The visiting Manchester City side should be favourites in this visit to Newcastle United, as the away team holds a 13 point advantage from their 13 league games this season.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League.
Newcastle United form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Newcastle United have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
In their previous game, the manager S. Bruce led his Newcastle United to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Aston Villa. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at St James' Park. Before that, Newcastle United had a home game versus AFC Bournemouth which ended with a victory 2-1.
Newcastle United's goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka was extremely busy against Aston Villa, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 6 saves.
Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of points are very slim. When Newcastle United have been in this position before, they have won 1, drawn 0 and lost 1 from two games. 0 defeats by at least two goals.
Newcastle United have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Newcastle United have conceded only 4 goals.
Manchester City form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (37) in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Premier League.
There were no winners in Manchester City's previous match, a Champions League home game that ended 1-1 vs Shakhtar Donetsk. Before that, Manchester City secured a home win against Chelsea with the score 2-1.
As mentioned earlier, Manchester City will not be satisfied unless they get maximum points from this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 18 wins (13 by two or more goals winning margin), 0 draws and 3 surprising defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Burnley.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 16 goals in 6 league games away this season. Manchester City have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 1 - 7 (Newcastle United wins - draws - Manchester City wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Agüero 9 goals |  R. Sterling 7 goals |  Bernardo Silva 5 goals |
Newcastle United missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Newcastle United | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 10 | 16 | 37 |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 38% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 33% | 23% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 54% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 38% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 3.8 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 7.5 | 9.1 |
| 6.8 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 131 | 74 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 62 | 117 | 265 |
| 42 | 21 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 44 | 93 |
| 26% | 24% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 36% | 40% |
- All of Manchester City's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Manchester City has the most scored goals (37)
- Manchester City has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
- Manchester City have created more than twice as many corners as Newcastle United.
- Manchester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Manchester City have scored more than double the goals of Newcastle United.
- Manchester City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Manchester City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Manchester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Newcastle United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 37 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 23 | 29 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 28 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Sheffield United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Burnley | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 8 | Arsenal | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Manchester United | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | AFC Bournemouth | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 15 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 15 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 15 |
| 15 | Aston Villa | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 14 |
| 16 | Everton | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 13 |
| 18 | Norwich City | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -15 | 10 |
| 19 | Southampton | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -18 | 9 |
| 20 | Watford | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -18 | 8 |
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