Premier League | Matchday 18.
6:00 AM IST | 7:30 PM ET.
Etihad stadium, Manchester.
MATCH PREVIEW
Struggling Man city welcome Everton in hope of acquiring all 3 points after winning only once in its last 10 matches, the festivities of christmas brought them a relief albeit for a short time to forget about their dismal run of recent matchups.
With 3 losses in its last 5 matches in premier league they sit at 7th position in table with 27 points from 17 games played. city lost to villa 2-1 away from home in its last game after a consolation goal from phil foden.
After the match against villa haaland reportedly admitted that he must have done better in front of the goal in recent matches
Everton travel to etihad to play their first match after christmas after holding chelsea for a stalement in a impressive home game where their defence was majestic for wholw game against blues
Four points clear of drop zone everton sits in 15th position with 16 points from 16 games played, with 12 losses from its last 13 games against city travelling to etihad and returning home with any positive result is a tough ask from toffees.
Injuries and suspensions
Manchester city: man citys man at the helm Rodri remains out of this match along with some other notable names like Ederson, Ruben Dias etc
Everton: with return of Armando Broja their attack is boosted, Ashley Young is unavailable
Recent form in the league
Manchester city last 5: L W D L L
Everton last 5: D L W D D
PROBABLE LINEUPS
Manchester city: Ortega; Walker, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol; De Bruyne, Kovacic; Savinho, Foden, Doku; Haaland
Everton: Pickford; Coleman, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Harrison, Gueye, Mangala, Doucoure, Ndiaye; Calvert-Lewin
MATCH ODDS
MAN CITY WIN: 1.365
EVERTON WIN: 8.95
DRAW: 5.5
PREDICTIONS: it is the perfect oppurtunity for city to turn the tables when they welcvome toffees, for city their run of tough matchups might have over when they play everton with series of matches with lower teams coming up. a win for city is our prediction with a scoreline of 2:0