ETIHAD STADIUM, MANCHESTER — Manchester City and Newcastle United meet for the fourth time this season in Saturday’s FA Cup quarterfinal showdown.
Pep Guardiola’s treble winners won both league encounters by a single goal — 1-0 on this ground in August and 3-2 in a January thriller at St James’ Park.
Newcastle ended City’s interest in the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 third-round victory last September but Guardiola’s men remain in contention for all three of the major competitions they won last season.
By contrast, Newcastle are without a trophy since 1955, when they beat City in the FA Cup final.
The Sporting News is following Man City vs. Newcastle live, providing score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.
Man City vs Newcastle live score
| 1st Half | Goalscorers | |
| Man City | 1 | Silva 11′ |
| Newcastle | 0 |
Lineups:
Man City (4-1-4-1, right to left): 18. Stefan Ortega (GK) — 2. Kyle Walker, 3. Ruben Dias, 25. Manuel Akanji, 24. Josko Gvardiol — 16. Rodri — 20. Bernardo Silva, 8. Mateo Kovacic, 47. Phil Foden, 11. Jeremy Doku — 9. Erling Haaland.
Newcastle (5-2-3, right to left): 1. Martin Dubravka (GK) — 23. Jacob Murphy, 5. Fabian Schar, 6. Jamaal Lascelles, 4. Sven Botman, 33. Dan Burn — 36. Sean Longstaff, 39. Bruno Guimaraes — 28. Joe Willock, 14. Alexander Isak, 10. Anthony Gordon.
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Man City vs Newcastle live updates, highlights, and commentary
27th minute: Foden now tries from distance. It’s a pretty wretched effort, way over.
26th minute: Ortega claims Murphy’s low cross and City can break. No huge urgency about the attack, mind. Silva into the box but his skimming pass eludes Foden.
21st minute: Now Longstaff does win a corner for Newcastle. Good spell for the visitors. There’s an offside as the ball is headed back across goal.
19th minute: Gordon gets a bit of a run on Akanji after a fine Guimaraes pass. He plays it to the underlapping Willock, who is blocked by Kovacic. It’s a City goal kick into the bargain.
17th minute: Ortega comes out of his goal to get a head to the ball before Isak can have any fun. The City keeper then acrobatically palms away a Guimaraes cross. The hosts break despite Schar positively yee-haawing through the back of Haaland. The big man gets up and, after the advantage is played, the Switzerland defender goes into the book.
15th minute: Dubravka bravely gets to the ball with Haaland poised after Kovacic scooped a return pass in his direction. These are dangerous times for Newcastle right now. If City get another quickly it could turn into a torrid afternoon for Eddie Howe’s injury-hit side.
11th minute: GOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! Bernardo Silva!!!!
The first time City truly settle into one of their calm, rumbling passages of play and it brings a reward. Possession comes over to Silva, who jinks into the area and sees his shot take a juicy deflection off Burn and in over a helpless Dubravka.
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A fortunate deflection for Man City – but they won’t mind!
Bernardo Silva gets the opener 🙌#BBCFootball #FACup pic.twitter.com/3Cftbn1Fp9
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) March 16, 2024
8th minute: Doku gets some stick about his end product at times. Leading a three-man break away with Haaland to one side a Foden to the other before failing to pick his pass won’t exactly help matters.
7th minute: Foden in one of those pockets of space where he can do so much damage. He dinks a pass through for Doku and Murphy holds his ground well.
6th minute: Haaland’s cross is deflected just away from Foden. City keep the attack alive before an unusually errant pass from Rodri brings things to a halt.
5th minute: Isak briefly look to be in behind City then as Murphy pinged a ball in behind the home defence. Dias probably played him onside, so needed to be alert to clear.
4th minute: Haaland spins Botman and the Newcastle defender cuts his losses with a foul. A promising first encounter with his marker for Haaland, although he’s often likely to have more than one.
3rd minute: Haaland looks for Foden darting through but his pass is cut out. Newcastle look to respond through Gordon, who is flagged offside after Akanji mops up.
2nd minute: Lascelles now clumps into Doku on halfway. A textbook “let him know you’re there” challenge.
1st minute: Doku has the well-staffed Newcastle defence backpedalling. Lascelles gets a challenge in.
2 mins before kickoff: The teams are out. A blast of Blue Moon and we’ll be good to go. Newcastle have won the toss and switched the sides around. Manchester United did the same in the derby earlier this month, went ahead and conceded three in the second half.
20 mins before kickoff: Newcastle defeated Championship side Blackburn Rovers on penalties to set up this tie and they could go the distance again. All quarterfinal ties must now provide a winner on the day, with extra time and penalties on the agenda if the teams, who are currently going through their warmups on the pitch in front of me, cannot be separated.
40 mins before kickoff: Pep Guardiola spoke about Manchester City being hit by a “tsunami” at Anfield during last weekend’s draw with Liverpool. The champions were largely able to steady the ship thanks to the introduction of Kovacic and Doku. The Croatia midfielder was a calming presence in the midfield, looking after possession in the way his manager craves, while Doku offered more attacking thrust down the left flank than Julian Alvarez had managed and almost stole the points when he rattled the inside of the post in the 89th minute.
55 mins before kickoff: Gordon starts for Newcastle but Tino Livramento is out. That means a defensive reshuffle and what looks like a back five. Gordon and Joe Willock will be the wide attackers in support of lone striker Alexander Isak.
1 hour before kickoff: The teams are in. Mateo Kovacic and Jeremy Doku are rewarded for impressive substitute cameos at Anfield last week with places in the City starting XI. Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol replace John Stones and Nathan Ake in the back four.
Your City line-up! 🩵
XI | Ortega Moreno, Walker (C), Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Rodrigo, Kovacic, Bernardo, Foden, Doku, Haaland
SUBS | Carson, Stones, Ake, Grealish, Alvarez, Gomez, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis#ManCity | @etihad pic.twitter.com/YQsz1tCRiH
— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 16, 2024
1 hr 20 mins before kickoff: Team news will be along in the next 20 minutes. All eyes will be on whether Anthony Gordon is fit to start for Newcastle. The former Everton winger has caught the eye this season and was rewarded with a first senior England call-up this week. However, he went off injured during Monday’s Premier League defeat to Chelsea. Initial fears that Gordon might be set for an extended spell on the sidelines proved to be wide of the mark and he is thought to be in line to feature today.
1 hr 40 mins before kickoff: As the absolutely incredible scenes at Molineux have just demonstrated, you shouldn’t take anything for granted in the FA Cup. Well, apart from Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s team are aiming for a sixth successive semifinal appearance. You can probably take them for granted a little bit. City’s involvement in the Carabao Cup was ended by Newcastle this season and this is the last shot at having something to show for their campaign for Eddie Howe’s men. Surely they leave it all out on the field at the Etihad Stadium today.
NEVER. GIVE. UP.@Coventry_City were a goal down with minutes to play…
Haji Wright has just sent them to Wembley with this late winner 🤯#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/gCIngig6zX
— Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) March 16, 2024
2 hours before kickoff: Hello and welcome to The Sporting News’ live coverage of the FA Cup quarterfinal between Manchester City and Newcastle United at the Etihad Stadium. City are third in the Premier League but in contention for all three of the trophies they won last season, while this is Newcastle’s last chance to end their 69-year trophy drought this season.
Taking a look at the numbers from our quarter-finals in the FA Cup 🔢📊 pic.twitter.com/5oE1JYnOkX
— Manchester City (@ManCity) March 16, 2024
Man City vs Newcastle kick off time
This FA Cup match takes place at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, UK and kicks off on Saturday, March 16 at 5:30 p.m. local time.
Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:
| Date | Kickoff time | |
| USA | Sat, Mar. 16 | 1:30 p.m. ET |
| Canada | Sat, Mar. 16 | 1:30 p.m. ET |
| UK | Sat, Mar. 16 | 5:30 p.m. GMT |
| Australia | Sun, Mar. 17 | 4:30 a.m. AEDT |
| India | Sat, Mar. 16 | 11:00 p.m. IST |
Man City vs Newcastle lineups, team news
Kevin De Bruyne has joined goalkeeper Ederson on the injury list for Manchester City with the pair ruled out until after the incoming international break.
Guardiola reshuffled his team, with Mateo Kovacic and Jeremy Doku starting, while Jack Grealish is back among the substitutes. Stefan Ortega will replace Ederson in goal, although he is City’s regular cup goalkeeper.
Man City (4-1-4-1, right to left): Ortega (GK) — Walker, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol — Rodri — Silva, Kovacic, Foden, Doku — Haaland.
Man City subs (9): Carson (GK), Stones, Ake, Grealish, Alvarez, Gomez, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis
Eddie Howe suffered a late blow as Tino Livramento joined Harvey Barnes and Kieran Tripper on the absentee list.
Anthony Gordon pulled through after suffering a knee injury at Chelsea earlier this week.
Newcastle (5-4-1 right to left): Dubravka (GK) — Murphy, Schar, Lascelles, Botman, Burn — Willock, Longstaff, Guimaraes, Gordon — Isak.
Newcastle predicted subs (9): Karius (GK), Dummett, Ritchie, Targett, Krafth, Hall, Almiron, Anderson, Miley.
Man City vs Newcastle live stream, TV channel
Here’s how to watch this FA Cup match across selected areas of the world’s major regions:
| Region | TV | Streaming |
| USA | — | ESPN+ |
| Canada | Sportsnet 360 |
Sportsnet NOW Plus |
| UK | BBC 1 | BBC iPlayer |
| Australia | — | Paramount+ |
| India | — | — |
USA: This game is available exclusively on ESPN+.
Canada: Broadcast and streaming options are available via Sportsnet.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream FA Cup matches live and on demand on Paramount+.
UK: This match is available on BBC 1 and streaming is covered by the BBC iPlayer.