Premier League - Man City at home against Newcastle aim to take all three points to continue their push for top spot

2023-03-04 13:16

Premier League - Man City at home against Newcastle aim to take all three points to continue their push for top spot


The 26th round of the Premier League in the 2022/23 season will be a focus match. "Blue Moon" Manchester City will sit at the Etihad Stadium to face "Magpie" Newcastle, and aim to take all 3 points and continue to attack the first place in the standings.


In the previous round of 16 in the FA Cup, Manchester City defeated the British Championship team Bristol 3-0 and successfully advanced to the top 8, while Guardiola's team has failed in the last 5 games. In the away game, and achieved 3 wins and 2 draws.


It should be noted that Manchester City had a 1-1 draw with the newly promoted Nottingham Forest in the previous away game in the league and could not get all 3 points. Coupled with the fact that Manchester United lost one game and fell behind by 6 points, the championship situation this season is full of many variables.


Newcastle's morale may be affected


For Newcastle , the "Magpies" have only achieved 3 draws and 1 loss in the last 4 league games without a win. In the last round of the league, they lost 0-2 at home to Liverpool, which was struggling to grab points, and fell out of the top four in the standings. After finally advancing to the English League Cup final, due to insufficient offensive power, they lost to Manchester United 0-2, which also affected the morale of the players, and this also gave Manchester City the opportunity to take away 3 chances.


In the lineups of both sides, in addition to Stones recovering from injury, Manchester City has more room to offer a strong team to fight. Foden, who has been in excellent form recently, is expected to continue to play, while the former FA Cup sits on the bench. Haaland is expected to help out on the front line. However, Newcastle is currently the team that has conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League this season, so goalkeeper Karius will continue to play the role of defending a solid camp.


In the first round of the season, Manchester City drew 3-3 with Newcastle in an away game.