The match of the 21st stage of the English championship between Newcastle and Manchester City is scheduled for Saturday, January 13, from 19:30 at St. James’ Park and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

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The richest teams in the world, Newcastle and Manchester City, met in one of the most exciting matches of the 21st round of the Premier League at a time when the hosts are far from the form of last season and the visitors are back in form and do not want to lose contact with the leader Liverpool.

Newcastle are ninth on 29 points, 11 adrift of a Champions League spot, and have won one and lost four (the last three in a row) in their five previous league games, losing 2-4 to Liverpool in the last leg.

During this period, Eddie Howe’s side were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup 1-1 after 90 minutes and 2-4 on penalties by Chelsea (there was no extra time), but qualified for the round of 16 of the FA Cup (FA Cup) after beating Sunderland, a team from the Championship (League Two), 3-0 away, in the only match played in 2024.

After eight wins and two losses, Kofenele have scored 24 points in home matches of this championship (more than only Aston Villa – 28 and Liverpool – 26) (they have the best defense at home, seven goals scored in 10 matches), and the best scorer of the team is Oleksandr Isak, who has nine successes in the Premier League.

Manchester City are in 3rd place with 40 points, five behind leaders Liverpool, but also have a hand in hand (at home to Brentford) and have three wins, a draw and a defeat in their last five legs . championship, and in the previous round they won at home against Sheffield United with a score of 2:0.

Pep Guardiola’s side won the Club World Cup this term after beating Urawa Reds 3-0 in the semi-finals and Fluminense 4-0 in the final (played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) and qualified for the round of 16 of the FA Cup (FA Cup), after 5-0 at home to Huddersfield, a team from the Championship (League Two), in the only official game played this year.

The Citizens lead the away table this season with 19 away points (the same as Liverpool) after six wins, a draw and three defeats, with Erling Haaland as the team’s and league’s top scorer with 14 goals tied with Mohamed Salah of Liverpool (Manchester City has the best attack in the Premier League with 45 goals scored).

In a tour match on 19 August 2023, Manchester City beat Newcastle 1-0 at home with a goal from H. Alvarez (31).

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