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Newcastle United v Manchester City : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 13th Jan, 20:00 BST, St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

Eddie Howe welcomes Josep Guardiola i Sala to the St. James' Park on Tuesday night, as their Newcastle United and Manchester City sides do battle in the League Cup. League Cup stats are the most important part of the predictions you'll find below, with head to head (H2H) history included too. You can view it all, with data visualisations and odds from leading bookmakers available for every betting markets via the tabs.


Best Tip: Both teams to score

Studying the KickOff match predictions, bookmakers' odds and relevant stats, there's one market that seems hard to ignore for this meeting: both teams to score. In Newcastle and Man City we have two sides going head-to-head that can both score and concede, and we expect them to prove that on Tuesday night. BTTS – yes best odds: 1.50.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 46% chance of Man City coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Newcastle
31%
21/1021/10
Draw
23%
27/1027/10
Man City
46%
11/1023/20
Draw 1-1
10%
13/211/2
Man City 2-1
9%
8/17/1
Newcastle 2-1
7%
10/117/2
Man City 1-0
7%
10/18/1
Draw 2-2
7%
11/19/1
Man City 2-0
6%
11/110/1
Newcastle 1-0
6%
12/110/1
Man City 3-1
5%
14/112/1
Newcastle 2-0
4%
18/114/1
Draw 0-0
4%
16/111/1
Man City 3-2
4%
20/116/1
Man City 3-0
4%
20/116/1
Newcastle 3-1
3%
20/116/1
Newcastle 3-2
3%
25/118/1
Man City 4-1
2%
28/120/1
Over 2.5 Goals
62%
3/53/5
Under 2.5 Goals
38%
13/106/5
Home 1st Goal
47%
11/1023/20
Away 1st Goal
51%
8/114/5
No 1st Goal
2%
16/111/1
BTTS - Yes
63%
8/158/15
BTTS - No
37%
11/811/8
BTTS - Home Win
18%
4/119/5
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/316/5
BTTS - Away Win
26%
13/513/5
Home/draw
54%
7/104/6
Away/draw
69%
4/114/11
Home/away
77%
2/72/7
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
2/112/11
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
7/210/3
Over 3.5 Goals
40%
6/429/20
Under 3.5 Goals
60%
1/21/2
Over 4.5 Goals
22%
10/316/5
Under 4.5 Goals
78%
1/52/11
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
8/17/1
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1/141/18
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/331/40
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
14/111/1
Home DNB
47%
5/46/5
Away DNB
62%
4/73/5
Newcastle win to nil
13%
11/2-
Man City win to nil
20%
10/3-
Newcastle / Newcastle
17%
4/17/2
Newcastle / Man City
4%
20/118/1
Newcastle / Draw
7%
12/110/1
Draw / Newcastle
11%
13/213/2
Draw / Man City
14%
9/219/4
Draw / Draw
13%
11/219/4
Man City / Newcastle
3%
25/120/1
Man City / Man City
24%
12/511/5
Man City / Draw
7%
12/110/1
Win / draw / win form
Newcastle
20 games
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
Man City
20 games
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
14
D
3
L
3
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
Games at Newcastle since 1995
Newcastle
Man City
Goals: Scored
4
5
Games: Scored
2 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
2 / 4
NEW
2
MCI
2
Games at Man City since 2014
Man City
Newcastle
Goals: Scored
2
2
Games: Scored
1 / 2
1 / 2
Clean sheets
1 / 2
1 / 2
NEW
1
MCI
1
Goal Statistics

Manchester City's defensive record is very strong, Josep Guardiola's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive League Cup matches. An average PG rating of 1.4 for Newcastle United makes sense in this context.

Newcastle Man City
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Newcastle will score 1 or more goals
0
17%
1
30%
2
27%
3
16%
4+
10%
There is a 83% probability that Man City will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
2.1
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
0.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2025/2025 season
Newcastle
PG (predicted goals)
Man City
1.4
1.8
Attack rating
4%
better
NEW
MCI
view stats
Games scored18
17
Failed to score2
3
Scored first15
14
Goals scored38
43
Avg. goals scored1.9
2.2
Avg. shots per game10
11
Avg. shots per goal5
5
Conversion rate for19
19
Avg. XG for1.7
1.9
KickOff rating
+4%
Defence rating
NEW
MCI
22%
better
view stats
Games conceded16
12
Clean sheets4
8
Conceded first5
5
Goals conceded27
18
Avg. goals conceded1.4
0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded8
6
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against16%
15%
Avg. XG against1.3
1.1
KickOff rating
+22%

The line-ups for the League Cup match between Newcastle v Man City will show here when available.

Newcastle League Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
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Man City League Cup squad statistics 2025
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