📊 Form Guide

Manchester City

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Manchester City prepare for this game after a 2-2 Premier League drawn result vs Tottenham Hotspur.

In that game, Manchester City managed 61% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Manchester City, the goalscorers were Rayan Cherki (11') and Antoine Semenyo (44'). Tottenham Hotspur got 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Dominic Solanke (53', 70') was the scorer 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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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Liverpool in Premier League competition, Newcastle United will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Newcastle United had 46% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Newcastle United was Anthony Gordon (36'). Liverpool had 17 attempts 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

An examination of their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 13/01/2024 tells us that Manchester City have won 4 of these games & Newcastle United 1, with the number of drawn games being 1.

A sum of 18 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 13 of them for The Citizens and 5 created by The Magpies. That is an average goals per game value 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 not be taking part for Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.

🗞️ Team News: Newcastle United

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has to currently contend with reduced team options. Fabian Schär (unknown injury), Emil Krafth (Knee injury) and Tino Livramento (Hamstring injury) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

✨ 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, 19:03 04/02/2026