Newcastle vs Man City LIVE SCORE: Treble winners take on wounded Magpies in huge Premier League clash – latest updates

City with chance to close gap

With the Premier League fixtures spread across two weekends, victory today would take Man City second in the table.

It would leave them only two points behind league leaders Liverpool.

Jurgen Klopp’s side offer an obstacle to their hopes of another Premier League crown this season and Pep Guardiola will want to put pressure on the Merseyside outfit this evening.

Magpies struggling to flex financial muscle

When the new owners came into St James’ Park, fans thought the sky was the limit with black and white jerseys with Mbappe 9 on the back imminent.

Sadly for Eddie Howe’s side, with FFP finally flexing their muscle this season, that seems a distant dream for the oil rich club.

It has been reported this week that Newcastle will need to sell to buy in this January transfer window.

Crunch match in the Abu Derby

Both of these sides, who are owned by the Saudi state, have high expectations for the season ahead.

For Man City, they are looking to win a fourth consecutive Premier League title, something which has never been done before.

Newcastle were expecting to regulars in the mix up for Champions League qualification but are a long way off that currently.

Welcome to Newcastle vs Man City

The Magpies welcome Man City to St James’ Park for a game of great importance to both teams but for very different reasons.

Joelinton has been ruled out for a minimum of six weeks due to a thigh injury and joins Callum Wilson, Matt Targett, Nick Pope, Jacob Murphy, Joe Willock, Havey Barnes, Elliot Anderson and Javi Manquillo in the Newcastle very crowded treatment room.

With the injury to Joelinton, Lewis Miley will slot in to partner Sean Longstaff and Bruno Guimaraes in the heart of midfield for Eddie Howe’s side.

Fabian Schar signed a contract extension this week and is likely to join a back four alongside Kieran Trippier, Sven Botman and Dan Burn as they look to face Pep Guardiola’s fluid attack.

Alexander Isak, Miguel Almiron and Anthony Gordon will lead the attack for The Magpies as they look to cause problems for the visitors.

For Man City Erling Haaland and John Stones will definitely miss this game while Jack Grealish remains a doubt due to illness.

Manuel Akanji is a minor doubt as he was forced off in the first half of the recent FA Cup game but Man City expect to have Bernardo Silva and Kalvin Phillips available after both missed the last match due to illness.

Kyle Walker and Nathan Ake are expected to be recalled to the team that started the cup match, along with goalkeeper Ederson.

The big question for the visitors’ fans is whether they will get to see Kevin De Bruyne start the game against Newcastle today.