Newcastle United Vs Manchester City Tactical Preview: Team News, Key Men And Streaming Links | OneFootball

Newcastle United will welcome Manchester City at St. James’ Park this Wednesday night as both sides look to get the better of each other in the third round of the EFL Cup. The Magpies secured a dominant 8-0 win away at Sheffield United recently. Similarly, Man City earned a 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest last weekend.

Newcastle United Vs Manchester City: Talking Tactics

Eddie Howe will opt for a 4-3-3 formation and could instruct his men to make life difficult for the opposition and try to catch them off-guard on the counter.

Pep Guardiola will set his team up in a 4-2-3-1 formation and could ask his players to dominate possession of the ball and engineer a few clear-cut chances to win this contest.

Team News

Newcastle United

Harvey Barnes will be sidelined for this game because of a toe injury. Furthermore, Howe will be without the services of Joelinton, Joe Willock and Emil Krafth in midweek.

Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Tonali; Murphy, Isak, Gordon

Manchester City’s Norwegian striker #09 Erling Haaland (L), Manchester City’s Dutch defender #06 Nathan Ake (C) and Manchester City’s English midfielder #10 Jack Grealish (R) celebrate on the final whistle of the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Nottingham Forest at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on September 23, 2023. City won the game 2-0. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Manchester City

Mateo Kovacic, Bernardo Silva, Kevin de Bruyne and John Stones will all miss this clash due to injuries.

Manchester City Predicted XI

Ortega; Lewis, Akanji, Ake, Gomes; Nunes, Phillips; Foden, Alvarez, Grealish; Haaland

Key Men

Newcastle United

Nick Pope would have to make a few big saves if Newcastle want to secure a good result this Wednesday night. The defensive performance of Sven Botman and Fabian Schar could go a long way in determining the fate of this contest.

Manchester City

Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez will carry most of the goal-scoring workload for the Mancunian giants on the attacking end of the pitch.

Guardiola will rely on Kalvin Phillips and Matheus Nunes to establish their superiority over the opposition at the centre of the park.