An increasingly unpredictable Man City side meets a side

from Newcastle hoping to break away from the Etihad

Stadium in this fascinating clash early on Saturday  at the

Etihad Stadium to recover from the heartbreaking defeat in

the Carabao Cup final  last weekend. City's recent points

concessions against Spurs and Nottingham Forest have put

Arsenal five points clear at the top of the English Premier

League and manager Pep Guardiola will be determined  to

prevent that gap from widening further this weekend. With

City having the league's deadliest striker at  in  Erlang

Harland, it seems the  Norwegian top scorer will have a

tough challenge to add to his 27-goal tally on Saturday.

Boss Eddie Howe has made Newcastle a particularly tough

nut to crack as his side have the best defenses in the top

four divisions of English football, conceding just 15 goals

overall and conceding just six in their last 14 Premier