Newcastle United have won just one of their last 35 Premier League meetings with Manchester City (D6 L28), a 2-1 home win in January 2019 under Rafael Benítez.
Manchester City have won 12 Premier League away games against Newcastle, their joint-most away victories against an opponent in the competition (also 12 vs Everton).
Manchester City have scored in each of their last 33 Premier League games against Newcastle. Only three sides have had a longer scoring streak against an opponent in top-flight history – Chelsea vs Newcastle (37 from 1933-1969), Tottenham vs Newcastle (35 from 1922-1961) and Everton vs Blackburn (34 from 1925-1962).
Newcastle have lost their last two Premier League games, last losing more consecutively in January 2024 (4). They’ve opened the scoring in both of their last two, never losing three in a row when leading each time.
Manchester City lost two of their first three Premier League games this season (W1), conceding four goals in the process. Since then they’ve lost just one of their last eight (W6 D1), conceding just another four goals in this run.
Newcastle have lost three Premier League games despite scoring first this season, going down against Arsenal (1-2), West Ham (1-3) and Brentford (1-3). It’s as many defeats as they’d suffered in the previous two campaigns combined (1 in 2024-25, 2 in 2023-24), while they last lost more in 2021-22 (4).
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has won none of his 18 Premier League meetings with Man City (D2 L16) – it’s the most a manager has faced an opponent in the competition without ever winning.
Man City’s Erling Haaland has 14 Premier League goals this season, almost twice as many as the next highest scorer (Igor Thiago, 8). His next goal will be his 100th in the competition, while a goal in this match (or indeed any of his next 15 apps) will make him the fastest to reach this milestone.
Erling Haaland has scored 19 goals in all competitions for Man City this season (excl. Club World Cup). A goal in this match would be the third earliest (by date) a Premier League player has reached 20 in a campaign, after Andrew Cole in 1993-94 (21st November) and Haaland himself in 2022-23 (8th October).
All three of Nick Woltemade’s non-penalty goals for Newcastle this season have been from first time shots – only Jean-Philippe Mateta (4) has scored more with 100% of them coming from first time shots.
