Paul Merson has predicted that Manchester City will win convincingly when they face off against Newcastle United on Wednesday night.
The Citizens have been in lethal form this season and enjoy a comfortable 13 point advantage over second placed Manchester United on the League standings.
Pep Guardiola’s side have so far only dropped two points this season which came during their draw with Everton in August.
They will be the overwhelming favourites going into the match and though Newcastle have been in poor form recently, they will also go into the game with confidence after claiming a victory against West Ham during the weekend.
Merson said: “Man City played in second gear and still beat Bournemouth 4-0 on Saturday! They won 4-0 in second gear, so I am going to go for another 4-0 win. I think City will just rip them apart and Newcastle have had their result (beating West Ham).
“The problem is that Newcastle will sit 10 men behind the ball, but you are going to get broken down though before the end of the game.
“And City are just relentless, relentless, but it is no disrespect to Newcastle, who had a massive football result at West Ham on Saturday, but City will beat better teams than Newcastle by more than 4-0.”
