Tomorrow is a very important day for both teams. Both of these teams failing to pick up any points last round it is vital for them both to get back on track to achieve their goals for this campaign. City, with their Abu-Dhabi funding have naturally set their eye on defending their title crown, which Sergio Agüero so magnificently slotted home in stoppage time of City's final game last season. With last weekends loss to title-challengers and local rivals United seeing the Red Devils go six points ahead, this game is a must for City. For home-side Newcastle this match is probably even more important. Even though nobody expected Newcastle to finish in the top 5 last season, they contradicted everyone and manage to finish above Champions League winners Chelsea. Before this round kicks off, the Magpies find themselves in 14th. Coming to St-James Park last season was something even the mighty Alex Ferguson dreaded, but with only 1 of the last 3 home games ending in victory for Newcastle (1-0 loss to West Ham and 2-1 loss to Swansea) City are probably not as scared taking the trip as they were last year. Two Yaya Toure goals settled an easy win and clean sheet for City that time.
In my opinion there are three things speaking for Newcastle to be able to snatch even a single point.
1) Even though they have had trouble getting the points they deserve Demba Ba has been scoring basically at will throughout the season.
2) The giant in defence: Vincent Kompany is out after an injury in the derby last weekend
3) Mancinis stubbornness: Balotelli has been pretty much useless this season, with only one premier league goal to his name, still Mancini started him against United. In the games before that Mancini had started Dzeko and left either Tevez or Aguero on the bench. Don't get me wrong Dzeko has been fantastic for City this season, but only as a substitute. Neither Dzeko or Balotelli have the pace and stability that Tevez and Aguero possess. With midfield genius David Silva playing, both Tevez and Aguero fit much nicer in the starting 11 than the two previous mentioned strikers do.
I hope to see City line up:
Hart
Zabaleta - Nastastic - Kolo Toure - Clichy
Yaya Toure - Garcia
Silva - Nasri
Tevez - Aguero
Newcastle will hopefully line up:
Krul
Simpson - Coloccini - Williamson - Santon
Anita - Tiote - Gosling - Jonas
Cissé - Ba
Injuries/Suspensions:
City: Barry, Kompany, Milner, Kolarov, Richards, Rodwell
Newcastle: Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Taylor x2
In my opinion there are three things speaking for Newcastle to be able to snatch even a single point.
1) Even though they have had trouble getting the points they deserve Demba Ba has been scoring basically at will throughout the season.
2) The giant in defence: Vincent Kompany is out after an injury in the derby last weekend
3) Mancinis stubbornness: Balotelli has been pretty much useless this season, with only one premier league goal to his name, still Mancini started him against United. In the games before that Mancini had started Dzeko and left either Tevez or Aguero on the bench. Don't get me wrong Dzeko has been fantastic for City this season, but only as a substitute. Neither Dzeko or Balotelli have the pace and stability that Tevez and Aguero possess. With midfield genius David Silva playing, both Tevez and Aguero fit much nicer in the starting 11 than the two previous mentioned strikers do.
I hope to see City line up:
Hart
Zabaleta - Nastastic - Kolo Toure - Clichy
Yaya Toure - Garcia
Silva - Nasri
Tevez - Aguero
Newcastle will hopefully line up:
Krul
Simpson - Coloccini - Williamson - Santon
Anita - Tiote - Gosling - Jonas
Cissé - Ba
Injuries/Suspensions:
City: Barry, Kompany, Milner, Kolarov, Richards, Rodwell
Newcastle: Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Taylor x2
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