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


Newcastle United
Ranking: #20 overall, #10 in England

85.8 → 83.7 (-2.1 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 10 May Nottm Forest (A) 85.8 +0.3
3-1 17 May West Ham (H) 85.9 +0.1
2-0 24 May Fulham (A) 84.9 -1.0
2-2 23 Aug Liverpool (H) 84.0 -0.9
0-2 29 Aug Tottenham (A) 83.7 -0.3
Manchester City
Ranking: #4 overall, #2 in England

91.2 → 91.0 (-0.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
3-0 13 May Crystal Palace (H) 91.1 +0.3
1-1 19 May Bournemouth (A) 90.5 -0.6
1-2 24 May Aston Villa (H) 89.7 -0.8
2-1 23 Aug Bournemouth (H) 90.1 +0.4
1-4 28 Aug Crystal Palace (A) 91.0 +0.9

Newcastle United vs Manchester City: by the numbers

There are 16 places between these two in our European rankings, with Manchester City the higher, and 8 places between them in England.

Over their last 10 matches Manchester City have moved -0.2 rating points, against -2.1 for Newcastle United.

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

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

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