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Your support makes all the difference.Rafa Benitez will most likely put his entire team behind the ball and look to stop Manchester City for as long as possible in hope of a fortuitous goal or clean sheet for Newcastle.
He did this last season and last week against Chelsea, where he was criticised for his negative style of play after Wolves drew with City after a bold attacking performance.
“Last season he did it against us away and at home,” said Pep Guardiola on Benitez’s tactics. “Everything he is going to do is because he believes it’s the best for them to get points.”
We'll have all the latest from the Etihad:
Preview
What time does it start?
Kick off at The Etihad is at 17:30 BST
Where can I watch it?
BT Sport will be showing live coverage on BT Sport 1 from 17:00, BT Sport app users will also be able to watch the match live online.
Past three meetings
20 January 2018, Premier League – Manchester City 3 (Aguero x3) Newcastle 0
27 December 2017, Premier League – Newcastle 0 Manchester City 1 (Sterling)
19 April 2016, Premier League – Newcastle 1 (Anita) Manchester City 1 (Aguero)
Premier League form guide
Manchester City: WWD
Newcastle: LDL
Odds
Manchester City to win: 1/9
Newcastle to win: 25/1
Draw: 10/1
Prediction
Manchester City 3-0 Newcastle
City start well and David Silva threads a ball through to Raheem Sterling whose dink into the box is well dealt with once again.
49 mins: Silva wastes a free-kick and it's even worse from Mahrez who blazes it over the bar.
52 mins: GOAL! Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle (Walker, 53)
City keep possession very well and Aguero feeds the ball into Walker who lets fly from 30 yards and absolutely smashes it into the bottom corner.
What a goal that is.
Wow.
55 mins: Half chance for Newcastle as the ball falls to Dummett on the edge of the box but his left footed shot goes harmlessly wide.
57 mins: GOAL DISALLOWED!
Aguero over heads the ball into the path of Gabriel Jesus who slots the ball away but it has been given as offside.
And moments later, he is replaced by Bernardo Silva.
He's not a happy man.
Replays of Walker's goal just show how fantastic of a strike that really was. Perfection.
He's done it a couple of times before but it really is quite the strike.
64 mins: CHANCE!
City play some marvellous football and Bernardo switches a fantastic ball to Aguero who repays the favour with a fantastic dink to Fernandinho who is well stopped by Dubravka.
David Silva follows it up and is denied not once but twice and City get the ball back once again.
Should be 3-1. Great goalkeeping.
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