Newcastle United vs Manchester City Predictions

These sides will be grinding hard for three points, but it will be Manchester City who are likely to come out on top and defeat Newcastle United

Match info: Premier League

Venue: St. Jame’s Park, Tyneside

Date: Saturday, 22^nd November 2025

Time: 6:30 pm Nigerian time

Manchester City will endeavour to move to within one point of Premier League leaders Arsenal when they travel to St James’ Park to face Newcastle United on Saturday evening.

The Citizens and the Magpies meet for the first time since February when the former eased to a 4-0 top-flight victory at the Etihad Stadium, courtesy of a first-half hat-trick from Omar Marmoush.

Head-to-head:

• Newcastle United have won just eight of the 50 Premier League meetings between the two teams.
• Manchester City recorded 32 victories.
• The remaining 10 clashed ended in draws.
• Newcastle United are on a two-match losing run in the Premier League.
• Manchester City are on a four-match winning streak.
• The Cityzens haven’t lost to the Magpies in their last four meetings.
• Eight of their last 10 encounters produced at least two goals.

Form:

• Newcastle United in the league: W-L-W-L-L
• Newcastle United in all competitions: W-W-L-W-L
• Manchester City in the league: W-W-L-W-W
• Manchester City in all competitions: L-W-W-W-W

Team News:

• Yoane Wissa, William Osula, Valentino Livramento and Harrison Ashby will not be in action for Newcastle due to their injuries. Daniel Burn is suspended. Anthony Gordon might miss out due to fitness issues.
• Manchester City will not have Mateo Kovacic in action due to his injury. Rodri might also miss out due to a lack of fitness.

Player(s) to watch:

• Nick Woltemade is coming in after performing well during the international break. He will be looking to continue his goal-scoring run. Nick Woltemade has scored four goals in eight Premier League appearances this season and will be yet again ready to lead his side in the attacking front.
• Erling Haaland is going to be a constant threat for the hosts as he is on a brilliant run of form at the moment. He has already scored 14 goals in just 11 EPL games this season. The Norway international is coming after scoring four goals in just two games for his national team and will be keen to find the net for Man City.