Manchester City vs Everton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 26th December 2024

The Citizens are favoured by the bookmakers to claim a win against The Toffees, despite their unconvincing form. It will be interesting to see, how far outsiders Everton can push the form at Etihad Stadiumon Thursday.

Manchester City are placed seventh with 27 points after 17 matches. Everton occupy a position as 15th in the league on 16 points.

Manchester City came away with three points from the latest encounter with Everton. It would be a surprise if they fail do to it again, when they face each other this coming Thursday.

Manchester City go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of 1.2 per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane 12 times, while conceding 17. That amounts to an average of 1.7 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Everton travel to their next Premier League match, averaging a lowly 0.7 goals per game in their last ten matches. They scored a disappointing total of seven goals, while also conceding six goals. That amounts to an average of 0.6 per game, in which they kept their opponents from scoring seven times.

The Sky Blues go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 3-1 and 2-0 the last two times they played Everton.

Manchester City vs Everton Prediction

Manchester City Form

Manchester City have had to endure a tough spell in their last three matches, from which they have nothing to show. They were beaten 2-0 by Juventus, before Manchester United ran out 1-2 winners. A third defeat on the trot followed against Aston Villa, who came out 2-1 winners. Manchester City claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Premier League. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored ten and conceded ten goals.

Everton Form

Everton are unbeaten in their previous three matches, winning 4-0 against Wolverhampton, before recording a 0-0 draw with Arsenal. Another draw followed then, this time 0-0 against Chelsea. Everton only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Premier League. In these six matches they drew three and lost two as well as being outscored by six goals to three.

Manchester City need to show they are capable of rising to the occasion after the recent setbacks, losing their previous two matches. We favour them to get a real boost of out playing in front of their home crowd and to claim a win.

Manchester City recorded ten points following three wins from their last four games against teams placed among the bottom six. They scored nine goals, but also conceded four. Everton scored five goals and conceded ten in their last seven encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League. This lead to zero wins and four points. Manchester City are looking at a record of eight wins, three draws and six defeats in the Premier League this season. Everton enjoy a record of three wins, seven draws and six defeats in the Premier League.

Manchester City vs Everton Squads

Manchester City Squad

Guardiola will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Everton from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Ederson (0/13), Scott Carson (0/0), Stefan Ortega (0/4), Jacob Wright (0/0), Jahmai Simpson-Pusey (0/1), John Stones (2/8), Josh Wilson-Esbrand (0/0), Josko Gvardiol (4/16), Kyle Walker (0/13), Manuel Akanji (0/13), Nathan Ake (0/5), Rico Lewis (1/15), Ruben Dias (0/13), Bernardo Silva (1/17), Ilkay Gundogan (0/16), Jack Grealish (0/13), James McAtee (0/0), Jeremy Doku (2/13), Kevin De Bruyne (2/10), Mateo Kovacic (3/13), Matheus Nunes (0/12), Nico O'Reilly (0/0), Oscar Bobb (0/0), Phil Foden (1/12), Rodri (0/2), Savinho (0/14), Erling Haaland (13/17).

Everton Squad

Listed below is the full squad of Everton players that the manager Sean Dyche will choose from for the upcoming game:

Asmir Begovic (0/0), Joao Virginia (0/0), Jordan Pickford (0/16), Ashley Young (1/14), Jake O'Brien (0/2), James Tarkowski (0/16), Jarrad Branthwaite (0/9), Michael Keane (2/9), Nathan Patterson (0/1), Seamus Coleman (0/2), Vitalii Mykolenko (0/14), Abdoulaye Doucoure (0/14), Amadou Onana (2/12), Harrison Armstrong (0/2), Idrissa Gana Gueye (0/15), Jack Harrison (0/15), James Garner (0/4), Jesper Lindstroem (0/12), Orel Mangala (1/13), Tim Iroegbunam (0/6), Armando Broja (0/2), Beto (1/10), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (2/16), Dwight McNeil (3/13), Iliman Ndiaye (2/16), Youssef Chermiti (0/0).

Manchester City vs Everton Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Manchester City, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Rodri and Oscar Bobb are missing from the squad, Manchester City will field against Evertonon Thursday.

Everton are juggling with four absent players on on Thursday when travelling to Manchester City. Iliman Ndiaye, Asmir Begovic, Ashley Young and Dominic Calvert-Lewin sit this one out for Everton, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Manchester City.

Manchester City vs Everton Lineups

Manchester City vs Everton H2H

Manchester City go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 3-1 and 2-0 the last two times they played The Toffees. The Sky Blues are rubbing their hands at the prospect of welcoming Everton back to Etihad Stadium. The home side boasts an outstanding 9-1-0 record against their upcoming visitors. The best betting odds with the bookies for another win is 4/11.

Manchester City vs Everton Results

Entertainment seems close to guaranteed when Manchester City welcome Everton as over 2.5 goals came out a winning bet seven times in ten matches. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/15 with the bookies this coming Thursday.

Manchester City vs Everton Betting Tips

Having scored just once in six Premier League matches, Kevin De Bruyne hope to rediscover his scoring instincts on Thursday. Simultaneously, Everton hope to see Ashley Young adding to his recent strike of a single goal in six Premier League outings.

In their last 10 matches at Etihad Stadium across all tournaments Manchester City won five times, drew three and lost two times. Everton claimed two wins, three draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Keep an eye out for both teams not to score at Etihad Stadium, as BTTS only came out seven times in the previous 10 Premier League matches here for Manchester City. Both teams scored in four of the previous 10 away games for Everton.

The last ten encounters between Manchester City and Everton saw over 2.5 goals scored seven times, with Manchester City averaging 2.6 goals a game. Everton scored 0.5 goals on average in these, as both teams scored five times in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in eight of Manchester City’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in two of the last ten outings for Everton, who managed to score 0.7 times in those matches.