Manchester City will look to make it three wins from three Premier League outings on Sunday, when they travel to St James' Park to take on Newcastle United.
The defending champions thrashed Bournemouth 4-0 last week after a 2-0 opening-day win away at West Ham United, while their hosts are also unbeaten with four points from their two games, and here Sports Mole rounds up all of the team news for both sides.
NEWCASTLE UNITED vs. MANCHESTER CITY
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NEWCASTLE UNITED
Out: Jonjo Shelvey (hamstring), Federico Fernandez (calf)
Doubtful: Emil Krafth (back), Jamal Lewis (groin), Matt Targett (hamstring), Ryan Fraser (back)
Sports Mole's predicted XI: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Almiron, Joelinton, Guimaraes, Willock, Saint-Maximin; Wilson
MANCHESTER CITY
Out: Aymeric Laporte (knee)
Doubtful: Kalvin Phillips (unspecified), Cole Palmer (foot)
Sports Mole's predicted XI:Ederson; Walker, Dias, Ake, Cancelo; De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan; Mahrez, Haaland, Foden
For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.
Sam Varley
