Quote from: punk.zink on Today at 02:13:52 PM

Quote from: Jatiluhung on Today at 01:51:35 PM

Well, the match, namely the Newcastle vs Man City match, is like the main dish this week. Even though it is the opening match this week. I agree we can't possibly miss this match. And I am also quite confident in the quality of Man City who can still be expected to win this match even though they cannot play several of their important players such as De Bruyne and Rodri who have minor injuries and are still unable to play. Luckily this season Gundogan has returned to Man City. So when De Bruyne is absent, Man City will not have much influence there.

Kevin De Bruyne seems to have recovered from his injury and it is only a matter of time before he can return to the pitch but, making him a starter in the match against Newcastle is quite risky. It seems like a pretty good choice for Guardiola would be to play Gundogan, Kovacic, and Bernardo Silva as starters, and perhaps give De Bruyne some playing time in the second half.

Man City will most likely definitely aim for a win because previously they only got 1 point when playing against Arsenal. Even though Newcastle is not as strong as Arsenal but, they can be fierce when playing at home.

Manchester City should be grateful if de Bruyne had a little problem in the previous match against Inter Milan if considering that so far de Bruyne has a long injury history, reportedly De Bruyne has recovered but it is likely that Guardiola will not play him in the next match to prevent greater risks from occurring, Manchester City will face Newcastle and of course require them to field their best squad in the match to still be able to maintain their position as the top of the standing at the moment, losing two important players ahead of a crucial match will obviously cost for their but I don't think it will be a weakness of Guardiola's squad at the moment considering they have quite good squad depth with a lot of great players, Newcastle will be an opponent that tests their toughness later but to be honest I see that it will still be very difficult for Newcastle to beat Manchester City in the match, Because so far Newcastle is also in bad shape after an embarrassing defeat to Fulham in the previous match.

Newcastle vs Man City predicted lineups :

Newcastle (4-3-3):
Pope
Kelly, Burn, Schar, Trippier
Joelinton, Guimaraes, Willock
Gordon, Isak, Barnes

Manchester City (4-2-3-1):
Ederson,
Gvardiol, Dias, Akanji, Walker
Gundogan, Kovacic
Doku, Silva, Savinho
Haaland