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Manchester City are back in Premier League action at home to Newcastle this afternoon as they look to bounce back from defeat against Real Madrid in midweek. City’s hopes of regaining the Champions League took a blow on Tuesday night as they twice let a lead slip to fall to a 3-2 loss.

City are slight favourites against a Newcastle side that will still be on a high after comfortably dispatching of Arsenal over two legs to set up a Carabao Cup final against Liverpool next month. In Alexander Isak, the Magpies have one of the most in-form strikers in Europe and he holds the key to the visitors piling on the misery for the hosts. Follow all the action LIVE with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog!

Live updates

42 seconds ago

Stand by...

All the team news from the Etihad coming up in the next few minutes.

Never an easy job guessing what Pep Guardiola is going to do...

8 minutes ago

Another setback for Guardiola's side...

It was a really painful defeat in midweek for Man City.

They were 2-1 up against Real Madrid with a few minutes of normal time remaining, but somehow found a way to lose 3-2.

Jude Bellingham struck the winner deep in stoppage-time.

18 minutes ago

Man City dominate head-to-head

Fairly decent record for Man City in this fixture.

They have lost at home to Newcastle in the Premier League since 2000 - almost hard to believe!

Today feels as good of a chance as they’ve had in a long, long time.

28 minutes ago

Big match in top-four race

Man City and Newcastle sit level on 41 points, with the exact same goal difference too.

Pep Guardiola’s side are above Newcastle as a result of scoring six goals more.

Crucial match this afternoon - winner will move above Chelsea and into the top four.

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34 minutes ago

Akanji set for surgery today

Manchester City defender Manuel Akanji is set to undergo surgery today and is facing up to 10 weeks out, Pep Guardiola has confirmed.

Akanji suffered a knock in the first-half of Man City’s defeat to Real Madrid in midweek and such was the discomfort that he didn’t reappear for the second half.

There had been reports that the Switzerland international would miss the remainder of the season through injury, but Guardiola has revealed a timeline for the defender’s return.

Speaking on Friday afternoon, the Man City boss said: “Surgery on Saturday, eight to 10 weeks out. Abductor (injury) I think so, broken.

“We wish the best recovery for Manuel because the effort that he has done this season has been unbelievable because him and Nathan [Ake] as well have played in difficult conditions, not being in top [form] and to help the team in emergencies in the position we had in a lack of players in that position.

“In the end the body said ‘enough is enough’.”

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54 minutes ago

Premier League rules deemed 'void' after Man City challenge

The Premier League's rules on commercial deals - prior to their amendment last November - have been declared "void and unenforceable" by an arbitration panel after a challenge by Manchester City.

The four-time champions sued the league over its associated party transaction (APT) rules last year with a panel declaring three aspects of them unlawful last October.

The APT rules seek to ensure deals done between clubs and entities linked to their owners are for fair market value.

The Premier League felt the October ruling required only discrete elements of the APT rules to be amended, which clubs duly voted to do a month later.

City's position in October was that the whole set of rules was void and that no "knee-jerk" changes should be made. Both sides sought clarification of the ruling from the original panel.

In its concluding remarks the panel stated: "The three respects in which the APT rules and amended APT rules were unlawful cannot be severed with the result that the APT rules as a whole are void and unenforceable."

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1 hour ago

Stage is set!

Cold, cloudy afternoon in Manchester...

1 hour ago

Man City vs Newcastle: Head to head (h2h) history and results

Man City wins: 66

Draws: 36

Newcastle wins: 54

It finished all square in the reverse meeting earlier in the season but Man City have a strong record at home against the Magpies.

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2 hours ago

Man City vs Newcastle match odds

Man City to win: 4/5

Draw: 11/5

Newcastle to win: 9/4

Odds via Betfair (subject to change).

5 hours ago

Standard Sport prediction

You just never know what version of Man City is going to show up. They seemed to be back on track at the turn of the year, but the manner of recent defeats to Arsenal and Real Madrid proves how vulnerable they still are.

This is a tough game for City as Newcastle have the tools to punish them in transition but a share of the points seems likely.

2-2 draw