Man City V Newcastle Barclays Premier League Match 19 -August 2013. New Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini could give debuts to summer signings Fernandinho, Jesus Navas, Alvaro Negredo and Stevan Jovetic.
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Newcastle have fitness doubts over Davide Santon (hip), Steven Taylor (toe) and Jonas Gutierrez (hamstring).
The club's only new recruit, striker Loic Remy, is unavailable because of a calf strain.
MATCH PREVIEW
Manchester City may have introduced the word 'holistic' into the football lexicon earlier this summer, but it's not an approach that has caught on at Newcastle United.
Both clubs have brought silver-haired veterans into their management team but there the similarities end
The savvy and serene Chilean Manuel Pellegrini has been tasked with bringing togetherness back to Manchester City after they lost their Premier League crown and the FA Cup final under the authoritarian and sometimes alienating stewardship of Roberto Mancini.
Newcastle's appointment of Joe Kinnear as director of football at the forefront of player acquisition was, and remains, hugely divisive.
Kinnear was never going to be a popular appointment with the fans after an ill-fated spell in charge of the club in 2008-09, but the lack of summer signings and confusion over his role alongside manager Alan Pardew has intensified the ire.
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United's first three home games - against West Ham, Fulham and Hull - represent more inviting fixtures than this opening trip. Newcastle have never won at the Etihad and have a dismal return of two points out of a possible 27 there.
Pellegrini is not without his doubters, who point to his failure to win a trophy in nine seasons in Spain. That, though, overlooks the fact he took unfashionable Villarreal and Malaga into the Champions League either side of amassing a then-club record 96 points in his only season at Real Madrid. He can hardly be blamed for the fact it still wasn't enough to eclipse Barcelona!
City have spent bigger and better than last summer. Fernandinho adds athleticism and steel to midfield, Jesus Navas provides pace and width, Stevan Jovetic has quick feet and a quicker mind, and Alvaro Negredo allies strength and good technique with an excellent goal record.
That quartet bolster an already powerful squad. Newcastle will be merely the first of
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League meetings with Newcastle, winning 11 - including the last seven. City have scored 30 goals during that run, conceding only eight.
Newcastle have never won a league game at the Etihad Stadium (D2, L7).
Manchester City
City kept an unrivalled 18 Premier League clean sheets in 2012-13 and conceded the They were the only team to score in every home game last season.
Yaya Toure has scored three goals in his last three league games against Newcastle.
Newcastle
Newcastle have only won two of their 10 previous away games on the opening day of a The Magpies only scored one league goal from a corner in 2012-13. It was the worst Alan Pardew's side earned an unrivalled nine points courtesy of stoppage-time goals last term.