatters Raul Jimenez while trying to win it back.

Declan Rice miscues a pass and plays his side into trouble, which ends with Jan Thilo Kehrer having to bring down Danny Ings in the corner. Chance to deliver for the hosts.

Anthony: How is that blatant shirt pull not given as a pen by VAR?!? What a joke.

Ed: Only13 minutes gone and the ref is having a shocker. He will end up sending a player off later as the lack of early control escalates.

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Kieran Trippier plays a dreamy crossfield ball to Allan Saint-Maximin and Nelson Semedo does well to cut out the ball at the expense of a Toon corner.

Villa are pressing now. Ollie Watkins cannot get a proper connection on another ball into the box and it's an easy take for West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

Brilliant defending by Newcastle's Sean Longstaff to stop a Wolves counter that would have ended with a one-on-one.

He's been all over the pitch so far.

It might have gone out of play before it reached Ezri Konsa, but David Moyes must be a tad concerned about how the Villa defender was left unmarked to tap in at the back post from Lucas Digne's corner.

Wolves try to play their way out from the back and get into trouble.

Allan Saint-Maximin finds Chris Wood, who lays it off for Sean Longstaff, whose shot is blocked.

I reckon ASM or Wood would have been better going for goal themselves.