By Tyne-Talk
October 2 2010

Newcastle United travel to The City of Manchester Stadium for tomorrows lunchtime kick off. Both sides have had recent wins over Chelsea, but City will host on the back of a midweek draw, whilst Newcastle lost to Stoke last weekend at St James’ Park.

Chris Hughton’s side have three wins, two defeats and one draw from the last six games, whilst Mancini’s men have three wins, one defeat and two draws from their last six games in all competitions.

Newcastle continue to be without Steve Harper (collarbone), Dan Gosling (knee), Danny Simpson (ankle), Leon Best (ankle), Steven Taylor (shoulder) and Danny Guthrie (knee) all of whom are carrying long term injuries.

Jonas Gutierrez will be hoping for a first team spot this weekend after coming on as a sub against Stoke and Sol Campbell has overcome a thigh problem.

The match will be huge test for Joey Barton’s new found calmness, with City fans likely to boo him as they did in 2009 prior to him leaving the pitch with an injury.

City are without Wayne Bridge (thigh), Pablo Zabaleta (hamstring), Mario Balotelli (knee), Micah Richards (hamstring) and Aleksandar Kolarov (ankle). Jerome Boateng could be rested in a bid to gently ease him back from injury, but Joleon Lescott who returned from a groin injury in midweek and made the bench, could feature.

Fact: Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 7 games against Newcastle, having won 5 of them.

Fact: Newcastle’s last win over Manchester City was back in 2000 when Alan Shearer scored the winner.

Fact: Newcastle are 1 win away from their 250^th league win. A feat only managed by 6 clubs so far.

Match Preview/Stats/Thread: Manchester City v Newcastle Utd

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02/10/2010 12:13

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TOONTILLIDIE
02/10/2010 17:58

I am going for a 2-2 draw, the toon set up is better for away games and think Carroll will get a goal

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MissC
03/10/2010 13:20

TEAM LINE UPS



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010:10:03:13:31:18 by Carys.

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annie
03/10/2010 13:25

I'm going for a draw as well.
I wish I could afford ESPN as well as my Sky package.
I'll try and find a stream

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MissC
03/10/2010 13:38

f*cking brilliant!

3 minutes in and the ref is looking dubious. 1 player on oxygen and being taken off.

Gonna be dirty/

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MissC
03/10/2010 13:49

Just gets better (anyone tell im in a bad mood already and its only lunch time?)

Penalty given - Williamson booked - Tevez scores

1-0

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MissC
03/10/2010 13:56

1-1 Gutierrez!!!!!!!!!

(why have the Premier League asked him not to use his Spiderman mask?)

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becksa09
03/10/2010 13:58

they arew calling the ben arfa injury a 'broken leg'...FFS. typical!

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MissC
03/10/2010 14:03

Colo is struggling too

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becksa09
03/10/2010 14:04

cant believe that, talk about take the air out of your lungs.

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MissC
03/10/2010 14:06

So Sol making his debut for Coloccini (hamstring?)


(good save by krul)

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becksa09
03/10/2010 14:08

so arguably our best two players are off hurt. lucky for colo that we have a 2 week break now.

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MissC
03/10/2010 14:11

Too right.

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becksa09
03/10/2010 14:13

ruddy nightmare!

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annie
03/10/2010 14:21

FFS two of our best players injured. How unusual

Well done Jonas

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Mighty__Mag
03/10/2010 14:57

Quote:

Carys
1-1 Gutierrez!!!!!!!!!
(why have the Premier League asked him not to use his Spiderman mask?)

Is it do with some kinda advertising? Marvel?

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annie
03/10/2010 15:06

I think players can now be given a yellow card for wearing masks etc.

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MissC
03/10/2010 15:09

2-1 johnson.

Lets bring Carroll on and get him scoring. Ameobi hasn't really made a huge impact. Shame because today was his opportunity.

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becksa09
03/10/2010 15:14

result almost feels like nothing now, considering the injury - I wasn't expecting to get anything out of the game so the injury is the worst.

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MissC
03/10/2010 15:25

Their MOTM is Johnson.....

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Gallowgate Luke
03/10/2010 15:29

Story of our bloody lives......

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OnTheLevee
03/10/2010 15:30

He's man of the match because the ref isn't eligible...

Seems like the standard of referee is better in the Championship..

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OnTheLevee
03/10/2010 15:35

So is it ankle or leg for Ben Arfa?

The 'expert' commentator on the Fox Sports feed David something, who is a massive knob mind, said that it wasn't that serious because quote, "He didn't bang his hand on the ground in pain after he got tackled".

No @#$%& that is what he said. Honestly that is probably the stupidest sentence I have ever heard while watching sport.

So apparently Aaron Ramsey didn't break his leg.. Someone should tell him.

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MissC
03/10/2010 15:53

Hughton pretty much just confirmed it is a broken leg. Now to determine the severity of it

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becksa09
03/10/2010 16:00

More bad news. It's been a rough two weeks. Hopefully we can use the international break to regroup, get healthy and get a much needed result against Wigan.

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annie
03/10/2010 16:23

The trouble with playing the matches early, is that your whole blooody day's ruined.

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TOONTILLIDIE
04/10/2010 09:03

Supposedly the ref was sh@t, so a bit gutted we were cheated rather than losing on a fair game.

Unlucky for Arfa and Colo, and hopefully both will come back stronger

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