On Wednesday, at 18:00, Manchester City and Newcastle United meet in the 20th round of the Premier League, in a match in which the “citizens” have a small share to impose themselves. The two teams also met recently in the quarterfinals of the English Cup, when Pep Guardiola’s team won the case without too many problems: 2-0 away, in the north.
Without Sergio Aguero, injured, Manchester City has the force brought in attack by Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling and Ryiad Mahrez, while Newcastle comes to the match without basic players like Clark, Lejeune, Joelinton, Longstaff and Manquillo. The last two could be recovered at the last minute for Steve Bruce’s team, who dream of a point on St. James Park.
Manchester City is 2nd in the Premier League (goal average 81-34), a long way from champions Liverpool and also well ahead of Leicester, the team in 3rd place. Newcastle is in 12th place (goal difference 35-40) and already completed the relegation calculations, having three victories and two draws in the last five stages of the championship. The increasingly homogeneous game of “cotofenelor” brought a comfortable rescue for the team on St. James Park.
At the same time, we know that Newcastle is doing well with the usual giants, managing to score in 4 of the last 5 duels with City. In fact, the black and whites also got a victory with the “citizens”, in 2019, score 2-1 at home, after which they drew away, 2-2. The difference in value was clear in the English Cup, two weeks ago, when City marched away. In the last league match, Newcastle drew with West Ham (0-0), and City lost to Southampton (0-1), after a head-to-head match, in which the finalization was problematic.
-In 4 of the last 5 direct duels both teams scored;
-Manchester City have suffered only one defeat to Newcastle in the last 9 direct duels;
-In 6 of the last 7 matches played by Manchester City, he scored only one team;
-At home, Manchester city has 12 victories in 16 stages and only two failures;
-Newcastle has 5 wins in 16 away games and a goal difference of 17-30 in this season’s matches;
PREDICTION: Over 2,5 goals @ 1,38
