After producing a statement win before the November break, Manchester City are back in Premier League action on Saturday evening, as they face Newcastle United at St. James’s Park.
The City’s 3–0 victory over champions Liverpool sent an ominous threat to Arsenal, whose lead at the summit was trimmed to four points. Pep Guardiola’s side edged the Gunners to two titles before their disappointing 2024–25 campaign, and they suddenly look poised to compete with the division’s perpetual bridesmaids for glory this time around.
However, they have a tough assignment this weekend. City have failed to win on three of their previous four visits to St. James’s, and pretty much all of Newcastle’s ’success’ this season is owed to their form on home soil. They currently can’t buy a win on their travels.
Eddie Howe’s side have lost back-to-back league games and are now down in 14th. City are 10 points better off, and a victory on Tyneside would further lay out their intentions to reclaim a Premier League title they refused to relinquish for four seasons between 2020 and 2024.
Here is guide to the game.
