Everton welcome Manchester City to Goodison Park in a huge rearranged Premier League clash.
Victory would see Everton stay seventh but move to within two points of fourth-placed Chelsea, whereas Man City look to move ten points clear of neighbours, Manchester United at the summit.
Team News
Dominic Calvert-Lewin is still ruled out for Everton after missing Sunday’s defeat against Fulham with a hamstring injury.
Jordan Pickford (rib) could also feature but James Rodriguez (knock) is a doubt and could join Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Achilles) on sidelines.
Man City could be without Ilkay Gundogan due to a tight groin suffered in Saturday’s win over Tottenham.
Fernandinho (quad) is a doubt but Nathan Ake (muscle) and Kevin De Bruyne (hamstring) remain absent.
Stat Attack
- Everton are winless in their last five meetings against Manchester City (L5).
- Man City have conceded just four points out of a possible 21 in their last seven league trips to Goodison Park (W5, D1, L1).
- Carlo Ancelotti’s Toffees have kept just one clean sheet in their last nine home matches across all competitions.
- Eight of Ilkay Gundogan’s 11 league goals this season for Man City have come on his right foot.
- Michael Keane has had more shots on target in the Premier League this season than any other Everton defender, with five of his 10 shots being on target.
Prediction
Everton were absolutely lacklustre in Sunday’s night defeat to Fulham despite defending well for much of the game, as they just lacked any attacking intent let alone foothold on the game which is the last thing that Carlo Ancelotti needed ahead of this tricky fixture.
Man City are just on a roll with every player on the pitch stepping up even without De Bruyne and if they can continue this momentum with another sharp confident display like we saw on Saturday against Tottenham, I genuinely can’t see them not losing this game bar an unexpected Everton performance.
Prediction: Everton 0-3 Manchester City
Result: Everton 1-3 Manchester City
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