Match preview: 31 points split the sides ahead of this match, Manchester City having performed best. Will Newcastle United shorten the gap?
- Newcastle United have the most conceded goals (37) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premier League
These are busy days for the hometeam, as they had a game only three days ago in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Liverpool.
Newcastle United form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Newcastle United have only managed 1 win, 4 draws and 3 losses from their games here at St. James' Park.
Newcastle United faced defeat in their previous match, away at Liverpool (1-3). Midfielder Hayden was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.03 (out of ten) in that game.
Heartbreak before that as Newcastle lost 0-4 at Leicester City's place.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Newcastle United had similar winning odds as today, and found two games. In these, the hosts won zero, drew one and lost one. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Newcastle United lost one similar game by at least two goals.
The Newcastle fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Newcastle United are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (17 from 8 played). When Newcastle hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Southampton, Norwich City, Leeds United, Everton, Watford and Burnley), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Manchester City form and stats
Manchester City have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 6-1-1 from 8 games. City are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
196 minutes! That's how long the Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson Santana de Moraes and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Foden, Stones, Bruyne (2), Mahrez, Grealish and Aké scored in City's previous match, the home game against Leeds United that ended 7-0. As mentioned above, Manchester City was the only team on the pitch versus Leeds United in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfield player Bruyne was the top player of the team with a match rating of 10.0/10. Bruyne scored two goals, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 45 successful passes (of 55 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Wolverhampton Wanderers.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with City given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 13 matches with 13 wins as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won ten of these games by at least two goals.
The travelling fans enjoy City's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 8 league matches away. City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newcastle one win, two draws and Manchester City seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva 7 goals |   C. Wilson 6 goals |  K. De Bruyne 4 goals |
Newcastle United missing players
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| Newcastle United | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 40 |
| 37 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 53% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 53% |
| 41% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 38% | 35% |
| 24% | 38% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 24% |
| 71% | 75% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 6% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 59% |
| 24% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 9 | 8.7 |
| 4.4 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 2.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 13.5 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 26 | 18.9 | 19.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.6 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 13 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
| 33% | 41% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 26% | 31% |
| 15.9 | 16.4 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 8.2 | 6.6 |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 8.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Newcastle United.
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Premier League
- Manchester City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Newcastle United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Newcastle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Newcastle United have the most conceded goals (37) in Premier League
- Newcastle United have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Premier League
- Newcastle United have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Premier League
- 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 | Manchester City | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 31 | 41 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 35 | 40 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 37 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Brentford | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Everton | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Southampton | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -15 | 16 |
| 17 | Watford | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -19 | 10 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -26 | 10 |
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