Newcastle vs Manchester City live

• Man City travel to Newcastle looking to pile pressure on leaders Arsenal | Live on Sky Sports, kick-off 5:30pm GMT
• City start the day four points adrift of the Gunners
• Newcastle have lost four in their last six and teeter above the relegation zone
• Newcastle XI: Pope; Livramento, Schar, Thiaw, Hall; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Woltemade, Barnes
• Man City XI: Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Gonzalez; Silva, Foden, Cherki, Doku; Haaland

Pep Guardiola drops verdict on Premier League title race as he eyes ‘important step’ against Newcastle

16:45 , Will Castle

Manchester City are poised to challenge Arsenal‘s lead at the top of the Premier League, with a victory at Newcastle potentially narrowing the gap to a single point. However, manager Pep Guardiola remains steadfast in his belief that it is premature to discuss the title race, despite the looming opportunity.

“We are in November, and in November in this league nothing is final,” Guardiola stated.

“What happens in February or March, be careful. But the season starts now. The first start is when the transfer window is over in the summer. And now again when the international breaks are over.

“Now until March we see each other every three days. Now the real season starts. It is important to be there and to arrive at the end of the season with a chance to fight. Winning (in Newcastle) would be an important step for us.”

Tino Livramento returns for Newcastle

16:31 , Will Castle

Tino Livramento returns to the starting line-up after nearly two months out with a knee ligament injury.

Nick Pope also starts for Newcastle after withdrawing from England duty with a concussion sustained in his last Magpies appearance.

Anthony Gordon, who Eddie Howe was touch-and-go for the weekend, is not in the squad.

CONFIRMED TEAM NEWS!

16:26 , Will Castle

Newcastle XI: Pope; Livramento, Schar, Thiaw, Hall; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Woltemade, Barnes.

Man City XI: Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Gonzalez; Silva, Foden, Cherki, Doku; Haaland.

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— Newcastle United (@NUFC) November 22, 2025

Your City side to take on Newcastle 👊

XI | Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Nico, Bernardo (C), Foden, Cherki, Doku, Haaland

SUBS | Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Ake, Marmoush, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Khusanov, Bobb

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— Manchester City (@ManCity) November 22, 2025

Closing in on team news

16:25 , Will Castle

Just a few minutes until we learn the confirmed line-ups – here’s a reminder of what we know so far:

Dan Burn will miss out after being sent off against Brentford, while Nick Pope was also forced off in the same game after enduring a concussion. Pope joined Anthony Gordon in being withdrawn from England duty due to injury but Howe has confirmed they are in contention to feature. Tino Livramento could also make a long-awaited comeback to the matchday squad after recovering from a knee ligament injury.

Rodri is expected to miss out for the visitors after a setback in his own return from a lengthy layoff, while Mateo Kovacic is set to undergo surgery on a persistent Achilles injury and will be out for some time.

How Eberechi Eze to Arsenal changed Tottenham’s future forever

16:05 , Miguel Delaney

In the weeks before Daniel Levy left Tottenham Hotspur in September, a Premier League counterpart noticed something that meant the shock departure wasn’t actually much of a surprise at all. They’d registered how Vivienne Lewis – the daughter of former Spurs owner Joe Lewis, whose shares have since been put in a family trust – was suddenly visible at games, “smiling and laughing”. Such conviviality was all the more conspicuous since many rival executives say they hadn’t actually met her. The feeling was: “It didn’t look good for Daniel.”

Levy isn’t seen at all now, which will make a real change for the north London derby, right up to how former Arsenal CEO Vinai Venkatesham is now at Spurs. The refreshed hierarchy is set to be greeted by the increasingly prominent Josh Kroenke, son of Arsenal owner Stan.

It won’t just be a first meeting of new leadership teams across north London, as both clubs coincidentally made huge changes at the same time. It might also herald a more significant shift in English football.

The billionaires have already taken over. Now it’s the time for the billionaires’ children.

Read more from Miguel Delaney:

How Eberechi Eze to Arsenal changed Tottenham’s future forever

Former club of Man City star release statement after racism allegation

15:50 , Will Castle

French football club Montpellier has vehemently denied allegations of racism made by Australian international Mary Fowler, who claims a teammate presented her with bananas as a departing gift in 2022.

The club issued a statement on Thursday, expressing its “astonishment” at the accusations detailed in Fowler’s memoir, Bloom, and asserting a lack of evidence to substantiate her claims.

“Some of them are particularly serious, and the shortcut that results from them — portraying the club as a racist entity — is unacceptable,” Montpellier stated.

Former club of Man City star release statement after racism allegation

Newcastle’s triple injury boost for the Man City visit

15:35 , Will Castle

Eddie Howe is hopeful he will be able to welcome back three key players from injury for Newcastle’s stern test against Manchester City.

Anthony Gordon and Nick Pope are at least in contention after withdrawing from England duty with a hip problem and a concussion respectively, while Tino Livramento could also make a return after eight weeks out.

“Anthony Gordon is very close,” Howe said. “He’s worked well during the break and he’s touch and go for the game. We’ll make a very late decision.

“Nick Pope has trained and there’s no problems there.”

On Livramento, he added: “He’s very close. He’s trained in the international break which is great to see. He’s such an important player for us and it’s great to have him back training with the group.

“He’s done a lot of work. He’s been very, very good professionally with how he’s dealt with the injury and the work he’s done with the physios so I’d say he’s in good shape.”

Eddie Howe provides triple injury boost for Newcastle ahead of Man City test

The Nick Woltemade problem and Eddie Howe’s challenge to save Newcastle’s struggling season

15:20 , Richard Jolly

There are plenty of barometers of the Premier League’s strength. One of the more ridiculous is to say the sixth-best team in Europe are only the 14th finest in England. It can be a quirk of autumnal tables: with trips to Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain to come, Newcastle may not finish sixth in the initial phase of the Champions League, even if an Aston Villa-style surge to the quarter-finals does not seem utterly implausible. Nor, in all probability, will a side who finished fifth in England last season end up quite as low. There are precedents for their initial stumbles: Newcastle were 12th in early December in 2024. They showed a slow start can be no impediment to Champions League qualification.

And yet these are unusually troubled times on Tyneside. Newcastle could cite the fixture list, with six away games in their first 11, with the two home defeats to last season’s top two, each coming cruelly late in injury time after spirited showings. Yet more recent memories are of strangely supine performances at West Ham and Brentford, twice leading and yet losing 3-1. They beat Athletic Bilbao in between and have booked another Carabao Cup quarter-final place but it has nevertheless entered the ranks of the worrying starts.

Read more from Richard Jolly:

The Woltemade problem and Eddie Howe’s challenge to save Newcastle’s season

Erling Haaland backed to beat Shearer 100-goal record on Toon hero’s home turf

15:05 , Will Castle

Pep Guardiola hopes to see Manchester City striker Erling Haaland break Alan Shearer’s record as the fastest man to reach 100 Premier League goals on the former England captain’s old St James’ Park stomping ground this weekend.

“It would be good because that means he’s scored goals!” Guardiola said.

“Alan Shearer has been so far the greatest top scorer in this league and whatever happens with Erling in his career here, Alan Shearer will still be top (for) his quality to score goals.”

The Spaniard added: “You don’t have to know mathematics to realise that if he (Haaland) stays a long, long time and continues this average, he will be close to Harry Kane and close to Alan Shearer, that’s for sure. But I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future, to be honest.”

Predicted line-ups

14:50 , Will Castle

Newcastle XI: Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Murphy, Woltemade, Gordon

Man City XI: Donnarumma; Nunes, Dias, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Bernardo, Gonzalez; Cherki, Foden, Doku; Haaland

Manchester City team news

14:45 , Will Castle

Rodri is expected to miss out for the visitors after a setback in his own return from a lengthy layoff.

Meanwhile, Mateo Kovacic is set to undergo surgery on a persistent Achilles injury and will be out for some time.

Newcastle team news

14:40 , Will Castle

Dan Burn will miss out after being sent off against Brentford, while Nick Pope was also forced off in the same game after enduring a concussion.

Pope joined Anthony Gordon in being withdrawn from England duty due to injury but Howe has confirmed they are in contention to feature.

Tino Livramento could also make a long-awaited comeback to the matchday squad after recovering from a knee ligament injury.

Is Newcastle vs Manchester City on TV?

14:35 , Will Castle

Newcastle host Manchester City at St James’ Park on Saturday 22 November, with kick-off at 5.30pm.

How can I watch it?

Viewers in the UK can watch the game on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, as well as streaming service Sky Go. If you’re not a Sky customer, you can grab a NOWTV Day Pass here to watch without a subscription.

Good afternoon

14:30 , Will Castle

Hello there and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Manchester City’s trip to Newcastle in the Premier League!

Pep Guardiola’s men have a great opportunity to pile some extra pressure on league leaders Arsenal going into tomorrow’s North London derby and could reduce their lead at the top to just one point by the end of the night.

Newcastle will hope to thwart the Citizens but will need to snap out of a poor run of form that has seen them drop towards the bottom three.

Stay tuned for all the build-up, team news and action from St James’s Park!