Everton vs Manchester City Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: Goodison Park Date: 27th December 2023 Kick-off time – 20:15 GMT
Everton will look to return to winning ways when they welcome Manchester City to Merseyside this Wednesday. The hosts saw their impressive run of four Premier League wins ended last Saturday when they were narrowly beaten 2-1 by Tottenham away from home. The manner of the defeat would have left Sean Dyche proud, as he labelled the display “outstanding” as his side managed to both outshoot and generate a higher xG figure than their hosts. The manager will hope for a better result though, as his side takes on the newly crowned world champions Manchester City. The task here is great as Everton has a particularly poor record against Pep Guardiola’s side. The visitors have left Goodison Park victorious in each of their last six PL trips and have scored at least three goals in four of those games. However, conceding many goals has been a rarity this season with Dyche’s men – chasing a third successive PL home win for the first time since a run of four in September 2021 – having conceded over 2.5 goals just twice at any venue in the league this season. Meanwhile, City will travel to Goodison Park in good mood, having secured their first FIFA World Club Cup title thanks to a 4-0 win over Brazilian side Fluminense in the Middle East last week. But before their departure to the Middle East, the visitors’ domestic form was patchy, with just one win from their last six PL matches (D4, L1). That’s the first time they have returned just one league win in six games since March 2016, meaning they come into this round of games six points from the summit of the PL table, albeit having played one game less. They will be desperate to win here to avoid falling further behind in the title race. They will fancy their chance of scoring, as despite their poor form, the visitors have remained lethal in attack. Meanwhile their defending has been poor, as City are without a clean sheet in seven PL matches and have managed to secure a shutout just twice on the road all league season (W5, D1, L3) Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
May 2, 2024
Chelsea
19:30
Tottenham Hotspur
May 3, 2024
Luton Town
20:00
Everton
May 4, 2024
Arsenal
12:30
AFC Bournemouth
Brentford
15:00
Fulham
Burnley
15:00
Newcastle United
Sheffield United
15:00
Nottingham Forest
Manchester City
17:30
Wolverhampton Wanderers
May 5, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
14:00
Aston Villa
Chelsea
14:00
West Ham United
Liverpool
16:30
Tottenham Hotspur
May 6, 2024
Crystal Palace
20:00
Manchester United
May 11, 2024
Fulham
12:30
Manchester City
Tottenham Hotspur
15:00
Burnley
West Ham United
15:00
Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers
15:00
Crystal Palace
Newcastle United
15:00
Brighton & Hov…
AFC Bournemouth
15:00
Brentford
Everton
15:00
Sheffield United
Nottingham Forest
17:30
Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United
16:30
Arsenal
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Arsenal
35
25
5
5
85
28
+57
80
2
Manchester City
34
24
7
3
82
32
+50
79
3
Liverpool
35
22
9
4
77
36
+41
75
4
Aston Villa
35
20
7
8
73
52
+21
67
5
Tottenham Hotspur
33
18
6
9
67
52
+15
60
6
Manchester United
34
16
6
12
52
51
+1
54
7
Newcastle United
34
16
5
13
74
55
+19
53
8
West Ham United
35
13
10
12
56
65
-9
49
9
Chelsea
33
13
9
11
63
59
+4
48
10
AFC Bournemouth
35
13
9
13
52
60
-8
48
11
Wolverhampton Wanderers
35
13
7
15
48
55
-7
46
12
Brighton & Hov…
34
11
11
12
52
57
-5
44
13
Fulham
35
12
7
16
51
55
-4
43
14
Crystal Palace
35
10
10
15
45
57
-12
40
15
Everton
35
12
8
15
37
48
-11
36
16
Brentford
35
9
8
18
52
60
-8
35
17
Nottingham Forest
35
7
9
19
42
62
-20
26
18
Luton Town
35
6
7
22
48
77
-29
25
19
Burnley
35
5
9
21
38
70
-32
24
20
Sheffield United
35
3
7
25
34
97
-63
16
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