The upcoming tour in the English Premier League is not marked by loud signs a la Manchester United - Tottenham, but on the next weekend there is something to see. Still, this is England. It's always interesting there.

On Etihad, on a visit to Manchester City, Newcastle. At first glance, the outcome of the match is obvious - an effective performance from the team of Josep Guardiola and the doom of the team of Raphael Benitez, but here everything is not as simple as it seems. Here are a few reasons why Newcastle players will not be akin to whipping boys and will cause inconvenience to current champions.

The historical aspect of Manchester City only in the last five to seven years is a significant force in the submarine. Prior to this, the "townspeople" were content with the role of strong middle peasants or outsiders. By the way, what is now and is engaged in Newcastle. In turn, "magpie" in the 90's and early 2000's, as if for ears dragged to the television screens fans from all over Europe thanks to a bright attacking game.

The history of the confrontations of Man City and Newcastle has 177 matches, where a small advantage is the team from St. James Park - 71 victory. "Citizens" for their history beat Newcastle 67 times. As early as 39 matches, a draw was fixed.

Newcastle still looks decent against clubs from the top 6 After the starting three rounds, the team of Raphael Benitez can boast of only one score - an away draw with Cardiff (0: 0). In the other two matches, the "magpies" were at least inferior in their field with the same score (1: 2) However, both rivals were first Tottenham, and then Chelsea. Despite the superiority of the two London teams in the class and in status, Newcastle can not be called a "downed pilot". Both Tottenham and Chelsea took away from St. James Park labor wins, which means Newcastle will not be a "sweet roll" for big clubs.

Is there life after De Bruijne?.

The main inventor of Manchester City attacks last season's pattern Kevin De Bruyne injured knee ligaments during training and dropped out for three months. The orchestra was left without its main violin, if you like. In the game with Wolverhampton, the role of a Belgian was usually pulled by David Silva. However, few people will argue that it is possible to replace the red-haired Belgian painlessly. Perhaps, it was on this City that somewhere there was not enough emphasis in the final stage of the match at Molenju with the local team. As a result, the first loss of points is already in the third round - 1: 1.

Guardiola is experimenting with a new tactical scheme Josep Guardiola intends to bring his team to a new level after the victory in the Premier League, and therefore the Spaniard needs to change the tactical drawing of the game. In the new season, Guardiola wants to introduce in the game model of "citizens" scheme with a diamond in the center of the field, which he once used in Barcelona. And, most likely, spied on Johan Cruyff.

Due to this very rhombus in the middle of the field Guardiola intends to own the ball even more, and it is through the center that the massive defense of the underdog team.

However, for the new ideas of the mentor to work successfully, you need time. And this can be used in the near future tour Newcastle.

Inoptimal form of Manchester City The champions of England sent 17 players to the last world championship - this, by the way, is the record. Not surprisingly, most of the City did not normally pre-season. From here in the team there is some imbalance, since some players at the start of the new season is not in the best tone.

This is also worried about Josep Guardiola, which he spoke about at one of the press conferences.

"Footballers still complain about muscle problems. That's why, because of injuries, Bravo and de Bruijne dropped out. Fernandinho also had problems, but this is normal, because we have high demands.

We are still not in optimal condition, that's why we need to score points. I hope that after the break for the matches of the national teams we will look better, "- says Pep.

On the other hand, the City must be angry after an unnecessary loss of points in a match with "wolves". In addition, the "townspeople" regularly beat Newcastle with their native fans.

The resultant 4: 0, 6: 1 wins or something in this spirit is not a problem for Man City, but it was all before the match on Saturday, and we'll see ... There is no doubt in the victory of Manchester City and the sportsbook FanSport, which takes bets on victory "of the townspeople" with a coefficient of 1,101. The possible success of Newcastle is estimated at 30. Draw - 11.5. But the victory of the City in three goals and more is already equal to the coefficient of 1.97.