Opta Stats: Newcastle v Manchester City

Will Manuel Pellegrini point Manchester City towards another title with victory over Newcastle?

The Premier League holders Manchester City begin their defence with a trip to Manchester City. Opta have all the stats. 

This is the reverse of last season's opening Barclays Premier League fixture when Newcastle United lost 0-4 at the Etihad Stadium. Manchester City are 1.674/6 to win.

The Citizens have won four and lost none of their last five opening weekend league fixtures, keeping four clean sheets in the process. City are 3.02/1 to win to nil.

Newcastle have won just once in the last five seasons in their opening match (D2 L2). The draw is 4.3100/30.

The Magpies have failed to score in their last three Barclays Premier League clashes with Manchester City. City are 2.747/4 to keep a clean sheet.

Man City full backs Aleksandar Kolarov (7) and Pablo Zabaleta (6) assisted more goals than any other defenders in the 2013-14 Premier League. Kolarov is 5.04/1 to score himself.

Frank Lampard is the top scoring midfielder in Premier League history with 171 goals, as many as Aguero, Dzeko, Yaya Toure, David Silva and Vincent Kompany combined. Lampard is 3.55/2 to score. 

Despite winning only two of their opening eight away games last season, City still ended the campaign with 34 road points. Only Liverpool and Arsenal (35) gained more (Man Utd & Chelsea also collected 34). City are 2.68/5 to win half-time/full-time.

Sergio Aguero scored 17 and assisted six goals in 23 appearances last season. Aguero is 2.26/5 to score.

City's total of 102 goals last season in the Premier League is the second highest in the competition's history (behind Chelsea with 103 in 2009-10). Over 2.5 goals is 1.738/11.