Christian Atsu's Newcastle faces an uphill task against Man City

Published on: 26 December 2017

Ghana winger Christian Atsu and his Newcastle side will take on in form Manchester City at the St James' Park in an English Premier League encounter on Tuesday.

It does not appear to be case if Manchester City win the league or not, but when Pep Guardiola's side have truly blown the competition away, and last Saturday's results left them 13 points clear at the halfway point, an all time top flight record.

Newcastle, meanwhile, finally won for the first time since October, and will hope to take the confidence from Saturday's 3-2 at West Ham into this one.

Newcastle showed great character to come from behind and win at West Ham, their first win since October. Therefore, Rafa Benitez is likely to stick with the same team and has no injury concerns.

As for Pep Guardiola, John Stones is highly unlikely to be fit in time and Benjamin Mendy is out for the season, so except the same City side that thrashed Bournemouth 4-0.

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