{"id":438840,"date":"2026-02-22T01:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T01:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/438840\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T01:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T01:21:12","slug":"man-city-v-newcastle-team-news-haaland-starts-barnes-benched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/438840\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City v Newcastle team news: Haaland starts, Barnes benched"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester City can move to within two points of Arsenal in the Premier League table with a win over Newcastle United tonight.<\/p>\n

Kick-off at the Etihad is at 20:00 GMT.<\/p>\n

TEAM NEWS<\/p>\n

After rotating many of his regulars for the FA Cup fourth-round tie with Salford City, Pep Guardiola mostly reverts to the side he sent out in Gameweek 26.<\/p>\n

There is one change: Omar Marmoush comes in for Phil Foden.<\/p>\n

Erling Haaland, confirmed as fit by Guardiola on Friday<\/a>, leads the line for the Cityzens.<\/p>\n

Savinho is back amongst the substitutes after recovering from a medium-term injury.<\/p>\n

Newcastle\u00a0manager Eddie Howe makes just one change from the side that beat Qarabag 6-1 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Jacob Ramsey comes in for Harvey Barnes.<\/p>\n

LINE-UPS<\/p>\n

Manchester City XI:\u00a0Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Gu\u00e9hi, A\u00eft-Nouri, Rodri, Silva, O\u2019Reilly, Marmoush, Semenyo, Haaland.<\/p>\n

Subs:\u00a0Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Cherki, Gonzalez, Savinho, Khusanov, Foden, Lewis.<\/p>\n

Newcastle United XI: Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Willock, Ramsey, Elanga, Woltemade, Gordon.<\/p>\n

Subs:\u00a0Ruddy, Ramsdale, Joelinton, Barnes, Osula, Murphy, Murphy, Shahar, Neave.<\/p>\n

LIVE GAMEWEEK PAGE!<\/p>\n

New to Fantasy Football Scout this season is the\u00a0Live Gameweek page<\/a>, which you can see on the side menu.<\/p>\n

Here you can follow the scores, watch the defensive contribution (DefCon) points roll in, see who the leading players are for xG and more as the games play out, as seen below:<\/p>\n

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