Manchester City will be looking to extend their winning streak to three matches now across all competitions when they welcome Everton to Etihad Stadium for the 12th Premier League round on Sunday evening with kickoff at 17:00.
Manchester City have made a pretty strong Premier League campaign this season despite blowing hot and cold in the process, with the Citizens recording seven wins, two draws and two defeats in their 11 league matches so far.
The reigning champions are coming of an impressive 2-0 win against their city rivals at Old Trafford before the international break. Pep Guardiola’s side made a real statement of intent in that match, where they recorded a 68% ball possession and 16 shots at goal with five of them on target while United only managed 5 shots on goal with one on target and an own goal.
The win saw City move to second place in the league standings with three points behind the league leaders Chelsea. Therefore, Pep’s side will be looking to build on the win as they aim at remaining hot the heels of the leaders when they face Everton, a side they haven’t lost to in their last eight Premier League meetings.
Meanwhile, Rafa Benitez’s Everton have also been blowing hot and cold this season as they have come from organized and clinical performances to disorganized and shambolic performances. Rafa’s appointment at the begin of the season faced huge hostility from the Goodison Park faithfuls, but he had started to win them over as the club made a strong start under him claiming four wins in their opening six matches.
However the Spaniard is now he is under major scrutiny with the Merseysiders in the midst of a five-game winless run in the Premier League, dropping all three points in three matches of the run. Therefore, Rafa will be hoping to be relieved off some pressure with a win in the Sunday’s clash but they face a formidable Man City who have won three of their five home matches this season.
Manchester City vs Everton head to head
The two sides have met in 49 encounters with Man City calming 22 victories while Everton have claimed 18 victories and there have been nine draws.
- Man City 5-0 Everton 23/05/21
- Everton 0-2 Man City 20/03/21
- Everton 1-3 Man City 17/02/21
- Man City 2-1 Everton 01/01/20
- Everton 1-3 Man City 28/09/19
Home
- Man United 0-2 Man City
- Man City 4-1 Brugge
- Man City 0-2 Palace
- West ham 5-3 Man City (AP)
- Brighton 1-4 Man City
Away
- Everton 0-0 Tottenham
- Wolverhampton 2-1 Everton
- Everton 2-5 Watford
- Everton 0-1 West Ham
- Man United 1-1 Everton
Man City team news
Man City will be without Ferran Torres due to an injury while Jack Grealish makes the doubt list.
Everton team news
Everton will be several key players due to injuries including Abdoulaye Doucoure, Mason Holgate, Tom Davies and Dominic Calvert-Lewin while Andre Gomes and Yerry Mina make the doubt list.
Prediction and odds
- Man City win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
