Newcastle United v Manchester City Betting Preview 30/11/2019

By winning back-to-back league titles, Manchester City hoped to usher in a period of real dominance under the genius management of Pep Guardiola. Talk of this City team being the best in the history of the Premier League has been rife, but you wouldn’t award that accolade to them based on this season’s performances.

It’s clear that something is lacking at Man City currently. Their problems came to the fore once again on Tuesday night. City went into their Champions League match with Shakhtar Donetsk as the heavy odds on favourites with the bookies but could only manage a draw against a team they have had few problems with previously.

Steve Bruce will hope that this is a good time to face Man City. His Newcastle side have gradually pulled themselves away from the teams scrapping around at the foot of the table and are hopeful they can stay clear of the relegation battle.

Newcastle have already put in some strong performances against good sides at St James’ Park this season, but will they have enough about them to upset the odds in the first Premier League match of the weekend?

A Lack of Goals Early in the Afternoon?

Newcastle have endured some chastening defeats at the hands of Manchester City recently. The last five years have seen City silence the Toon Army with wins of 3-1, 5-0 and 6-0, but it was the Newcastle fans in full voice at the final whistle of their most recent meeting.

Man City looked like extending a run of 18 wins from 22 unbeaten league matches against Newcastle when Sergio Aguero opened the scoring in the first minute but the home side were able to turn it around to secure an unlikely 2-1 win back in January.

Whilst the Newcastle players will be watching that match to remind them of just how hard they need to work to get a win over Man City, Pep Guardiola will make it clear to his players that revenge is on the cards.

Newcastle’s manager may have changed in the intervening months but their style of play remains largely the same. Bruce started earning points and respect from the Newcastle fans since ditching more ambitious tactics and employing a safety-first approach. Don’t expect that to change for the visit of the defending champions.

In fact, we’d go as far as to recommend backing under 2.5 goals in this one at 15/8 with Betfred, a price that must be considered good betting value.

City Should Have Enough for the Win

We’re still a few weeks away from Christmas and yet Manchester City already have a large points deficit to make up at the top of the Premier League table. Defeat against Liverpool earlier in the month leaves them with a nine-point gap to bridge. If they want to win the league again, City cannot afford to drop points against teams like Newcastle.

The Premier League is known around the world for the ability for every team to beat any other and Newcastle are certainly good enough to make life very difficult for their visitors on Saturday. Then there’s Man City’s recent from which is a long way from convincing.

However, Man City have an incredible number of players capable of winning a game on their own. We’re not expecting Guardiola’s men to roar back to their best but do think they will have enough about them to secure a narrow win.

Therefore, a bet on the Man City 2-0 correct score looks well worth risking at biggest odds of 7/1 with bet365.

Betting Tips

Under 2.5 Goals at 15/8 with Betfred

Man City 2-0 Correct Score @ bet365

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