NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. Manchester City beats Newcastle United 4-0 after playing a incredible match. R. Dias (5′), J. Cancelo (27′), R. Mahrez (63′) and R. Sterling (86′). Manchester City was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (72%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the St. James’ Park stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Martin Atkinson with the help of Lee Betts and Darren Cann. The 4th official was Peter Bankes. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.2 degrees Celsius or 39.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester City had a superior ball possession 72% while Newcastle United was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Manchester City won the match.​

Newcastle United shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Manchester City shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Newcastle United received 1 yellow card (I. Hayden). Talking about the opposition, Manchester City received 2 yellow cards (Rodri and B. Silva).

Standings

After playing this match, Newcastle United will stay with 10 points like Norwich City to hold in the 19th place. On the other side, Manchester City will have 44 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Newcastle United will host Manchester United on the 27th of December with a 19-4 head to head stats in favor of Manchester United (6 draws).

Manchester City will host Leicester City on the 26th of December with a 11-5 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (2 draws).

Newcastle United – Formation

Newcastle United started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

The manager Eddie Howe decided to play with the following team: Martin Dúbravka (6.2), Jacob Murphy (6.6), Jamaal Lascelles (6.0), Ciaran Clark (6.0), Matt Ritchie (5.9), Miguel Almirón (6.2), Joe Willock (6.4), Isaac Hayden (6.7), Joelinton (6.3), Ryan Fraser (6.9) and Callum Wilson (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Dwight Gayle, Karl Darlow, Fabian Schär, Emil Krafth, Elliot Anderson, Joe White, Allan Saint-Maximin (7.0), Jeff Hendrick (6.4) and Sean Longstaff (6.6).

Substitutions

Newcastle United made 3 changes: J. Willock for A. Saint-Maximin (46′), I. Hayden for S. Longstaff (61′) and M. Almiron for J. Hendrick (80′).

Best player: Allan Saint-Maximin​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Newcastle United was Allan Saint-Maximin.

His rating is (7.0) with 10 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson (7.1), João Cancelo (8.1), Rúben Dias (7.5), Aymeric Laporte (7.1), Oleksandr Zinchenko (7.5), Rodri (7.1), Bernardo Silva (7.5), Riyad Mahrez (8.6), Kevin De Bruyne (7.8), Raheem Sterling (7.1) and Gabriel Jesus (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Cole Palmer (6.6), Nathan Aké, Fernandinho (6.5), John Stones (6.9), Zack Steffen, İlkay Gündoğan, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden.

Substitutions

Manchester City made 3 changes: Rodri for Fernandinho (68′), R. Dias for J. Stones (70′) and R. Mahrez for C. Palmer (77′).

Best player: Riyad Mahrez​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was Riyad Mahrez.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 31 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Newcastle United – Manchester City – 0-4
• Tottenham Hotspur – Liverpool – 2-2
• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Chelsea – 0-0