Jamie Carragher has now predicted who will win on Saturday - Manchester City or Newcastle United

Newcastle United travel to The Etihad on Saturday for a classic 3pm non-televised game against Manchester City in the Premier League.

After pulling double cup duty last week, Newcastle are back in Premier League action on Saturday and face a huge test up against the reigning champions.

It hasn't been Man City's season this season, and Newcastle will be hoping their inconsistent form continues on Saturday as the Magpies aim for a top-four finish.

Man City were in Champions League action against Real Madrid on Tuesday night, where they succumbed to a late Jude Bellingham winner, which may well have knocked the wind out of their sails.

Jamie Carragher believes Newcastle will have enough to see off Manchester City

Former Liverpool man Jamie Carragher is certainly banking on the Madrid game having a negative effect on Pep Guardiola's side as he made his score prediction on The Overlap US's It's Called Soccer show.

“I’m going to go for… I’m going to go 2-1 Newcastle. So 1-2, yeah, OK. So Newcastle win at Manchester City.

“Yeah, I think so. They’ve played Real Madrid, haven’t they? They’ll have had the Real Madrid game at home. Newcastle are free, yeah, I’m going to go Newcastle 2-1.”

Newcastle vs Man City are usually entertaining games

It's a big call from Carragher, but Newcastle always give City a good game but rarely get the right result at the end of the game.

This could be our best opportunity to turn that performance into a win with City devoid of confidence.

It will be a tough ask, especially as Eddie Howe is going to have to cobble together a defence due to injuries to Sven Botman and Dan Burn, but we'll take Jamie Carragher's positivity with us.