Manchester City will endeavour to close the gap at the Premier League summit to two points when they face Newcastle United at St James' Park on Saturday evening.
Both teams progressed from the FA Cup third round last weekend, with the Citizens thrashing Huddersfield Town 5-0 at the Etihad Stadium and the Magpies beating Tyne-Wear rivals Sunderland 3-0 away from home, and here, Sports Mole rounds up all of the latest team news for the two clubs.
NEWCASTLE UNITED vs. MANCHESTER CITY
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NEWCASTLE UNITED
Out: Sandro Tonali (suspended), Joelinton (thigh), Callum Wilson (hamstring), Nick Pope (shoulder), Jacob Murphy (shoulder), Matt Targett (hamstring), Harvey Barnes (foot), Elliot Anderson (back), Javi Manquillo (groin)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Dubravka; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Miley; Almiron, Isak, Gordon
MANCHESTER CITY
Out: Erling Haaland (foot), John Stones (ankle)
Doubtful: Manuel Akanji (knee), Jack Grealish (illness), Bernardo Silva (illness), Kalvin Phillips (illness)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Ake, Gvardiol; Rodri, Kovacic; Bernardo, Foden, Grealish; Alvarez
For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.
Oliver Thomas
