Newcastle vs. Manchester City Prediction on January 13, 2023

Match info

Champions of the English men’s football Premier League, Manchester City F.C., travel to Newcastle intending to catch up to leaders Liverpool. Both rivals have a lot riding on this game, with the hosts looking to reverse their dismal 2023–24 league performance. The game is scheduled to take place at St. James’ Park on Saturday, January 13, at 5:30 p.m. local time.

Meeting statistics

With Man City trying to close the gap on the two teams above them, Liverpool and Aston Villa, this game is crucial to their title fight. If “The Citizens“ win, they’ll pass Villa and go up to second place before the Birmingham side plays Everton on Sunday. Aside from that, Liverpool’s lead at the top will drop to two points since “The Reds“ are off this weekend.

The current form of Newcastle

Newcastle F.C. is now 11 points outside of the top four, sitting in ninth place. It seems it will be difficult for them to earn a spot in the Champions League in consecutive seasons. If Chelsea win at noon, Newcastle might be in 10th place by kickoff against City. On the other hand, they’ll move up to seventh place if they win, passing both Brighton and Manchester United.

Newcastle’s 39 goals this season are only surpassed by four other teams, demonstrating their strong offensive performance. Earlier in the season, they achieved a significant 8-0 victory against Sheffield United. Their current record of nine wins and nine losses represents their ongoing level of inconsistency.

Newcastle have won twice, lost twice, and drawn once in their previous five games. The Carabao Cup is when they managed to get the sole draw, and it was away at Stamford Bridge, but Chelsea’s 4-2 victory on penalties meant Newcastle’s elimination. Newcastle have now suffered two straight Premier League losses, going down 2-4 away to Liverpool and 1-3 at home to Nottingham Forest. The score at Anfield doesn’t fully convey the whole story because, according to online sportsbooks allowing you to maximize the value of bets on their betting bonuses, Liverpool had the highest accumulated xG of any Premier League game in history with 7.53. Alexander Isak gave Newcastle the lead in the loss to Forest, and Chris Wood, their former striker, scored three goals in a row after that. They advanced to the FA Cup’s fourth round, though, after defeating their “hated“ rivals Sunderland 3-0 at the Stadium of Light to resume their winning ways. The win was guaranteed by an own goal and a brace from Isak.

The current form of Manchester City

It should come as no surprise that City lead the league in goals scored with 45. They’ve only given up 21 goals as well. With 18, only Liverpool have let in fewer. Pep Guardiola’s team has stayed within striking distance of the top two despite a recent run of bad performance, so they should be optimistic about their chances of winning the championship for four times in a row.

Manchester City have a spotless record after the last five games, giving up just one goal. They won two of their matches in the Club World Cup, defeating Urawa Reds 3-0 and Fluminense 4-0 to take home the trophy and become the world champions. They had only won once in six games before their journey to Saudi Arabia, so it was a welcome diversion from the Premier League. They’ve defeated Everton 3-1 at Goodison Park and Sheffield United 2-0 at home since their comeback from the CWC. They easily defeated Championship team Huddersfield last weekend to move on to the FA Cup’s fourth round. Phil Foden scored twice.

Head-to-head encounters

In the first half of the season, Man City won all three points in h2h at the Etihad in August thanks to a goal from Julián Álvarez. But a month later, “The Magpies“ had their comeuppance when they eliminated City from the League Cup with a 1-0 triumph of their own thanks to Isak. Nine goals in 15 league appearances are on the account of the Swedish striker, who established himself as the club’s leading scorer. In addition, Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon have each scored seven and six goals, albeit the former will be out due to injury.

City have dominated the last 10 Premier League encounters, winning eight of them and losing just one. Salomón Rondón’s and Matt Ritchie’s goals at the start of 2019 offset Sergio Agüero’s opening minute to give Newcastle their lone victory. So, against their opponents this weekend, “The Magpies“ will be looking to snap an eight-game losing streak in the league.

Match analytics

Although Newcastle had a thrilling 3-0 victory in the Tyne-Wear derby, their league play has been dismal, keeping them outside of the European spots. Guardiola’s team appears to have overcome its setbacks and been strengthened by Kevin De Bruyne’s comeback.

We anticipate that the visitors will keep up their winning ways: Manchester City to score in both halves – yes with odds of 2.22 at Yonibet.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Newcastle vs. Manchester City 2:3