Newcastle United vs Manchester City Prediction

Newcastle United vs Manchester City prediction comes ahead of the FA Cup tie as Manchester City visit Newcastle United at St. James’ Park on Sunday. Let’s take a look at the match preview as we try to provide the best betting tips and correct score prediction for this tie.

Newcastle United vs Manchester City Betting Tips

Manchester City have already lost the title to Liverpool with 7 games remaining in the league. The Champions League and the FA Cup now remains Pep Guardiola’s only hope to salvage his club’s position this season. They visit Newcastle United in the FA Cup fixture on Sunday, who have had a bitter-sweet season but have been rock strong at home. The hosts haven’t lost a single game in all competitions for 5 games in a row now and they have been the first to score in 4 of these fixtures. Talking about head-to-head statistics, the games between these two sides have been pretty close despite the huge gap in on-paper quality. City have won 3 and drawn 2 games, while Newcastle have managed to win just 1 game in the last 6 meetings between the two sides.

The visitors are now undefeated against Newcastle in 24 of their last 26 games. Certainly, City know the key to cracking the Magpies’ defence. Tactically, City is expected to dominate the fixture as Newcastle usually face difficulties with maintaining possession. The Magpies count defending against set-pieces as one of their significant weaknesses, and this could be exposed on Sunday as Manchester City are the league’s best side when attacking set-pieces are concerned. Another City strength which could pose problems for Newcastle is that the Citizens create most of their attacks through the flanks. Newcastle are poor in defending against such teams which use wing-play a lot.

Newcastle United vs Manchester City Correct Score Predictions

Newcastle are very rigid at home and have always given City a tough fight at St. James’ Park. But for City, FA Cup remains one of those few options of getting their hands on a silverware. City should win this one comfortably 2-0.