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Newcastle United and Manchester City will face each other for the fifth time already this season when they meet in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Saturday evening.

Manchester City travel to St James’ Park hoping to replicate the success they enjoyed against Newcastle in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the game…

Kick-off time

8pm UK time, Saturday 7th March

How to watch:

TNT Sports 1 and Prime Video

Streaming also available on Discovery+

Injuries and suspensions

Newcastle United: Jacob Ramsey (suspended), Bruno Guimaraes (out), Tino Livramento (out), Lewis Miley (out), Fabian Schar (out), Emil Krafth (out), Sandro Tonali (doubt)

Manchester City: Josko Gvardiol (out), Mateo Kovacic (out), Max Alleyne (out), Nico O’Reilly (doubt)

Predicted line-ups

Newcastle United (4-3-3): Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn; Willock, Tonali, Joelinton; Elanga, Gordon, Barnes

Manchester City (4-2-3-1): Trafford; Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri; Rodri, Gonzalez; Bernardo, Cherki; Semenyo, Marmoush

Recent form

Newcastle United head into this fixture on the back of a much-needed home victory over Manchester United, despite being reduced to ten men in the first half.

A stunning last-minute strike from William Osula sealed the win, securing Newcastle’s first home league victory in almost two months.

Manchester City suffered a major setback in the Premier League title race in midweek after being pegged back twice in a frustrating 2–2 home draw with Nottingham Forest.

Before that draw, the visitors had been on a run of six straight victories in all competitions, however they now find themselves seven points behind leaders Arsenal.

What’s been said?

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe said: “The games against Manchester City have all been close. We’ve had chances against them. I don’t think we’ve been as clinical as we need to be to win those games and, of course defensively, we need to be watertight.

“They’re always going to test you. They are a difficult team to pin down at every moment. It will be a proper FA Cup tie where it’s one of those end-to-end games. That will suit us and we will need to get the crowd involved.”

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said: “Many times, in the two seasons and last season especially, and this season as well normally we react well [to set backs].

“We have to defend better in some departments and still we are not a complete team to compete, to be solid and that is the reality. But we are in the process of many changes and we can learn quicker and still there is nothing lost.”