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Everton and Manchester City meet at Goodison Park in a meeting for the 21st round of the Barclays Premier League. The two teams tied (1-1), on 10-15-2016, the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league. The history of direct matches played in this stadium favors the home team, who in the last 6 matches won 3, drew 1 and lost 2. Indeed, in the last match in this stadium, for the League Cup, on 06-01-2016, the Everton won by (2-1). The goals of the match were scored by Ramiro Funes Mori (45 ‘) and R. Lukaku (78’) for Everton and Jesús Navas (76 ‘) for Manchester City.
Everton
The home team is currently in 7th place with 30 points earned after 8 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, he tied for Hull City (2-2). In the last match, he won at home to Southampton by (3-0). The team arrives at this meeting after a home defeat with Leicester City by (1-2). For the championship, Everton had 19 points out of 30, after 5 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in their last 10 games at their home stadium. In his home games there are some frequent scorers: 0-0 (4 out of 10 matches) and 1-1 (4 out of 10 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In his home games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 7 of his last 10 matches in the competition finished with Less than 2.5 goals. In 20 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 11 times and only got 3 turns on the scoreboard. There are 1 highlights in the last 10 home games in this competition: he scored 6 of his 15 goals in minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Everton enter this unmotivated round after a 1-2 home defeat at Leicester’s FA Cup reception. One of the great qualities of the home team is their ability to prove themselves at a disadvantage, with most Sometimes they can give a good answer. Everton has some difficulties in aerial football, noting the low average height of their players. The home team is expected to play in a 4-3-3, where the three most advanced pieces are Barkley, Lennon and Lukaku. The Everton coach will not be able to rely on Stekelenburg, Oviedo, Besic, Pennington and Bolasie for being injured.
Manchester City
After 13 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, the visiting team is in 4th place, having won 42 points. In the last match, they beat Burnley at home (2-1), having lost 1-0 in their last match against Liverpool. The team arrives in this match after a win away to West Ham by (0-5). In the championship, Manchester City had 21 points in 30 chances, after 7 wins and 3 losses in the last 10 games they played as a visitor. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In his games as a visitor there is a tendency to have goals, since 8 of his last 10 games in the competition ended with more than 2.5 goals. In 20 games in this competition, only managed 2 turns on the scoreboard in the 7 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 2 periods in the last 10 games played as a visitor for this competition: he scored 9 of his 21 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘); Suffered 6 of his 12 goals in minutes (0’-15 ‘).
Manchester City enter into this motivated game after a 0-5 away win at West Ham FA Cup visit: Yaya Touré, David Silva, Aguero and Stones scored the winning goal. Similar to the opponents of this round, the Manchester team tends to play in a 4-3-3 where the three men responsible for creating danger plays on the opposing defense are Sterling, Iheanacho and Jesús Navas. Thus, even if it is acting outside the home, Manchester City is expected to adopt a more offensive stance, taking into account that it presents more individual and collective quality. For this match, the visiting coach will not be able to count on Gundogan for being injured. It is worth noting that Fernandinho will also be out for being suspended.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 1.73