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Manchester City vs Newcastle United

Competition – Barclays Premier League

Stadium: Etihad Stadium

Date: 15th February 2025

Kick-off time – 15:00 GMT

Manchester City will look to bounce back from a disappointing outing in the Champions League when they welcome Newcastle United to the Etihad this Saturday for their 25th Premier League game of the season.

City’s inconsistency this season showed up again on Tuesday as they fell to a 3-2 defeat to Real Madrid in front of their own fans. That was a third competitive defeat from six matches for Pep Guardiola’s men (W3). The hosts just can’t seem to find momentum this term, and that will be causing some trepidation as Newcastle United visit here with the pair level on points.

City can at least look to a remarkable H2H home record for comfort, winning each of their previous 15 Premier League games at the Etihad against Newcastle – only three teams have had longer such winning runs against an opponent in English top-flight history.

Their last six competitive home wins against the Magpies all came with a clean sheet, too, which perhaps makes them a timely opponent, given that Guardiola’s side has conceded in their last six competitive games.

Despite H2H history not being on their side, Newcastle won’t arrive with fear and boast the physical advantage of having not played in midweek. The Magpies come into this tie in good form too, having lost only two of their last 14 matches in any competition (W12).

Both defeats came within their five most recent matches though, and in the Premier League, hinting they could be losing some of their mid-season momentum. The good omen however, is that both defeats came at home, while on the road Eddie Howe’s side have been an irresistible force.

They’ve won all six of their recent competitive trips, and with four of those coming in the top flight, they could now win five in a row in the Premier League for only the second-ever time and first since way back in October 1993.

Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures:

April 1, 2025
Arsenal 18:45 Fulham
Wolverhampton Wanderers 18:45 West Ham United
Nottingham Forest 19:00 Manchester United
April 2, 2025
AFC Bournemouth 18:45 Ipswich Town
Brighton & Hov… 18:45 Aston Villa
Manchester City 18:45 Leicester City
Newcastle United 18:45 Brentford
Southampton 18:45 Crystal Palace
Liverpool 19:00 Everton
April 3, 2025
Chelsea 19:00 Tottenham Hotspur
April 5, 2025
Everton 11:30 Arsenal
West Ham United 14:00 AFC Bournemouth
Ipswich Town 14:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Crystal Palace 14:00 Brighton & Hov…
Aston Villa 16:30 Nottingham Forest
April 6, 2025
Brentford 13:00 Chelsea
Fulham 13:00 Liverpool
Tottenham Hotspur 13:00 Southampton
Manchester United 15:30 Manchester City
April 7, 2025
Leicester City 19:00 Newcastle United

Premier League Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Liverpool 29 21 7 1 69 27 +42 70
2 Arsenal 29 16 10 3 53 24 +29 58
3 Nottingham Forest 29 16 6 7 49 35 +14 54
4 Chelsea 29 14 7 8 53 37 +16 49
5 Manchester City 29 14 6 9 55 40 +15 48
6 Newcastle United 28 14 5 9 47 38 +9 47
7 Brighton & Hov… 29 12 11 6 48 42 +6 47
8 Fulham 29 12 9 8 43 38 +5 45
9 Aston Villa 29 12 9 8 41 45 -4 45
10 AFC Bournemouth 29 12 8 9 48 36 +12 44
11 Brentford 29 12 5 12 50 45 +5 41
12 Crystal Palace 28 10 9 9 36 33 +3 39
13 Manchester United 29 10 7 12 37 40 -3 37
14 Tottenham Hotspur 29 10 4 15 55 43 +12 34
15 Everton 29 7 13 9 32 36 -4 34
16 West Ham United 29 9 7 13 33 49 -16 34
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 7 5 17 40 58 -18 26
18 Ipswich Town 29 3 8 18 28 62 -34 17
19 Leicester City 29 4 5 20 25 65 -40 17
20 Southampton 29 2 3 24 21 70 -49 9

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