Man City beat Everton 3-1 in the reverse fixture two months ago through a couple of Gabriel Jesus strikes and one from Raheem Sterling.That made it nine home matches in a row without defeat to the Toffees, but it has been a different story at Goodison Park, where the Merseysiders have won two of the last three meetings in all competitions.Everton won 4-0 there in January 2017 to inflict a heaviest-ever league defeat on Guardiola, but the Citizens won 3-1 in this corresponding fixture last season en route to racking up 100 points.
Everton vs Manchester City Head-to-head (h2h)
- Citizens won the last two matches with a 3-1 scoreline.
- Seven of the last nine wins belong to the team from Manchester.
- Three of the last five wins at the Goodison Park were recorded by the visitors.
- The last three ties at this venue had over 2.5 goals.
- Sky Blues won both the fixtures in 2018.
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Everton starting lineup:
Pickford; Coleman, Keane, Zouma, Digne; Davies, Gomes; Bernard, Sigurdsson, Richarlison; Calvert-Lewin
Manchester City starting lineup:
Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Delph; Bernardo, Fernandinho, D.Silva; Mahrez, Aguero, Sane
Team News
The quick turnaround in games, with this trip to Goodison Park sandwiched by home games against Arsenal and Chelsea, means that Guardiola is expected to make some changes.Another surprising omission at the weekend was John Stones, who was only included among the subs as Guardiola instead went with Fernandinho alongside Nicolas Otamendi in central defence and shifted Aymeric Laporte to left-back.
Manchester City will be desperate to get Benjamin Mendy back up and running in that troublesome position, but he has now missed three matches since making his latest return so it may well be down to one of Fabian Delph or Oleksandr Zinchenko to plug the gap.
In terms of the hosts, Leighton Baines conceded an early penalty against Wolves before being taken off injured, but his absence coincides with Lucas Digne’s return from a one-match ban.Idrissa Gueye has sat out a couple of matches because of injury, as well as uncertainty over his future, and it remains to be seen if he will be recalled to the side on Wednesday or given another few days to rest.