Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne being ruled out of City's games due to injury is really very sad especially for Rodri who could be out for a very long time until the end of the season as a result of how severe his knee injury he sustained in the match against Arsenal last sunday is, but that not withstanding Pep Guardiola can find suitable replacement from his squad and they move on so i don't see much threat to Manchester city in their upcoming match against Newcastle. I know Newcastle can be a stubborn opponent but Manchester city will try their possible best to record victory and still continue their campaign at the top of the league table.
I have to disagree with you that Manchester City wouldn’t feel the heat of this players, this two are pep Guardiola most reliable players, the two of them are highly untouchable for his Pep Gaurdiola I could remember last season when Rodri had gotten suspended and Also injured they were struggling to win matches and that’s why Rodri is more or less untouchable in the Manchester city team. Right now Pep have both Kovacic and Matheus Nunez at his disposal but I don’t think Pep will be satisfied without this two players right now. We will see how they will also deal with such a huge loss from this two players.
Newcastle's goal difference is really bad, but they have great consistency in attack: they have scored at least one goal in every game. If you look at City, they have 5 goals conceded, which is worse than Liverpool (1) and Arsenal (3), Brighton and Forest (4). With such input data, I begin to believe that the game will definitely end with BTTS Yes. And yet I consider the bet on City to be unfounded.
To add to your confluence I will say both teams to score with the fact that Manchester city themselves are not having Rodri as a shield to the defense and they have also conceded goals in every match this season already. More so the last season meeting between them both actually produced goals and I also expect it to happen again