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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Simon Bajkowski & Daniel Murphy

Man City vs Newcastle LIVE early team news, predicted line up and score predictions

While the rest of us spend Boxing Day recovering from over-indulging on pigs and blankets, Manchester City are in Premier League action as they face Newcastle United at the Etihad Stadium.

Pep Guardiola will be hoping his Christmas wishes come true and that his City side continue to build upon the momentum they've ridden on this past week, with a narrow victory at Southampton and a trouncing of Arsenal to advance to the Carabao Cup semi-finals.

Three points against the Magpies would also see the Blues to climb to within a point of local rivals Manchester United, after they dropped points in the day's early match against Leicester City.

However, City will be without duo Gabriel Jesus and Kyle Walker for the game as it was announced on Christmas Day that the pair had tested positive for coronavirus and will now undertake a period of isolation.

Eric Garcia is also unavailable while Newcastle will be without Martin Dubravka, Jamaal Lascelles, Allan Saint-Maximin, Javier Manquillo, Fabian Schar and Federico Fernandez.

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