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Through the years, Newcastle’s combination scoreline towards Man Metropolis on the Etihad is a whopping 54-8.
We don’t are inclined to do nicely within the blue half of Manchester and final gained at Metropolis method again in 2014, the place Rolando Aarons scored in a League Cup win over the reigning Champions.
Nevertheless, if a Newcastle crew that includes Colback, Sissoko, Obertan and Aarons might beat a Metropolis crew with Toure, Silva, Fernandinho and Milner 11 years in the past, there isn’t any purpose Isak, Bruno, Gordon and Tonali can’t do the identical at the moment!
As common, Paul Merson has been discussing the match in his weekly prediction piece, either side and assessing how he thinks it should pan out.
Belive it or not, Merson is backing us to finish our Etihad drought with a 2-1 win, declaring he could be “shocked” if we have been overwhelmed given Man Metropolis’s present points.
Talking to Sportskeeda, the Sky Sports activities pundit feels Eddie Howe’s Mags might be a “large problem” for Metropolis, who’ve this recreation sandwiched between an important Champions League play-off decider towards Actual Madrid.
“The large downside for Manchester Metropolis is that they need to face Actual Madrid simply 4 days after this recreation,” he mentioned. “That is why the Premier League is hard. Actual Madrid have been in motion towards Atleti 4 days earlier than the primary leg towards Metropolis, however that occurs solely as soon as in a blue moon in LaLiga!
“Newcastle at dwelling might be a large problem for Metropolis. I don’t know what I’ll get from Metropolis anymore. The way in which Metropolis began that recreation towards Actual Madrid, they might have been 2-0 and even 3-0 down within the opening phases. Later they acquired a grip on issues and seemed like their greatest self earlier than giving it away ultimately. They’re too up and down throughout video games and that’s an issue.”
“Newcastle could have one eye on the Carabao Cup remaining and that could possibly be an issue within the race for prime 4. The gamers might even maintain themselves again because of the concern of getting injured and lacking the cup remaining. In case you’re a Newcastle fan, you’ll decide the Carabao Cup trophy any day as a substitute of a spot within the Champions League although! I’m unsure the house owners will assume the identical method, however Newcastle followers know that is their greatest probability of tasting some silverware once more.
“I don’t see how Man Metropolis can win this recreation and I’d be shocked if Newcastle get beat, despite the fact that they’re away from dwelling.”
Merson’s prediction: Man Metropolis 1-2 Newcastle
Man Metropolis could have conceded 15 objectives of their final six and presently sit 16 factors behind league leaders Liverpool, however Eddie Howe remains to be anticipating a really powerful recreation at the moment.
Talking to the media yesterday, Howe mentioned: “We all know it will likely be a really tough recreation. They’re nonetheless an excellent crew, for me they’re nonetheless the benchmark, we should try to ship our greatest efficiency to get the outcome we would like from this match.
“They’ve an excellent squad, have made some good additions in January. We have to produce in all facets of our play to be aggressive.”
