Betting preview: Everton faced with a tough challenge when Manchester City visits

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Mon 28.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Goodison Park (40569 seats)

Both teams are enjoying a good season so far and games like this could be decisive. Here's the preview for Everton - Manchester City!

Insights:
  • Everton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Everton and Manchester City.

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Everton form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Everton have to build on here at Goodison Park in the Premier League. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Everton are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location. Everton has recorded two wins in a row here at Goodison Park, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Everton are returning here after visiting Sheffield United in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Gylfi Sigurðsson scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was the home Carabao Cup game against Manchester United that was lost 0-2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus West Ham United in only four days. This game is also played here at Goodison Park.

The Everton manager C. Ancelotti has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. Everton have conceded 11 from these games.

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Manchester City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League, on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Manchester goalkeeper Ederson Santana de Moraes is eager to challenge this, with his 227 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Manchester go into this game after a win, the home game against Newcastle United that ended 2-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Arsenal at their stadium, the result 4-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Manchester have scored 7 goals in 7 league games away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Everton one win, three draws and Manchester City six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

EvertonD. Calvert-Lewin
D. Calvert-Lewin
11 goals
Manchester CityR. Sterling
R. Sterling
4 goals
Manchester CityR. Mahrez
R. Mahrez
4 goals

Everton missing players

Manchester City missing players

Everton Manchester City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 7 2 Played P 1 7 14
9 4 0 Won W 0 3 7
2 1 1 Drew D 1 3 5
4 2 1 Lost L 0 1 2
26 15 3 Scored S 0 7 21
19 11 5 Conceded C 0 5 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 93%
73% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 71%
53% 71% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 21%
33% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 21%
20% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
60% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 43%
27% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 50%
13% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 29% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.7 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.3 1.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 11.6 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 15.1 15.4
4.7 4.9 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 5 5.3
37% 44% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 28%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Everton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Everton have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Manchester City have scored away.
  • Everton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Manchester City has the fewest conceded goals (12) in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
  • Manchester City has the most matches under the total-line (11) in Premier League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 14 9 4 1 36 19 7 7 0 0 20 7 7 2 4 1 16 12 17 31
2 Everton 15 9 2 4 26 19 7 4 1 2 15 11 8 5 1 2 11 8 7 29
3 Leicester City 15 9 1 5 28 19 8 3 1 4 11 12 7 6 0 1 17 7 9 28
4 Manchester United 14 8 3 3 30 23 7 2 2 3 9 12 7 6 1 0 21 11 7 27
5 Manchester City 14 7 5 2 21 12 7 4 2 1 14 7 7 3 3 1 7 5 9 26
6 Aston Villa 13 8 1 4 27 13 7 3 1 3 15 11 6 5 0 1 12 2 14 25
7 Chelsea 15 7 4 4 30 17 7 4 2 1 17 7 8 3 2 3 13 10 13 25
8 Tottenham Hotspur 14 7 4 3 25 14 7 3 2 2 10 8 7 4 2 1 15 6 11 25
9 Southampton 15 7 4 4 25 19 7 4 0 3 13 9 8 3 4 1 12 10 6 25
10 West Ham United 14 6 3 5 21 19 7 3 2 2 10 8 7 3 1 3 11 11 2 21
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 6 2 6 14 19 7 3 2 2 8 7 7 3 0 4 6 12 -5 20
12 Newcastle United 14 5 3 6 17 24 7 3 1 3 9 13 7 2 2 3 8 11 -7 18
13 Crystal Palace 15 5 3 7 19 28 7 2 2 3 8 14 8 3 1 4 11 14 -9 18
14 Arsenal 15 5 2 8 15 19 8 3 1 4 9 11 7 2 1 4 6 8 -4 17
15 Leeds United 14 5 2 7 24 30 7 2 2 3 12 13 7 3 0 4 12 17 -6 17
16 Burnley 13 3 4 6 8 19 6 2 1 3 4 7 7 1 3 3 4 12 -11 13
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 2 6 6 16 22 7 0 4 3 7 11 7 2 2 3 9 11 -6 12
18 Fulham 15 2 5 8 13 23 8 1 3 4 6 12 7 1 2 4 7 11 -10 11
19 West Bromwich Albion 14 1 4 9 10 29 7 1 2 4 5 15 7 0 2 5 5 14 -19 7
20 Sheffield United 15 0 2 13 8 26 8 0 1 7 4 12 7 0 1 6 4 14 -18 2

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.