Newcastle United v Manchester City: live stream, TV details, how to watch, injury news and predicted line-ups

Manchester City will be looking to make it an eighth consecutive win in the Premier League when they face Newcastle United at St James Park on Sunday.

The match, which kicks off at 2pm, will see City try and remain in top spot after maintaining that position during the week.

Pep Guardiola’s side are in fine league form, having won 13 of their 17 games so far, including an emphatic 7-0 victory against Leeds United on Tuesday. The Sky Blues had six different goalscorers, including Kevin De Bruyne, who netted twice.

As for Newcastle, they are in a different situation to their opponents on Saturday, having won only one league game all season. The Magpies lost 3-1 to Liverpool on Thursday night.

The sides head into the game 31 points apart in the league, with City the current league-leaders by just a point more than second-place Liverpool. Newcastle sit 19th in the table, three points away from safety.

Overall, the Mancunian club has the better record when coming face to face in England’s top-flight. Of the 42  meetings in the competition, City have won 26 of them, while the Magpies have been victorious eight times and honours have been even on eight occasions as well.

The two teams’ previous meeting in May last season ended in a 4-3  win for Guardiola’s side at St James Park. Ferran Torres scored a hat-trick that day, while Joao Cancelo also netted for the Sky Blues.

What’s the latest team news?

City’s victory against Leeds saw the return to the starting XI for John Stones, Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez and Phil Foden.

Stones replaced Cancelo at right-back, after the Portuguese international was suspended for picking up five yellow cards this season, while Guardiola opted to rotate his midfield and forwards by dropping Ilkay Gundogan, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus to the bench for the other above names.

Ferran Torres, who suffered a foot injury on international duty with Spain in October, remains unavailable. The forward is still some time off being fully fit.

Guardiola’s fluidity in his style of play allows for either of his favoured 4-2-2-2 or 4-3-3 formation to be used against Newcastle. The former, which was used against Leeds, saw a two-man midfield made up of Rodri and Bernardo Silva as a pairing, while Mahrez and Grealish occupied each wing, and De Bruyne and Foden were up front.

Though the three points are the aim for City, this could be the perfect opportunity for Guardiola to continue to rotate his side and start those needing more game-time.

The hosts have Paul Dummett unavailable due to a calf injury, with Eddie Howe confirming on Thursday that Jamal Lewis and Allan Saint-Maximin are unlikely to play.

Predicted line-ups:

Manchester City (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Stones, Ake, Cancelo; Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Gundogan; Foden, Jesus, Sterling.

Newcastle (4-4-2): Dubravka; Manquillo, Lascelles, Clark, Ritchie; Almiron, Willock, Shelvey, Fraser; Wilson, Joelinton.

Is the match on TV?

The match will be shown live in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, with pre-match coverage starting at 2pm. Alternatively, Sky customers can stream the game live on the Sky Go app.

How can I watch highlights?

The Sky Sports YouTube channel is the best place to view the main moments from the game, and both City and Newcastle’s websites will have the highlights after the game ends.

As usual, Match of the Day will show all of this weekend’s highlights, starting with Saturday’s action at 1.25pm on BBC One and at 1.30pm for Sunday’s games.

And follow Manchester World for all the match action including player ratings on the final whistle.