Discover out every thing you might want to know forward of Metropolis’s Premier League encounter with Newcastle United.
WHEN AND WHERE
We face the Magpies within the Premier League on Saturday 21 February, with the sport scheduled for kick-off on the Etihad Stadium at 20:00 (UK).
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OPPOSING MANAGER – EDDIE HOWE
Howe has a beautiful fame in English soccer administration after his nice work to get Bournemouth promoted from the decrease leagues into the Premier League and set up their place within the nation’s high flight.
Howe then moved to Tyneside in November 2021 and guided the Magpies again to UEFA Champions League soccer with a fourth-placed end within the league in 2022/23.
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That was adopted up with seventh and fifth within the continuing two campaigns, together with a primary piece of silverware as they lifted the Carabao Cup final season, their first home trophy since 1955.
Vitality, aggression, excessive urgent and loads of tempo on the flanks are all key in Howe’s arrange at Newcastle, which is often a 4-3-3 formation.
DANGER MEN
Anthony Gordon – regardless of not being in the most effective goalscoring type this season – is the primary menace for the Magpies.
The winger is combating for a spot within the England squad for this summer time’s World Cup and scored away to Liverpool lately, in addition to helping the winner towards Tottenham Hotspur of their final league recreation.
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Harvey Barnes is the opposite one to maintain an in depth eye on.
The winger can drift out and in of video games, however when he has momentum and confidence he could be lethal, as seen within the reverse fixture earlier this season at St James’ Park the place he grabbed a brace to see us lose 2-1.
Moreover, towering defender Malick Thiaw has been a beautiful signing and is an enormous menace from set-pieces, already claiming 4 league objectives this time period, so we’ll must preserve an in depth eye on him too.
PEP GUARDIOLA PREVIEW
will likely be dealing with the media for the pre-match press convention from 12:30 (UK) on Friday 20 February, the place the Metropolis boss will present all the newest group information updates and you’ll comply with it dwell on our web site and app.
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Don’t fear if you’re unable to look at Pep’s press convention because it occurs as we’ll have a written assessment and video recap quickly after it has concluded.
PREVIOUS MEETING
Our final residence Premier League encounter with Newcastle resulted in a , as Omar Marmoush scored a hat-trick added to by a aim from James McAtee.
Within the reverse fixture this season, we fell to a at St James’ Park.
We additionally confronted Howe’s aspect twice within the Carabao Cup semi-final this season, claiming a after which a to cruise into the ultimate with a 5-1 combination victory.
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LAST TIME OUT
We stormed to a in our final league recreation, due to objectives from Antoine Semenyo, Nico O’Reilly and Erling Haaland.
We then confronted Salford within the FA Cup fourth spherical and to advance into the fifth spherical of the competitors.
As for Newcastle, they claimed a powerful 2-1 away win over Spurs final outing.
They have been additionally in FA Cup fourth spherical motion towards Aston Villa during which they staged a 3-1 comeback towards the 10-man outfit after Villa goalkeeper Marco Bizot was despatched off.
MATCH OFFICIALS
To be confirmed.
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GLOBAL TV LISTINGS
Supporters world wide can learn the way to tune in to look at the match dwell by courtesy of livesoccertv.com.
(Listings right as of Sunday 15 February)
Information about Man Metropolis v Newcastle
New kick-off time for Newcastle Premier League residence conflict
The kick-off time for Metropolis’s Premier League fixture at residence to Newcastle later this month has been moved from 12.30 to twenty.00 (UK).