Manchester City vs Newcastle. Will Magpies be able to take points from the champion?

On Saturday, August 19, the match between Manchester City and Newcastle will take place at the Etihad Stadium as part of the 2nd round of the English Premier League.

• Expert Predictions Analysis
• Manchester City vs Newcastle facts
• Odds
• Game Totals Prediction

Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Manchester City vs Newcastle

Manchester City

Manchester City started the new season of the Premier League with a crushing victory over Burnley and confirmed their intention to defend the league title in this campaign. Pep Guardiola's team traditionally dominated the first game, took the initiative, and Erling Haaland again showed his class by scoring a brace.

In the next match, it will obviously not be so easy for the Citizens to pick up all three points, which means that the home team will have to make much more efforts to win. The Spanish mentor will definitely make several changes in the line-up: probably, the team's expensive newcomer, Croatian defender Joshko Guardiol, will come out from the first minutes.

Newcastle

Newcastle also got off to a strong start in the new Premier League season, scoring five goals at home against Aston Villa. Eddie Howe's wards demonstrated a very cool and productive game in attack, and the newcomers Soroka fit into the team's game scheme from the very first match.

In the match of the new round, Newcastle is assigned the role of an underdog, but this status is hardly embarrassing for the coaching staff and the players of the Forty. The guests will certainly try to use their strengths, focus on a reliable and high-quality game in defense, as well as on a good implementation of chances at foreign possessions.

Manchester City vs Newcastle facts

• Manchester City defeated Newcastle 2-0 in the last season of the English Championship, another meeting ended in a draw - 3-3;
• Only two of the last five matches between rivals in the Premier League have included a bet on "both teams to score" 1.86;
• In four of the last five matches between the teams in the championship of England, the bet on over (2.5) 1.76;
• Manchester City have won four of their last five Premier League matches against Newcastle.

Odds from download 1xbet

1xbet, a very well-known betting company among football fans, offers its customers the following quotes for the central match of the second round of the English Championship: you can bet on the victory of Manchester City with odds of 1.53, on a draw - for 4.40, and on the victory of Newcastle - for 6.00. Install the 1xbet app and place a bet on the favorite!

Game Totals Prediction

Undoubtedly, the main match of the new round of the English Premier League, in which the defending champion will play against a very ambitious team that finished in the top 4 of the standings last season. Both Manchester City and Newcastle started the new Premier League season with confident devastating victories, so they are clearly determined to continue their victorious march. The townspeople are rightly the favorites of such a match, but the Magpies definitely do not intend to sit on the defensive for the whole game and will look for chances at other people's gates. A promising choice in this case is a bet on "both teams to score" for 1.86.