Newcastle United vs Manchester City Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: St. James’ Park Date: 12th January 2024 Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT
The Premier League returns this weekend with Newcastle United hosting defending champions Manchester City this Saturday evening. The hosts are looking to return to winning ways in the league after a poor run of form over the festive period where they lost all three of their Premier League matches to drop further from the European spots and deeper into mid-table. Those losses included two away defeats and a shocking loss to Nottingham Forest at home. The Magpies did secure a much-needed 3-0 victory over rivals Sunderland in the FA Cup last week, though, with manager Eddie Howe calling it “a step in the right direction” ahead of the visit of Manchester City. Having beaten the Cityzens 1-0 in the League Cup at St James’ Park earlier this season, Eddie Howe’s side knows they have what it takes to trouble their opponents against whom they also drew 3-3 here in August 2022. Yet even that record won’t see them taking anything for granted after recently losing their record of seven straight home league wins against Forest on Boxing Day. Meanwhile, Man City made it five consecutive wins in all competitions last time out when they swatted aside Championship side Huddersfield in the FA Cup. Pep Guardiola’s side scored five unreplied goals, with injury returnees Jeremy Doku and Kevin de Bruyne having a massive impact. They will now look to build on those wins and close the gap on table-topping Liverpool who they trail by five points, albeit with a game in hand. So, a win here would keep them in touch and could be ominous as City are renowned for their ability to build late-season momentum. Their record of three wins across their last seven league away games (D1, L3) doesn’t look good given their high standards. Still, the visitors have scored an average of 2.4 goals per game across their last five top-flight road fixtures (W3, D1, L1), so they’ll be hard to stop as they look to continue their fine start to 2024. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
May 3, 2024
Luton Town
20:00
Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal
12:30
AFC Bournemouth
Brentford
15:00
Fulham
Burnley
15:00
Newcastle United
Sheffield United
15:00
Nottingham Forest
Manchester City
17:30
Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
14:00
Aston Villa
Chelsea
14:00
West Ham United
Liverpool
16:30
Tottenham Hotspur
May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace
20:00
Manchester United
May 11, 2024
Fulham
12:30
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
15:00
Burnley
West Ham United
15:00
Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers
15:00
Crystal Palace
Newcastle United
15:00
Brighton & Hov…
AFC Bournemouth
15:00
Brentford
Everton
15:00
Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest
17:30
Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United
16:30
Arsenal
May 13, 2024
Aston Villa
20:00
Liverpool
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Arsenal
35
25
5
5
85
28
+57
80
2
Manchester City
34
24
7
3
82
32
+50
79
3
Liverpool
35
22
9
4
77
36
+41
75
4
Aston Villa
35
20
7
8
73
52
+21
67
5
Tottenham Hotspur
34
18
6
10
67
54
+13
60
6
Manchester United
34
16
6
12
52
51
+1
54
7
Newcastle United
34
16
5
13
74
55
+19
53
8
Chelsea
34
14
9
11
65
59
+6
51
9
West Ham United
35
13
10
12
56
65
-9
49
10
AFC Bournemouth
35
13
9
13
52
60
-8
48
11
Wolverhampton Wanderers
35
13
7
15
48
55
-7
46
12
Brighton & Hov…
34
11
11
12
52
57
-5
44
13
Fulham
35
12
7
16
51
55
-4
43
14
Crystal Palace
35
10
10
15
45
57
-12
40
15
Everton
35
12
8
15
37
48
-11
36
16
Brentford
35
9
8
18
52
60
-8
35
17
Nottingham Forest
35
7
9
19
42
62
-20
26
18
Luton Town
35
6
7
22
48
77
-29
25
19
Burnley
35
5
9
21
38
70
-32
24
20
Sheffield United
35
3
7
25
34
97
-63
16
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