Unchanged squad for City

Roberto Mancini is expecting to select from the same squad of players when he names his Manchester City team to face Newcastle on Sunday.

Mancini may be tempted to stick with the starting line-up from Monday’s crucial win over Manchester United, although Micah Richards and James Milner might both hope to be involved.

City do have a good recent record on their visits to Tyneside, winning three times in an unbeaten four-match streak, and will be aiming for another success to take them a massive stride close to their first league title since 1968.

Provisional squad: Hart, Pantilimon, Richards, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Savic, K Toure, Kolarov, Clichy, Milner, Johnson, Nasri, De Jong, Barry, Y Toure, Pizarro, Silva, Balotelli, Aguero, Tevez, Dzeko.