Newcastle United welcome Aston Villa to St James' Park on Sunday looking to get a third Premier League win in a row having seen off Leeds United and Everton.
Andrew Musgrove and John Gibson are back with the latest episode of The Everything is Black and White Podcast to look back on the game with Everton and ahead to the clash with Aston Villa.
The victory over Everton took United out of the drop zone and thanks to results on Wednesday night, they remain out of it.
While Newcastle won their midweek game, Villa could only draw against Leeds United in a 3-3 game which would have given Eddie Howe confidence that his side can get the better of what looked like a vulnerable Villa defence.
However going forward, Villa do look a threat and both John and Andrew feel it's going to be a challenge to keep their star man - Phillippe Coutinho quiet.
"He will be a thorn in our side," Gibbo said on The Match Preview.
"We will look at Villa and say 'stop Coutinho,' and Gerrard will look at Saint-Maximin and say 'stop him' - they are the stand-out players.
"Now it doesn't mean every game they'll run it for an hour and a half but the potential is there and sometimes they only have to do something once and the game is gone."
The pair also discuss who will be tasked with stopping Coutinho, the positive selection dilemma that Howe has got this weekend, and the stand-out performances of Kieran Trippier, Jonjo Shelvey and Ryan Fraser in the win over Everton.
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