Newcastle United vs Manchester City prediction | 26 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Newcastle United
Ranking: #27 overall, #13 in England

85.5 → 81.6 (-3.9 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-2 29 Aug Tottenham (A) 83.7 -0.3
2-2 05 Sep Bournemouth (H) 83.1 -0.6
4-1 14 Sep Leeds Utd (A) 82.5 -0.6
2-1 19 Sep Hull City (H) 81.7 -0.8
4-1 12 Oct Coventry (A) 81.6 -0.1
Manchester City
Ranking: #5 overall, #2 in England

90.5 → 91.2 (+0.7 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-2 08 Sep Porto (A) 91.6 +0.7
0-1 13 Sep Man United (A) 91.6 0.0
5-3 20 Sep Sunderland (H) 90.4 -1.2
0-3 11 Oct Liverpool (A) 90.8 +0.4
2-4 14 Oct PSG (H) 91.2 +0.4

Newcastle United vs Manchester City: by the numbers

There are 22 places between these two in our European rankings, with Manchester City the higher, and 11 places between them in England.

Over their last 10 matches Manchester City have moved +0.7 rating points, against -3.9 for Newcastle United.

Newcastle United lost 0.3 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 21 February 2026.

Newcastle United first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 89.2 on 25 October 2025.

Manchester City first climbed to #1 in our European rankings on 26 July 2018.