Newcastle vs. Manchester City Preview

• Where: St James’ Park, Newcastle, England
• When: Saturday, March 7, 9 pm CET

While Newcastle still oscillates, their upcoming rivals, Manchester City, are on fire. These two teams met recently in the EPL, but this FA Cup contest will be completely different. Magpies have to go all-in in this competition because it offers them the biggest chances to win the trophy. City is after trophies in all the competitions, and comes flying high into this event.

Newcastle vs. Manchester City Preview

Newcastle

The Magpies have lost two of the past three games, both in the Premiership, and they are still oscillating. Eddie Howe’s team is still in the UEFA Champions League, but to be honest, they have far better chances to win this competition.

Newcastle plays efficient football, with the past 9 consecutive matches all finishing with over 2.5 goals. But that’s not all. The last 10 games Magpies have played across all competitions have ended with both teams netting.

When playing at St. James’ Park, their games are even more efficient, as 6 of the last 10 have ended with over 3.5 hits. They are very, very offensive at home.

Manchester City

Right now, City has 6 wins in a row, and they haven’t lost in their last 9 appearances across all competitions. The most recent defeat Guardiola’s unit suffered was in the UCL against Bodo on the road, 3-1.

City’s defense on the road is a bit shaky. It managed to keep a clean sheet against Leeds this weekend for the first time after 4 in a row, and even in that contest, we saw them struggling in certain situations.

It appears that City finally clicked. They are rational in all areas of the field, calm, and, more importantly, Guardiola has finally adjusted all the little details that caused problems earlier in the campaign.

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Newcastle and Manchester City Possible Lineups

Newcastle: Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Burn, Hall; Willock, Tonali, Joelinton; Barnes, Gordon, Woltemade

Manchester City: Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Guehi, Ait-Nouri; Rodri, O’Reilly; Bernardo, Foden; Semenyo, Haaland

Newcastle vs Manchester City Head to Head

Some 10 days ago, City hosted Newcastle and defeated the Magpies in an EPL fixture at the Etihad Stadium, 2-1. The first EPL meeting ended with the same result, only in Newcastle’s favor.

In between the two sides met in the EFL Cup, where Man City won in both events, 0-2 and 3-1.

Newcastle vs. Manchester City Predictions

This promises to be a very exciting and entertaining event. Newcastle plays offensively at home, not respecting any rival, and that’ll be their approach in this contest, have no doubt about that. City comes to win and take all three points, and in order to do so, they have to outgun the hosts. That’s why we believe that the best pick for this game is over 2.5 goals.

Our verdict: Over 2.5 goals

Newcastle versus Manchester City Odds

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