Newcastle vs Man City prediction and odds - don't expect the Magpies to go down without a fight

19.08.2022 - 09:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Followers of this column landed an 11/2 winner thanks to a Man City to win 4-0 correct score prediction last weekend, so check out our 15/8 Newcastle vs Man City prediction below

All is rosy in the City garden. Six points on the board from their opening two games, in which their defence has not been breached once, while Liverpool, their main title challengers, stutter through their opening period.

While the win at West Ham was fairly routine, the dismantling of Bournemouth was as dominant as it gets. The visitors were restricted to just three efforts on goal and a xGF of 0.1 - they basically didn't get a sniff. The only real surprise about that game was that Erling Haaland didn't get on the scoresheet but it served as a timely reminder that City have a multitude of goal threats - after all, this is the side that won the league without an out-and-out striker last term.

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Pep Guardiola's side might not have it so easy at St James' Park but they are still expected to get the job done: they are 2/5 with Betway to pick up a third consecutive win, while the hosts are 7/1 to cause the upset.

Recent evidence certainly suggests City will strike again. They won this fixture by four goals to nil last season and have won their last six meetings against Newcastle, five of which came without conceding.

It's been a solid if unspectacular start from Newcastle, who rode their luck for large parts of their trip to Brighton on Saturday. Eddie Howe's outfit couldn't muster a single shot on target - a paltry xGF of just 0.2 is a strong indicator that the visitors struggled to muster any kind of serious threat on goal.

A repeat of that level of performance will almost