Saturday Premier League stats and tips: Manchester City vs Newcastle United

Pep Guardiola shuffled his pack in midweek and City disposed of a good Bristol City side 3-0 with minimum fuss.

The Championship men posed plenty of threat and had pace to burn, but such is City's strength in depth that the likes of Rico Lewis, Phil Foden and Kalvin Phillips all slipped effortlessly into the team.

Foden in particular looked impressive and he might be worth backing to get on the scoresheet again if he is given another run out.

City have the best home record in the league, winning 10 of their 12 games and look to be coming into form, just as Newcastle are on the slide.

The Toon put up a good fight at Wembley against Man Utd, but were just found wanting in both boxes - and it's unclear exactly how much that may have taken out of the squad.

Newcastle have only lost once away from home and only conceded seven goals. Their defeat came at Liverpool, but they have chalked up notable goalless draws at Man Utd and Arsenal.

After a run of poor form, their mindset may well be to try and get a point at The Etihad, but City are finding their feet and expect Pep's men to get the job done.

John Stones could make a return from a hamstring injury and Aymeric Laporte will have to be assessed. Phil Foden will hope to start again after scoring twice at Bristol City.

Bruno Guimaraes suffered an ankle injury in the Carabao Cup final and is a doubt. Nick Pope is available again after suspension. Anthony Gordon is also available, while Alexander Isak could start after impressing from the bench.