Newcastle vs Man City preview, prediction, team news and head-to-head

Pep Guardiola's high-flying Manchester City travel to Newcastle, aiming to close the four-point gap on league leaders Arsenal.

Newcastle are underperforming this season and find themselves in 14th place, with just 12 points from 11 games.

Eddie Howe’s Newcastle have endured a slow start to the season, sitting in 14th after 11 games, winning just 3 of those.

They are seven points off the top four, and come into this fixture off the back of two straight defeats, including a 3-1 reverse to Brentford before the international break.

Meanwhile, City are flying, and will be full of confidence after their convincing 3-0 win over the champions Liverpool two weeks ago, their seventh win in the last eight games.

Guardiola's men are hanging on to Arsenal's coattails, and a win away at Newcastle will reinforce their status as the closest challengers for the league title.

City stumbled to a 1-1 draw here last season, but they are certainly a better side this term, and will be confident of success this weekend.

They have won 12 Premier League away matches against the Magpies, their joint-most away victories against a single opponent in the division (also 12 versus Everton).

Eddie Howe has had to contend with a long injury list, featuring summer signing Yoane Wissa, who is still waiting for his debut after an injury-hit start to life in Newcastle. He is unlikely to be fit for this clash, but could be available next week after joining training last week.

Defender Dan Burn is suspended for this game after his red card after a sending off against Brentford.

As for Manchester City, Rodri remains 50-50 to feature here as he continues his recovery from a hamstring injury, while Mateo Kovacic is out until the new year after surgery on his ankle.

Newcastle: Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Woltemade, Gordon

Man City: Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Bernardo, Gonzalez; Cherki, Foden, Doku; Haaland

City are in form, Newcastle are not, but the form book usually goes out of the window in these kinds of games. We expect a close game, with City just stealing a win in the end.

Correct score prediction on Livescore Bet - Newcastle 1-2 Man City