Manchester City vs Newcastle United – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Sreya

Manchester City vs Newcastle United – Manchester City hosts Newcastle United at the Etihad on 20th January, Saturday in an English Premier League fixture.

Manchester City sit atop the league standings with sixty-two points and in spite of their 4-3 loss to Liverpool in their previous league outing, Pep Guardiola’s side are the favorites to clinch the league title this season.

Newcastle United are fifteenth in the league table with twenty-three points, having won two, drawn two and lost two of their last six league matches, including a 1-1 draw against Swansea City last weekend.

Team News

Benjamin Mendy, Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus, Vincent Kompany and Fabian Delph are sidelined through injuries for Manchester City while the visitors will be without the injured Jesus Gamez, Florian Lejeune and Aleksandar Mitrovic.

Manchester City Possible Starting Lineup: Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Nicolas Otamendi, Danilo, Kevin de Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero, Leroy Sane.

Newcastle United Possible Starting Lineup: Karl Darlow, DeAndre Yedlin, Ciaran Clark, Jamaal Lascelles, Paul Dummett, Javier Manquillo, Matt Ritchie, Mohamed Diame, Jonjo Shelvey, Jacob Murphy, Joselu.

“We are doing what we have to do in this transfer window and preparing for the game. In terms of training, nothing changes. In terms of the transfer window, we have targets, we have names and we are trying to progress.”

– Rafa Benitez, Newcastle United.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Manchester City vs Newcastle United H2H Stats, Manchester City have won three, drawn one and lost one of their previous five matches against Newcastle United. In fact, Manchester City have won eight of their last nine home matches against Newcastle in all competitions.

Manchester City have won their last ten home matches in the Premier League, scoring at least three goals in eight of those games.

A 3-0 win for Manchester City is the most probable result tomorrow.