🔵Pre-match facts about Manchester City vs Newcastle🔵
🔹Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 15 home league games against Newcastle (W13 D2), winning the last 10 in a row – they’ve never won 11 successive home games against an opponent in their top-flight history.
🔹Newcastle are unbeaten in their last two Premier League games against Man City (W1 D1), having lost 15 of their 16 against them previously (D1). They’re looking to avoid defeat in both league meetings with the Citizens for the first time since 2004-05.
🔹Manchester City have won their last four home Premier League matches by an aggregate score of 14-0. They haven’t kept five consecutive home clean sheets in the competition since September 2011 under Roberto Mancini.
🔹Newcastle are looking to win three consecutive away Premier League matches for the first time since December 2001, when they beat Ipswich, Arsenal and Leeds to top the Premier League.
🔹Manchester City have lost nine Premier League games in 2019-20 - their highest total in a season since 2015-16 under Manuel Pellegrini (10 defeats).
🔹Newcastle have scored 10 goals in their last four Premier League games – their previous 10 goals came across a period of 14 games.
🔹Newcastle United are unbeaten in six Premier League matches (W3 D3), last enjoying a longer undefeated run in the competition between May and November 2011 (14 unbeaten).
🔹Manchester City have made a league-high 120 changes to their starting XI in the Premier League this season, including six changes last time out. Indeed, City failed to score against Southampton despite having 26 shots – they last failed to score in consecutive Premier League games in March 2016.
🔹Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne has been directly involved in 28 goals in 28 Premier League starts this season (11 goals, 17 assists), with the Belgian scoring or assisting 15 times in his last 14 starts in the top-flight.
🔹In his first 40 Premier League appearances, Newcastle’s Miguel Almirón scored just two goals from 64 attempts at goal – since then, the Paraguayan has scored in back to back games, scoring twice from five shots against Bournemouth and West Ham.
🔹Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 15 home league games against Newcastle (W13 D2), winning the last 10 in a row – they’ve never won 11 successive home games against an opponent in their top-flight history.
🔹Newcastle are unbeaten in their last two Premier League games against Man City (W1 D1), having lost 15 of their 16 against them previously (D1). They’re looking to avoid defeat in both league meetings with the Citizens for the first time since 2004-05.
🔹Manchester City have won their last four home Premier League matches by an aggregate score of 14-0. They haven’t kept five consecutive home clean sheets in the competition since September 2011 under Roberto Mancini.
🔹Newcastle are looking to win three consecutive away Premier League matches for the first time since December 2001, when they beat Ipswich, Arsenal and Leeds to top the Premier League.
🔹Manchester City have lost nine Premier League games in 2019-20 - their highest total in a season since 2015-16 under Manuel Pellegrini (10 defeats).
🔹Newcastle have scored 10 goals in their last four Premier League games – their previous 10 goals came across a period of 14 games.
🔹Newcastle United are unbeaten in six Premier League matches (W3 D3), last enjoying a longer undefeated run in the competition between May and November 2011 (14 unbeaten).
🔹Manchester City have made a league-high 120 changes to their starting XI in the Premier League this season, including six changes last time out. Indeed, City failed to score against Southampton despite having 26 shots – they last failed to score in consecutive Premier League games in March 2016.
🔹Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne has been directly involved in 28 goals in 28 Premier League starts this season (11 goals, 17 assists), with the Belgian scoring or assisting 15 times in his last 14 starts in the top-flight.
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