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Man. City face a trip to Newcastle United at St. James' Park on Monday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 50 and win only 13 of the 79 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2008, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Premier League match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Wed 02 Jan | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 2 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Sep | Man. City | 3 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 31 Mar | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 1 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 11 Nov | Man. City | 0 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 01 Feb | Man. City | 3 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 24 Sep | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 02 Feb | Man. City | 1 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Newcastle United's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. The Magpies's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Man. City's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Sky Blues's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 9 against.
Newcastle Utd. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 5 points from their 7 games thus far. Man. City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 9 points from their 7 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 |
| Man. City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Man. City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newcastle Utd. | Been beaten in each of their previous 3 home matches. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Man. City | Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |