Manchester City vs Newcastle United: Kick-off time, predicted lineup, team news, TV channel, stream

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City host Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United in a crucial Premier League showdown – with City looking to close the gap on league leaders Arsenal.

City are coming into the game off a 4-1 win against Bournemouth – with Julian Alvarez, Erling Haaland and Phil Foden all netting for the Premier League holders. 

Guardiola’s side currently sit second in the league and are five points behind top-of-the-league Arsenal.

As for Howe’s side, Newcastle are coming off a 2-0 defeat to Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final. They were also beaten in their last league fixture – losing 2-0 at home to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool.

Sportsmail breaks down everything you need to know ahead of Manchester City’s meeting with Newcastle, including start time, TV channels and team news.

Manchester City are coming off a 4-1 victory in their last game against Bournemouth 

Newcastle suffered a defeat in their last game, losing to Man United in the Carabao Cup final

When is Manchester City vs Newcastle?

Guardiola’s City will face Newcastle on Saturday, with the game kicking off at 12.30pm.

The clash between the two teams will take place at the Etihad – with City looking to make home advantage count.

It’s fair to say that Newcastle fans won’t be optimistic heading into the fixture, having lost four of their last five meetings against City.

Their last win against Guardiola’s side came in 2019 – with Salomon Rondon and Matt Ritchie scoring in a 2-1 win at St James’ Park.

The Magpies will be hoping that Miguel Almiron can inspire the side against City – with the winger scoring 10 goals in all competitions this season.

Despite scoring two in his last five games, City will be hoping that forward Erling Haaland will find the back of the net on Saturday – with the forward scoring 33 goals in all competitions this season.

Erling Haaland will be looking to add to his 33 goals against Eddie Howe’s Newcastle 

How to watch

Saturday’s showdown between City and Newcastle will be shown live on BT Sport 1.

The game between the two teams will also be streamed on the official BT Sport app.

Highlights will be uploaded to the official BT Sport YouTube channel after the game.

Sportsmail will also be providing live coverage of Manchester City vs Newcastle, so you can keep up-to-date with all the latest developments here.

Saturday’s clash between Manchester City and Newcastle will take place at the Etihad Stadium

Team News

Aymeric Laporte and John Stones remain doubts ahead of the showdown with Newcastle United.

Both men were absent from the squad in City’s win against Bristol City in the FA Cup.

Nathan Ake, Ruben Dias and Manuel Akanji are likely to start at the back for Guardiola’s side.

After resting Haaland in the last game, the forward is likely to return to the starting eleven.

As for Newcastle, despite being taken off in the Carabao Cup final with an injury, Bruno Guimaraes is set to be available for selection.

Callum Wilson is expected to lead the line with both Almiron and Allan Saint-Maximin on either side of the Englishman. 

Predicted Manchester City XI (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Akanji, Dias, Ake; De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan; Mahrez, Haaland, Foden. 

Predicted Newcastle United XI (4-3-3): Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Almiron, Wilson, Saint-Maximin 

Despite being taken off in the Carabao Cup final, Bruno Guimaraes is fit to play against City

What’s been said? 

Speaking after City’s last game, Guardiola says he is pleased with what he is seeing every day.

The Spaniard stated that the mood in the locker room is ‘exceptional’.

‘I’m very pleased with what I’m seeing every day,’ said Guardiola.

Pep Guardiola has recently stated that he’s pleased with what he is seeing from his players

Eddie Howe says that the defeat to Man United will not affect their push for top four this season

‘The mood of the locker room is exceptional, the training sessions are really, really good. Everyone is helping each other.’

As for Newcastle, Howe believes that his side have ‘stalled a little bit’ in the league as they look to get back to winning ways against City.

‘It’s a difficult run of games to go from Liverpool to Manchester United to Manchester City. Although we haven’t got the results we wanted the performances have been strong. Between both boxes we were very good and had a lot of very strong elements to our game.

‘In the league we have stalled a little bit. We have missed a couple of games and haven’t won the games that we wanted to so we need to reignite that. As much as we didn’t want it to be, the cup final was a big distraction for us. We want to attack everything and finish as high as we can.’

In terms of team news, Howe confirmed that Guimaraes is available to feature, with the Newcastle boss saying: ‘Bruno is fine. He was in a bit of short term pain but nothing that’s impacted his training week.’