Man City vs Newcastle
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Kick off: 6:30PM
Manchester City will look to bounce back from their first Premier League defeat of the season when they welcome Newcastle United to the Etihad Stadium this afternoon.
City’s long unbeaten domestic run came to an end against Liverpool last time out, but they will be confident of returning to winning ways against a Newcastle side that are very much in a relegation scrap at this stage of the campaign.
Well, it finally happened. City’s unbeaten run in the Premier League came to an end last weekend when they suffered a 4-3 loss at Liverpool.
It had been questioned whether the Citizens could go through the entire campaign unbeaten, but they were undone by the Reds at Anfield.
It has been such an incredible season for Pep Guardiola’s side, however, and as a result; they still have a 12-point advantage over second-placed Manchester United with just 15 games of the campaign left to play.
They will be champions unless a serious collapse occurs over the next couple of months.
City have now dropped points in each of their last two away Premier League matches, but they have won 10 and drawn one of their 11 league fixtures on home soil.
They recorded a 3-1 win over Watford in their last top-flight match at the Etihad Stadium, and will be eyeing another three points today.
The Newcastle supporters are still no closer to learning what is happening behind the scenes when it comes to the ownership of the club.
The Magpies are yet to sign any fresh blood this month, but the players available to head coach Rafael Benitez have started to perform in recent weeks.
Newcastle might be 15th in the table – just three points clear of the relegation zone – but there have been more positive signs in recent weeks.
Indeed, after a horror run of form in the latter stages of 2017, the former Championship club have now lost just one of their last five matches in the Premier League.
Newcastle will actually enter this match having won their last two away Premier League matches, and they have some huge games coming up as they prepare to tackle the likes of Burnley and Crystal Palace over the next few weeks.
Manchester City possible XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Danilo, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, D.Silva, Sane, Aguero, Sterling.
Newcastle possible XI: Darlow, Yedlin, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett, Diame, Shelvey, Atsu, Perez, Murphy, Joselu.