Pep Guardiola has a decision to make on Erling Haaland for Manchester CIty's trip to Aston Villa on Saturday.
21.08.2022 - 13:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City team will be gunning to maintain their winning start to the Premier League season vs Newcastle on Sunday afternoon (4.30pm).
After beating West Ham on the opening day - with Erling Haaland grabbing both goals - City swept aside newly-promoted Bournemouth in their subsequent fixture. However, opponents Newcastle have also started the season impressively with four points from two games.
Eddie Howe and his Saudi-backed squad have yet to concede a goal this campaign, but will that still be the case come Sunday night? We look at how three high-profile pundits think this one will play out;
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Chris Sutton - BBC Sport
Writing in his latest BBC Sport column, pundit Sutton said: "There will be a top atmosphere at St James' Park and Newcastle might create one or two chances for Callum Wilson. I can only see a Manchester City win here, though, they have not really put a foot wrong so far.
"Lots has been made of how few touches Erling Haaland had against Bournemouth, but he still made one of them count with his pass to Ilkay Gundogan for their opening goal. If the opposition focus on stopping Haaland, then it's going to leave space for their other attacking players and we already know how dangerous they are."
Score prediction: Newcastle 1-3 Manchester City
Paul Merson - Sportskeeda
Sharing his prediction for Sportskeeda, Merson added: "Newcastle have made a solid start to the Premier League season, but I don't see anything other than a Manchester City win. Eddie Howe will look to make it hard for their opponents with a plan to hit them on the counter-attack, but Pep Guardiola and his team should still get all three points here to continue their perfect
Pep Guardiola has a decision to make on Erling Haaland for Manchester CIty's trip to Aston Villa on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola has made two changes to his Manchester City team for the visit of Crystal Palace to the Etihad Stadium this afternoon. Nathan Ake - who is missing today through injury - and Ilkay Gundogan drop out of the side that drew 3-3 with Newcastle last weekend, with Ruben Dias and Riyad Mahrez replacing them.
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