Newcastle United welcome in Manchester City on Saturday in a renewal of a series that has gotten much more competitive and exciting lately. The two sides battled to an exciting 3-3 draw in an early league fixture two seasons ago while the Geordies knocked the Cityzens out of the EFL Cup last season.
The Magpies also played Pep Guardiola’s men very tough last season in a 3-2 loss.
Newcastle United vs Manchester City FYIs
Kickoff: Sat. Sept. 28, 12:30pm, St. James Park
Preview Content for Both Teams: Starting XI Predictions Team News
Transatlantic Passage: How the Premier League Redefined Soccer in America: LINK
PL Form, Standings: Man City 1st, 13 pts, WWWWD Newcastle 6th, 10 pts, WDWWL
Google Result Probability: Man City 60% Draw 21% Newcastle 19%
This could be another tightly contested, hard-scrabble affair when first meets sixth (okay, it should be a lot more exciting than that may sound) when the two sides meet again in the lunchtime fixture.
Starting XI Predictions
Manchester City
Ederson; Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Manuel Akanji, Josko Gvardiol; Ilkay Gundogan, Mateo Kovacic; Savinho, Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden; Erling Haaland
Newcastle United
Nick Pope; Tino Livramento, Fabian Schar, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall; Joelinton, Bruno Guimaraes, Jacob Murphy; Alexander Isak, Harvey Barnes, Anthony Gordon
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