Preview: Man City v Newcastle

Man City host their favourite visitors

23 Dec 2020
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Team news

Manchester City's Eric Garcia (leg) is unlikely to be fit, but Nathan Ake could be available to face Newcastle United. Gabriel Jesus and Kyle Walker are unavailable after testing positive for COVID-19. 

Newcastle United have said goalkeeper Martin Dubravka is not far from a return, while they hope to have Federico Fernandez available.

Did you know?

Man City have won their last 11 Premier League home matches against Newcastle, scoring 39 goals and conceding just seven. It’s the Citizens’ longest winning home run against an opponent in their top-flight history.

Sergio Aguero’s 15 PL goals for Man City against Newcastle is the most a player has scored for a single team against a specific opponent in the competition’s history.

Steve Bruce is looking for his first ever PL win at Man City, at the 13th attempt (W0 D3 L9). His only away league win against them came in the second tier in November 1999 with Huddersfield Town.

Newcastle have lost their last five Boxing Day league matches. Indeed, in the Premier League they have lost more matches on this day (14) and conceded more goals (42) than any other side in the competition.

Match officials

Referee: Andre Marriner. Assistants: Scott Ledger, Richard West. Fourth official: Andy Madley. VAR: Lee Mason. Assistant VAR: Matthew Wilkes.

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