Manchester City vs Newcastle Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 21st February 2026

Manchester City enjoy home advantage, when visitors Newcastle swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Manchester City approach the next Premier League round as number 2 in the table, having claimed 53 points this season so far. With 26 games behind them, The Magpies amassed 36 points, placing them as number 10 before their next fixture.

Manchester City are looking to avenge a disappointing defeat against Newcastle in their last meeting. According to the bookmakers, a win for the home team looks like a likely scenario.

The Sky Blues step into their next home match this coming Saturday having scored a nice average of 1.6 goals in ten matches. They managed a total of 16 goals, while also allowing eight goals against. That is an average of 0.8 goals against per match. They were able to hang on to a clean sheet four times in those matches.

When it comes to goal-scoring Newcastle are not the most prolific side. They scored a sustainable 16 times in their previous ten matches, making it 1.6 goals per game. They conceded 17 goals for an average of 1.7 a game, achieving a clean sheet in two of these matches.

Manchester City took a hit when Newcastle handed them a 2-1 defeat in their latest encounter. The former did win the reverse match though, as they secured a triumph to their name by claiming a 4-0 win.

Manchester City vs Newcastle Prediction

Manchester City Form

Manchester City swept all aside in their last three matches and started off by winning 1-2 against Liverpool. They went on to defeat Fulham 3-0 and made it three on the spin against Salford City in a 2-0 victory. Manchester City managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League, where they also drew twice and lost none. They scored 13 goals and conceded two times.

Newcastle Form

Newcastle are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Tottenham got left behind in a 1-2 win, before Aston Villa got hammered in a 1-3 victory. Qarabag FK was the most recent victim in a 1-6 win for Newcastle. Newcastle won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches says eight goals conceded and six scored.

In current form, it is very difficult to argue against Manchester City claiming yet another win. Newcastle don't look strong enough right now to push their hosts to dropping points.

Manchester City won six matches, scored 17 goals and conceded nine in their last 11 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. This earned them 20 points. Newcastle took nine points from their last 12 games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. They won two, scored 15 goals and conceded 22. Manchester City have a record of 16 wins, five draws and five defeats in the Premier League this season. Newcastle are looking at ten wins, six draws and ten defeats in the Premier League.

Manchester City vs Newcastle Squads

Manchester City Squad

Guardiola will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Newcastle from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/23), James Trafford (0/3), Marcus Bettinelli (0/0), Abdukodir Khusanov (0/12), John Stones (0/7), Josko Gvardiol (2/16), Marc Guehi (2/24), Max Alleyne (0/2), Nathan Ake (0/13), Rayan Ait Nouri (0/9), Rico Lewis (0/10), Ruben Dias (2/22), Bernardo Silva (1/26), Jeremy Doku (1/20), Mateo Kovacic (0/1), Matheus Nunes (1/23), Nico Gonzalez (1/21), Nico O'Reilly (2/25), Phil Foden (7/23), Rayan Cherki (3/21), Rodri (0/14), Savinho (0/15), Sverre Halseth Nypan (0/0), Tijjani Reijnders (5/24), Antoine Semenyo (13/25), Erling Haaland (22/26), Omar Marmoush (1/14).

Newcastle Squad

Below is the full team squad of Newcastle. The manager Howe will pick his starting XI against Manchester City from these players:

Aaron Ramsdale (0/7), John Ruddy (0/0), Mark Gillespie (0/0), Max Thompson (0/0), Nick Pope (0/20), Alex Murphy (0/1), Daniel Burn (0/18), Emil Krafth (0/1), Fabian Schaer (0/16), Kieran Trippier (0/14), Lewis Hall (0/19), Malick Thiaw (4/23), Sven Botman (1/15), Valentino Livramento (0/13), Alfie Harrison (0/0), Bruno Guimaraes (9/23), Jacob Murphy (2/21), Jacob Ramsey (1/16), Joelinton (2/19), Joseph Willock (0/15), Lewis Miley (1/19), Sandro Tonali (0/26), Anthony Elanga (0/22), Anthony Gordon (3/20), Harvey Barnes (5/25), Nick Woltemade (7/23), William Osula (1/13), Yoane Wissa (1/11).

Manchester City vs Newcastle Team News

Manchester City are as close to having an entire squad available as they can, with only one playerout for the side which faces Newcastle.

Manchester City are unable to field Rodri this coming Saturday against Newcastle, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Newcastle are juggling with three absent players on this coming Saturday when travelling to Manchester City. Anthony Gordon and Malick Thiaw can't be called upon by Newcastle, as they are all sidelined with a suspension.

Sven Botman won't be travelling with Newcastle this time, as he nurses an injury.

Manchester City vs Newcastle Lineups

Manchester City vs Newcastle H2H

Manchester City were defeated by 2-1 in their last encounter with Newcastle, but did win the reverse match 4-0, though. Manchester City enjoy a good 7-2-1 advantage against Newcastle, and the bookies best betting odds on a home win are at 9/20.

Manchester City vs Newcastle Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only three times in ten matches between Manchester City and Newcastle. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 4/9 with the bookies this coming Saturday.

Manchester City vs Newcastle Betting Tips

It has been a great season for Erling Haaland so far as he currently has 22 goals on his account during this season. He also hit the net three times in his last six games, leaving The Sky Blues hoping he delivers against Newcastle this coming Saturday as well. Siding with him to score in the upcoming game seems like a reasonable choice.

Manchester City won eight of their last 10 matches on home soil, drew two and lost none. Newcastle won four games, drew two and lost four in their last 10 away games across all tournaments. Newcastle have been generous visitors, since they pulled only once clean sheet in their previous 10 away games. Manchester City managedsix clean sheets in their previous 10 matches played at home.

Over 3.5 goals happened six times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Manchester City managed an average of 2.8 goals, with Newcastle averaging 1.1 goals. Both teams to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Manchester City’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.9 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Newcastle, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.9 times goals per game.