Week 3 brings us a match on Aug 21st where Newcastle United hosts Manchester City at St. James’ Park in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. Newcastle United is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. Neither Brighton & Hove Albion nor Newcastle United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Newcastle United is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while manchester City sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against AFC Bournemouth. İlkay Gündoğan scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 19th minute, then Kevin De Bruyne added another in the 31st minute In the end, AFC Bournemouth was frustrated by Manchester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester City ended the match with the shutout victory. Manchester City is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
Newcastle United and Manchester City last played eachother at the St. James’ Park on Mar 21st. Manchester City took the match by a score of 2 to 0. Kevin De Bruyne struck first for Manchester City in the 37th minute on a penalty kick, then Raheem Sterling added another in the 68th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Newcastle United couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester City took the shutout win.
Manchester City is fortunate enough to have Kevin De Bruyne in top form. In the last 5 matches the midfielder has scored five goals. Newcastle United is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Miguel Almirón and Callum Wilson each having 2 goals in their last five
Eddie Howe’s squad will be without Federico Fernández, Jamaal Lascelles, Jamal Lewis, Javi Manquillo, Emil Krafth and Jonjo Shelvey, while Josep Guardiola i Sala’s Manchester City squad will be without Aymeric Laporte and Kalvin Phillips.