Newcastle United and Manchester City are going to face on Saturday the 13th of January at 5:30 pm in the 21st week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in Newcastle upon Tyne at the St. James’ Park. The referee will be Chris Kavanagh.
Newcastle United sits in the 9th place in the standings with 29 points. It comes from a 4-2 loss against Liverpool in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 9 times, drawn twice, and lost 9 times.
Newcastle United lost the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it won was on the 16th of December against Fulham and the score was 3-0.
Manchester City occupies the 3rd place in the standings with 40 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Sheffield United in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 12 times, draw 4 times, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Newcastle United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (20 times).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Martin Dúbravka, Dan Burn, Fabian Schär, Sven Botman, Kieran Trippier, Bruno Guimarães, Sean Longstaff, Lewis Miley, Anthony Gordon, Miguel Almirón and Alexander Isak.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Newcastle United would be 28.09.
Nick Pope, Elliot Anderson, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Matt Targett, Joseph Willock, Harvey Barnes and Callum Wilson will definitely miss the match.
Eddie Howe will not be able to have the presence of Sandro Tonali who is suspended.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (14 times or 73.68%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times) and 3-2-4-1 (5 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: Ederson, Joško Gvardiol, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, Kyle Walker, Mateo Kovačić, Rodri, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva and Julián Álvarez.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Manchester City would be 27.90.
There are doubts about the presence of Jack Grealish.
Josep Guardiola i Sala will probably not be able to employ Manuel Akanji because of injury.
John Stones and Erling Haaland will definitely miss the match.
