Newcastle United (A) - Sun 21 Aug, 16:30 | Pre-Match Thread

[MCFC1993]

Kick off 16:30 (BST). Live on Sky Sports.

Much like the West Ham game this has the potential to be tricky.

So far Newcastle have played Notts Forest (H) & Brighton (A), they have 4 points from 6 and they haven't conceded a goal. They dominated Forest but were outplayed by Brighton today according to reports. They might see this as an opportunity to show the league that they've arrived. That said, they haven't done nearly as much business as I expected them to.

We go into this in great form, 2 wins from 2, 6 goals scored, 0 conceded. I think there is a slight concern with injuries and squad depth at the moment. The new left back should be announced before this one and we need to keep bleeding in the young lads across the season, like Rico Lewis today.

Absentees v Bournemouth
Aymeric Laporte
Cole Palmer
Kalvin Phillips

My Team Prediction:
-------------Ederson
Walker---Dias---Ake---Cancelo
--------------Rodri
----De Bruyne---Gundogan
Mahrez----Haaland------Foden

I have a feeling he might go unchanged, he could potentially bring Bernardo in for Gundogan and Grealish for Foden.

 

[Ethan23]

Absolutely buzzin. Bring it on, 0-2 City.

Liverpool playing United is an absolute win win as well!

 

[Franny 1234]

Same again please CTID

 

[richards30]

Ederson
Walker
Dias
Ake
Cancelo
Rodri
De Bruyne
Gundogan
Foden
Grealish
Haaland

 

[RayCTID]

Not going to be a walk in the park but with our extra quality should be enough for the 3 points.

 

[Cotontoquinn]

Who is the referee??

 

[bluwes]

Who is the referee??

That’s as important as the team selection these days

 

[Shaffer92]

Only caught the highlights but Brighton certainly looked the better team vs them. Potter does a hell of a job, doesn't he?

 

[tommybooth]

EH brace.

 

[jimharri]

Not going to be a walk in the park but with our extra quality should be enough for the 3 points.

Agreed. We can't take them lightly. Respect them, but don't fear them. Hopefully, 3-1 to Citeh.