We check out some of the most pertinent facts and figures ahead of City’s first Premier League home game of the season against Newcastle United.

The Treble winners and newly crowned UEFA Super Cup holders continue our defence of the league crown by welcoming the Magpies to the Etihad on Saturday 19 August, with kick-off scheduled for 20:00 (UK).

It promises to be a tough and challenging encounter with Eddie Howe’s side having secured a Champions League spot last term and made a flying start to the 2023/24 campaign with a 5-1 thumping of Aston Villa last weekend.

But does our head to head record with the Geordies measure up and how have City fared on home soil against the Toon?

Find all this out and much, much more in the video player above!