📏 Form Guide

Manchester City

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Manchester City prepare for this match coming off the back of a 2-2 Premier League drawn result against Tottenham Hotspur.

In that match, Manchester City managed 61% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Manchester City, the goals were scored by Rayan Cherki (11') and Antoine Semenyo (44'). Tottenham Hotspur got 12 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Dominic Solanke (53', 70') scored for Tottenham Hotspur.

Matches involving Manchester City have tended to be entertaining ones lately with high scoring being the norm. Over their past 6 clashes, a grand total of 23 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 17 of those accredited to Manchester City. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this next game, of course.

Newcastle United

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Liverpool in Premier League competition, Newcastle United and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Newcastle United managed 46% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Newcastle United was Anthony Gordon (36'). Liverpool had 17 shots at goal with 7 on target. Hugo Ekitiké (41', 43'), Florian Wirtz (67') and Ibrahima Konaté (93') scored for Liverpool.

Throughout their 6 latest matches, Eddie Howe's Newcastle United have had reason to celebrate scoring a total of 5 times, yielding them a goals per game average of 0.83.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 13/01/2024 tells us that Manchester City have won 4 of these games & Newcastle United 1, with the tally of draws standing at 1.

In all, 18 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 13 of them from The Citizens and 5 for The Magpies. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

📰 Team News: Manchester City

John Stones (Thigh problems), Rúben Dias (Hamstring injury), Savinho (Thigh problems), Mateo Kovacic (Ankle injury) and Josko Gvardiol (Broken tibia) will be missing for Manchester City gaffer Pep Guardiola.

ℹ️ Team News: Newcastle United

Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has multiple availability issues to deal with. Fabian Schär (unknown injury), Emil Krafth (Knee injury) and Tino Livramento (Hamstring injury) can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Newcastle United should have enough to breach the defence of this Manchester City side, however that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 win for Manchester City by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. We’ll have to see what happens.

Andre Moura, 15:02 04/02/2026