Without Haaland, this is Manchester City's starting lineup to face Newcastle

After two weeks in which they were focused on the FA Cup round of 64, Manchester City are ready to get back to competing in the Premier League. That is one of the main objectives they have this season, in addition to the UEFA Champions League. Although they were at the top of the table for several weeks, some bad results in a row prevented them from staying there and finally Liverpool stole that place.

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Right now The Reds are the leaders with 45 points and have a 5-point lead over them. But The Citizens have played one game less, as their game vs Brentford was postponed because they were participating in the Club World Cup they ended up winning. This weekend both teams will be on equal terms because Liverpool will also postpone their game against Bournemouth. That means that, if they can get a win against Newcastle, Manchester City can be just 2 points off the top of the table.

However, it will not be an easy mission. The Magpies are one of the toughest teams in the Premier League and at St. James' Park they are usually strong. That's why boss Josep Guardiola will field his best players this Saturday. One of the exceptions will be Erling Haaland, who has a foot injury and still needs a few weeks to recover.

Manchester City's starting lineup will be: Ederson; Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, Nathan Ake, Josko Gvardiol; Mateo Kovacic, Rodri, Bernardo Silva; Phil Fode, Julian Alvarez, Jeremy Doku. In addition, the substitutes will be Stefan Ortega, Rico Lewis, Kalvin Phillips, Sergio Gomez, Jack Grealish, Matheus Nunes, Oscar Bobb, Mahamadou Susoho and Kevin De Bruyne.

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Newcastle also need to win

The Magpies are not performing as well as in the previous season and that is why they need to get a win that will allow them to get closer to the qualification zone for international tournaments. Manager Eddie Howe decided that the starting lineup will be: Martin Dubravka; Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schar, Sven Botman, Dan Burn; Sean Longstaff, Brunos Guimaraes, Lewis Miley; Miguel Almiron, Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon.