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Preview Newcastle vs Manchester City December 26, 2026 — Preview and Prediction

Newcastle
Newcastle
Home · last 5 D
Kick-off
Sat 26 Dec · 15:00
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Pre-match · scheduled
Manchester City
Manchester City
W Away · last 5
Home Win · NEW
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Best
Draw
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Best
Away Win · MCI
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Best
AI preview · 90 sec read

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Last 5 matches · all competitions
Newcastle
W/D/L 2-2-1
Goals (for / against) 9 / 7
Avg goals / match 3.2
Scored in 4/5
Clean sheets 0/5
Both teams scored 4/5
Over 2.5 3/5
Home (W-D-L) 2-1-0
Away (W-D-L) 0-1-1
xG (for / against) 1.64 / 1.53
Manchester City
W/D/L 3-1-1
Goals (for / against) 10 / 4
Avg goals / match 2.8
Scored in 5/5
Clean sheets 2/5
Both teams scored 3/5
Over 2.5 4/5
Home (W-D-L) 3-0-1
Away (W-D-L) 0-1-0
xG (for / against) 1.97 / 1.02

Head-to-Head Performance

last 10 H2H · per match
2
Goals Scored
2
2
Goals Conceded
1
1.42
Expected Goals (xG)
2.36
4
Shots on Target
6
2
Corners
8
39
Possession (%)
66
Efficiency index
Adjusted index
Eff. index — performance vs season baseline. Adj. index — efficiency normalised for opponent strength.

📡 Team strength

0–100 rating vs league · season-to-date
40
OFF · home
70
10
DEF · home
60
OFF · away
DEF · away
Each axis is rated 0–100 against all teams in the same league this season. 100 = league best on that axis, 0 = league worst. Higher is better.

🎯 Scenario insights

Newcastle wins when scoring first
33%
Manchester City wins when scoring first
71%
Newcastle BTTS rate · last 10
80%
Manchester City BTTS rate · last 10
60%
Newcastle Over 2.5 · last 10
70%
Manchester City Over 2.5 · last 10
80%
Newcastle comeback rate · last 10
0%
Manchester City comeback rate · last 10
50%

🔥 Goal timing

Newcastle · last 10 at home

0–15 20%
16–30 15%
31–45 15%
46–60 10%
61–75 10%
76–90 30%

Manchester City · last 10 away

0–15 14%
16–30 0%
31–45 29%
46–60 14%
61–75 7%
76–90 36%
Balanced — goals spread evenly across the match.

Top scorers

J. Willock
NEW · Midfielder
1 G
A. Elanga
NEW · Attacker
1 G
M. Guéhi
MCI · Defender
1 G · 1.00 g/90
J. Gvardiol
MCI · Defender
1 G · 1.00 g/90