National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Everton or Manchester City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League.
Everton form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.When playing at home in the Premier League, Everton have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 14 games. 3W-0D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the FA Cup for Everton.
The Everton crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Burnley here at Goodison Park in a Premier League match. Heartbreak before that as Everton lost 0-2 at Chelsea's place.
Everton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Everton have conceded 22 from these games.
Manchester City form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Manchester City's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Manchester City collect 33 points from their 14 away matches in the Premier League. 10 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the FA Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Tottenham Hotspur game have they lost an away game, meaning Manchester has taken points from nine away matches in a row.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Fulham.
The Manchester manager J. Guardiola i Sala has got the team scoring on the road, with 28 away goals in 14 league matches. It's not easy to score on Manchester as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Everton won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Manchester City has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  D. Calvert-Lewin 14 goals |   İ. Gündoğan 12 goals |  R. Sterling 9 goals |
Everton missing players
Manchester City missing players
| Everton | Manchester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 13 | 24 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 8 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Scored | S | 36 | 65 | ||
| 33 | 23 | Conceded | C | 6 | 12 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 14.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.3 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 64 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 43 | 71 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 29 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 56 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 24 | 57 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 56 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 51 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 48 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 46 |
| 7 | Everton | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 45 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 41 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 41 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -16 | 37 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 43 | 46 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 29 | -3 | 36 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -10 | 35 |
| 14 | Southampton | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 33 | -15 | 33 |
| 15 | Burnley | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 33 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | -7 | 29 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -17 | 28 |
| 18 | Fulham | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -14 | 26 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 57 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | -37 | 18 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 29 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 28 | -34 | 14 |
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