Manchester City expected to show superhero qualities when Newcastle United visits

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 26.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Premier League table so far. Here's the Manchester City - Newcastle United latest:

Insights:
  • Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League
  • All of Newcastle United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Manchester and Newcastle United.

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Manchester City form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Manchester City, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League, have to build on here at Etihad Stadium in the Premier League.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Southampton and winning 1-0.

Everyone expects Manchester City to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 22 games: 18 home wins, three draws and one defeat. Manchester City have won with at least two goals margin 15 times in similar situations.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Manchester City as they are travelling to their away game against Everton in the Premier League. That match is two days after this one.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (12 in 6 games), Manchester's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Manchester have conceded 7 goals.

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Newcastle United form and stats

The visitors are W2-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Fulham in the Premier League.

The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played three away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with zero wins, zero draws and three defeats. two games were lost by at least two goals margin.

A quick return to home after this game, as Newcastle United are hosting Liverpool in the Premier League only four days away.

Newcastle United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 8 goals have been scored. As for defending, Newcastle United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Manchester, two draws and one win for Newcastle United. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Newcastle UnitedC. Wilson
C. Wilson
8 goals
Manchester CityR. Sterling
R. Sterling
4 goals
ManchesterR. Mahrez
R. Mahrez
4 goals

Manchester City missing players

Newcastle United missing players

Manchester City Newcastle United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 0 Played P 4 6 13
6 3 0 Won W 2 2 5
5 2 0 Drew D 1 2 3
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
19 12 0 Scored S 5 8 17
12 7 0 Conceded C 3 9 22
92% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 83% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
23% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 17% 46%
23% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 23%
15% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 15%
46% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 62%
46% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 15%
15% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 17% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.7 16.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8.8 8.8
5.2 5.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 3.3
28% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 44% 40%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Newcastle United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the most matches under the total-line (10) in Premier League
  • Manchester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester City have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Newcastle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 14 9 4 1 36 19 7 7 0 0 20 7 7 2 4 1 16 12 17 31
2 Leicester City 14 9 0 5 26 17 7 3 0 4 9 10 7 6 0 1 17 7 9 27
3 Manchester United 13 8 2 3 28 21 7 2 2 3 9 12 6 6 0 0 19 9 7 26
4 Everton 14 8 2 4 25 19 7 4 1 2 15 11 7 4 1 2 10 8 6 26
5 Chelsea 14 7 4 3 29 14 7 4 2 1 17 7 7 3 2 2 12 7 15 25
6 Tottenham Hotspur 14 7 4 3 25 14 7 3 2 2 10 8 7 4 2 1 15 6 11 25
7 Southampton 14 7 3 4 25 19 7 4 0 3 13 9 7 3 3 1 12 10 6 24
8 Manchester City 13 6 5 2 19 12 6 3 2 1 12 7 7 3 3 1 7 5 7 23
9 Aston Villa 12 7 1 4 24 13 6 2 1 3 12 11 6 5 0 1 12 2 11 22
10 West Ham United 14 6 3 5 21 19 7 3 2 2 10 8 7 3 1 3 11 11 2 21
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 6 2 6 14 19 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 3 0 4 6 12 -5 20
12 Newcastle United 13 5 3 5 17 22 7 3 1 3 9 13 6 2 2 2 8 9 -5 18
13 Crystal Palace 14 5 3 6 19 25 7 2 2 3 8 14 7 3 1 3 11 11 -6 18
14 Leeds United 14 5 2 7 24 30 7 2 2 3 12 13 7 3 0 4 12 17 -6 17
15 Arsenal 14 4 2 8 12 18 7 2 1 4 6 10 7 2 1 4 6 8 -6 14
16 Burnley 13 3 4 6 8 19 6 2 1 3 4 7 7 1 3 3 4 12 -11 13
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 2 6 6 16 22 7 0 4 3 7 11 7 2 2 3 9 11 -6 12
18 Fulham 14 2 4 8 13 23 7 1 2 4 6 12 7 1 2 4 7 11 -10 10
19 West Bromwich Albion 14 1 4 9 10 29 7 1 2 4 5 15 7 0 2 5 5 14 -19 7
20 Sheffield United 14 0 2 12 8 25 7 0 1 6 4 11 7 0 1 6 4 14 -17 2

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.