Newcastle United vs Manchester City Predictions and Betting Tips

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The Magpies host recently crowned league champions Manchester City this Friday at St. James’s Park. Read on for our expert tips and predictions.

Manchester City head into this game as the dominant side having lost to Newcastle just once in the last 27 encounters. Goals in either half from Gundogan and Ferran sealed all three points for the Cityzens as they picked up their 3rd straight victory in this fixture.

Premier League status secured

Although it wasn’t a successful season judging by the standards set at the beginning of the season, Newcastle survived this season’s relegation battle with West Brom and Fulham being relegated last weekend. In their most recent game, they went away to Leicester beating them 4-2 to celebrate a famous victory.

Cityzens finally crowned champions

Man City’s recent loss to Chelsea at the Etihad meant they would have to wait for their closest challengers- Man United- to drop points for them to be pronounced champions. Their city rivals played on Tuesday and lost at the Old Trafford to Leicester City, sparking celebrations at the Etihad Stadium. Now they turn their attention to the big UCL final against Chelsea at the end of the month. Can they secure the treble this season?

Newcastle vs Man City Team News

There still remains questions as to De Bruyne’s availability, as such, we don’t expect the Belgian maestro to feature. Callum Wilson returned back to Newcastle’s injury list following his fine performance against Leicester, joining Lascelles, Fraser, and Hayden.

Newcastle possible starting XI:

Dubravka; Fernandez, Clark, Dummett; Murphy, Almiron, Shelvey, Willock, Ritchie; Saint-Maximin, Joelinton

Man City possible starting XI:

Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Zinchenko; Silva, Rodrigo, Gundogan; Mahrez, Jesus, Foden

Newcastle vs Man City Prediction: 1-2

Having already wrapped up the league, we expect Guardiola to make some changes with the UCL final in mind. However, City’s squad depth is one like no other and as such, we expect them to get back to winning ways this Friday.