Manchester City continue their push for the Premier League title against relegation battling Everton at Etihad Stadium.
Victory would see Man City go top for a few hours at minimum with Liverpool playing in the mid-afternoon kick-offs.
Everton meanwhile can climb out of the relegation zone with at least one point before Luton, Nottingham Forest and Brentford all play.
Team News
Man City have no fresh injury concerns to report following their comeback win at Brentford.
Everton could welcome Ben Godfrey back into contention after he was substituted with a calf strain in their 2-2 draw at home to Tottenham.
Amadou Onana (knee) could also be available but Arnaut Danjuma (ankle), Abdoulaye Doucoure (hamstring), Andre Gomes (calf) and Dele Alli (hip) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Man City host Everton at the Etihad Stadium at 12:30pm GMT on Saturday 10 February, live on TNT Sports 1 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Man City are unbeaten in their last 13 league meetings against Everton (W11, D2).
- Everton are winless in their last 12 league visits to Man City (D5, L7).
- Man City have kept two clean sheets in their last seven matches at home to Everton.
- Rodri has been caught offside on more occasions than any other City player in the top-flight this season, with six offsides in 19 appearances.
- Everton’s James Tarkowski has made more blocks than any other player across the three clubs sat in the relegation zone coming into this matchweek, with 31 blocks in 23 appearances.
Prediction
Having returned to their sluggish attacking ways in the first half at Brentford despite their overall dominance, Man City are lucky that Phil Foden was at his best to convert his chances because he simply was the best player that evening.
Pep Guardiola meanwhile will surely be concerned by his defensive quality after how easily they were ripped apart by a long ball from Brentford’s Mark Flekken, especially because they will now face another top goalkeeper in Jordan Pickford who can pose more issues.
Everton meanwhile can’t be as wasteful in open play as they were against Tottenham, although their set piece threat seems to be their best chance at getting goals but clinical end product and disciplined defending is absolutely critical to getting any sort of result here.
I however just don’t see Man City losing this if they can sharpen their end product and avoid the sloppiness which we saw at Brentford, although Everton might be lucky to nick something from a set piece if City have one eye on their Champions League visit to Copenhagen.
Prediction: Manchester City 2-1 Everton
Result: Manchester City 2-0 Everton
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