Football. ua presents preview of the match of the 24th round of the Premier League between Man City and Newcastle.
Manchester City - Newcastle Saturday, 19:00, Manchester, Etihad Stadium. Live broadcast on Football 2.
Approximate compositions:.
Manchester City: Ederson - Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Danilo - De Bruine, Fernandinho, D. Silva - Sterling, Aguero, Sanaa.
Newcastle: Darlow - Yedlin, Clark, Lassels, Dammett, Manquillo - Ritchie, Diame, Shelvey, Murphy - Hocela.
Will not play: Mendy, Foden, Jesus, Company, Delph - Games, Lezhen.
In doubt: ... - Mitrovic, Mbemba, Gail.
Scorers: Sterling, 14 - Hocela, 4.
Judge: Paul Tierney.
Manchester City in the last round for the first time lost in the Premier League. This happened at Anfield, where Liverpool beat Pep Guardiola 4: 3. Separation of "citizens" from going second Manchester United was reduced to 12 points. Counting on the revival of the intrigue in the championship race would be naive, but in 1996, MJ after 23 rounds also conceded 12 points to Newcastle and eventually became a champion ... However, in the City are quite high-quality performers who are able to decide the outcome of the match even alone. We can not doubt that the "citizens" will try as convincingly as possible to beat Newcastle, to forget about the defeat in the last round. However, shortly before the New Year, the "magpies" lost to the City with a modest score of 0: 1.
Interesting Facts:.
- Man City does not lose Newcastle already in 20 Premier League matches (B17 H3), this is a record for "citizens".
- Rafael Benitez's teams did not miss four times on Etihad in the Premier League. More wedge-shits here was only in Alex Ferguson - 5.
- Newcastle can win in three away matches of the Premier League in a row for the first time since December 2001.
- Sergio Aguero participated in 13 of Newcastle gate scores:
11 goals and 2 assists.
The trainers say:.
Josep Guardiola, Manchester City: "We have problems with Delph's health, but we'll see how the players who are unaccustomed to play on the left in defense defensively".
Rafael Benitez, Newcastle United: "The City is so good that there's never the right time to play with him. "Townspeople" top the table and win almost every match. So Newcastle does not feel any pressure ".
3: 0 forecast.