The Premier League schedule continues on Saturday evening as Newcastle host Manchester City at St James’ Park. Both sides enter the fixture with contrasting trends across recent performance blocks.
Newcastle remain in a difficult phase. Their last four league matches show xG of 0.96 and xGA of 1.82, producing 3.40 xPTS. That return places them eighteenth over the four-game period. Their wider eight-game sample is stronger but still inconsistent.
They post xG of 1.22 and xGA of 1.43, with 10.65 xPTS that ranks tenth. They average 6.6 shots inside the box and concede 7.3. Touches in the box stand at 20.9 for and 20.1 against, highlighting a narrow territorial balance that keeps most games tight without sustained control.
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