Manchester Metropolis welcome Newcastle United to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon hoping to capitalise on Chelsea’s defeat on Friday night time.
Metropolis can leapfrog the west London membership into fourth place with a win over Eddie Howe’s males this weekend after Enzo Maresca and his gamers succumbed to a drubbing by the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion on the south coast.
Nonetheless, the Premier League champions return to on-field aggressive motion off the again of a massively disappointing 2-3 defeat to Actual Madrid within the first-leg of a UEFA Champions League last-16 play-off tie on the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night time.
That adopted a 5-1 loss to Arsenal within the final Premier League outing and a 1-2 comeback win over Leyton Orient final day out in home motion because the League One facet have been overwhelmed within the fourth spherical of the FA Cup by Metropolis final weekend.
The assembly with Newcastle separates the first-leg assembly with Carlo Ancelotti’s facet and the second-leg which awaits on the Santiago Bernabeu within the Spanish capital on Wednesday night time, with Metropolis to make the journey 24 hours previous to kick-off.
Newcastle shall be buoyant after their cup successes in latest weeks having reached the Carabao Cup ultimate by defeating Arsenal 4-0 on mixture the place they are going to now face Liverpool, whereas Birmingham Metropolis have been overwhelmed at St Andrew’s by the Magpies.
Manchester Metropolis are with out Manuel Akanji this weekend after the Swiss worldwide sustained an abductor harm in midweek which requires surgical procedure and sidelines him from motion for as much as 10 weeks.
Oscar Bobb and Rodri are additionally anticipated to stay out as they proceed their restoration from longer-term points, whereas there have been query marks over Nico Gonzalez and Jack Grealish’s availability all through the week.
Forward of kick-off on the Etihad Stadium, right here is how each Pep Guardiola and Eddie Howe have lined up their respective Manchester Metropolis and Newcastle United sides in Premier League motion!
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