Game On! Newcastle v Manchester City
Game On at SJP Good afternoon all, and welcome to our first game of a new Premier League season. First up, a tough game against Manchester City.
A new look United will want to start the season off with a win in front of our own fans, at least in part to start putting some gloss on what has so far been a poor year in terms of results.
In the blue corner, Manchester City will be wanting to extend a rather fearsome unbeaten streak against us and will no doubt want to signal their intentions as they set about trying to retain the Premier League crown. Not that early indicators matter - City having won the league last season whilst spending the least calendar days sitting at the top of the table - but they will be wanting the win just as much as us.
Early team news, stats, facts and injury news can be found here in the match preview so if you haven't already done so or just wish to have another look please feel free to take a peek by clicking the hyperlink above.
The game is live on Sky here in the UK and is also being shown on any number of overseas channels so picking up a stream shouldn't be too much trouble. If you do find a particularly good stream then please share it by posting the link in the 'comments' section below.
Full team news will be published below as and when it becomes available.
As I said in the match preview, games like this are dead rubbers for me. I tend to expect nothing and hope for a lucky break. That being said, I've always said the minimum I expect is 100% effort from the players, and that should apply whoever we are playing against.
Howay the lads!
Newcastle: Tim Krul; Daryl Janmaat, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Paul Dummett; Vurnon Anita, Jack Colback; Moussa Sissoko, Remy Cabella, Yoan Gouffran; Emmanuel Riviere
Subs: Rob Elliot, Massadio Haidara, Steven Taylor, Mehdi Abeid, Gabriel Obertan, Rolando Aarons, Ayoze Perez
Manchester City: Joe Hart, Gael Clichy, Vincent Kompany, Martin Demichelis, Aleksandar Kolarov, Fernando, Yaya Toure, Samir Nasri, David Silva, Stevan Jovetic, Edin Dzeko
Subs: Willy Caballero, Dedryck Boyata, Pablo Zabaleta, James Milner, Fernandinho, Jesus Navas, Sergio Aguero
