Overview
- Pep Guardiola confirmed Rodri will miss St James’ Park and Mateo Kovacic remains sidelined, with no new Manchester City injuries reported.
- City’s away form has been uneven with two wins from five league trips, whereas Newcastle have been strong at home despite just one win in their last 35 Premier League meetings with City.
- Erling Haaland enters the weekend in prolific form and is on the brink of reaching 100 Premier League goals.
- Arsenal will be without centre-back Gabriel for weeks after a thigh injury with Brazil, ruling him out of Sunday’s North London derby.
- Liverpool have lost five of their past six league games but welcome back goalkeeper Alisson Becker against Nottingham Forest, who are winless away this season; Newcastle vs Man City kicks off at 17:30 GMT live on Sky Sports in the UK.