Newcastle v Man City Predictions: Entertaining Game Expected
Manchester City are in the familiar position of sitting top of the Premier League and they put their unbeaten start to the season on the line with a tricky trip to Newcastle for the lunchtime offering at St James' Park on Saturday.
This clash is live on TNT Sports 1 and will kick off at 12.30pm this weekend.
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The champions overcame their biggest hurdle of the season so far when drawing 2-2 with title rivals Arsenal last Sunday but the hard-earned point came at a cost with influential midfielder Rodri picking up a serious knee injury that looks set to keep him out for a lengthy period.
City struggled to break down an Arsenal side who had to play the whole of the second half with ten men following Leandro Trossard's red card on the stroke of half-time, but the Citizens have found things much more to their liking in recent contests with Newcastle.
Pep Guardiola's men won three of four meetings in the league and both cups with the Magpies last season and, even without the inspirational Rodri, will be confident of continuing their dominance in this fixture when the pair meet again on Saturday lunchtime.
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Manchester City have won ten of their last 12 meetings with Newcastle in all competitions and their Premier League form suggests they can extend that sequence this weekend.
The champions are unbeaten in 28 top-flight matches and haven't been on the receiving end of a league loss since Aston Villa got the better of them at the beginning of December last season.
Since then 23 victories have followed and a thrilling 3-2 victory over Newcastle was a key feature of that run. The Magpies took a 2-1 lead in that contest and held firm until a Kevin de Bruyne-inspired City fought back to nick all three points with a 90th-minute winner from Oscar Bobb.
And that contest was typical of meetings between these two which are generally high-scoring affairs.
The last five league meetings at St James' Park have all featured four or more goals in a sequence of results which reads 2-2, 3-4, 0-4, 3-3 and 2-3, with City running out winners on three occasions along with two draws.
An away win looks the most likely outcome once more and backing Manchester City to win with both teams scoring looks the best bet.
Erling Haaland has taken on much of Manchester City's goal-scoring burden so far this season but there are other options than for the Norwegian to add to his ten-goal tally this term.
It may be worth backing Portuguese schemer Bernardo Silva to continue his decent record in recent matches with Newcastle.
Silva has shown the golden touch against the Magpies, scoring five goals in his last six meetings with the north-east side, including both goals in the 2-0 win over Newcastle in last season's FA Cup quarter-finals.
The tricky playmaker has yet to open his account in the Premier League this season but he looks a decent price to get off the mark this weekend.