Manchester City seek to strengthen their Premier League title case with a trip to Newcastle United at often-challenging St. James’ Park on Saturday.

City surged into the international break on a high, beating visitors Bournemouth, Borussia Dortmund, and Liverpool by a combined score of 10-2 between the Premier League and UEFA Champions League.

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Those matches were all at home, though, and City’s minor struggles this season have almost all happened away from the Etihad Stadium: a draw with Monaco, another with Arsenal, and losses to Brighton and Aston Villa were all suffered as visitors.

Newcastle have been terrific in the UEFA Champions League but increasingly poor in the Premier League, albeit mostly away from St. James’ Park. Eddie Howe’s Magpies

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