📊 Form Guide

Manchester City

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Manchester City enter this game coming off the back of a 2-2 Premier League drawn result against Tottenham Hotspur.

In that game, Manchester City managed 61% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For Manchester City, the scorers were Rayan Cherki (11') and Antoine Semenyo (44'). On the other side, Tottenham Hotspur had 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them 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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Following on from a losing effort in their last game against Liverpool in Premier League competition, Newcastle United will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Newcastle United had 46% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Newcastle United was Anthony Gordon (36'). For their opponents, Liverpool got 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

A glance at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 13/01/2024 tells us that Manchester City have won 4 of these and Newcastle United 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A combined total of 18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 13 of them for The Citizens and 5 for The Magpies. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.

📰 Team News: Manchester City

John Stones (Thigh problems), Savinho (Thigh problems), Rúben Dias (Hamstring injury), Mateo Kovacic (Ankle injury) and Josko Gvardiol (Broken tibia) aren’t available for Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.

🗞️ Team News: Newcastle United

Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe has some current player fitness concerns. Fabian Schär (unknown injury), Emil Krafth (Knee injury) and Tino Livramento (Hamstring injury) are those who 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, 02:01 04/02/2026