There is a full program of Premier League fixtures on New Year's Day including the game between Manchester City and Everton. The match will be played at the Etihad Stadium and Manchester City will start the game in 3rd place in the table.
Everton are in 10th place and a victory for them could see them move up one place in the Premier League.
Manchester City come into the match on the back of a 2-0 home win over Sheffield United on the 29th of December. It took Pep Guardiola’s team a while to breakdown their opponents but they scored 2 goals in the second half without reply to win the match. It was an important victory for Manchester City who lost their previous Premier League game 3-2 at Wolverhampton Wanderers following the sending off of goalkeeper Ederson.
Trends show Manchester City have won 5 of their last 6 home Premier League games Including wins over Aston Villa, Southampton, Chelsea, Leicester City and Sheffield United. Manchester City scored 2 or more goals in each of those 5 wins and their only defeat came against Manchester United which was a 2-1 loss.
Of their 15 most recent all competitions games, Manchester City have seen 13 in which both teams scored plus Manchester City have managed to score at least one goal in all their last 18 matches in all competitions.
Everton picked up a 2-1 win at Newcastle United on the weekend and they have won each of their last two Premier League games having previously defeated Burnley 1-0 at home. It has been a good start to life at Goodison Park for new manager Carlo Ancelotti and the Italian will be hoping he can pick up his 3rd win in succession.
Despite losing to Leicester City via a penalty shootout in the League Cup, that game ended in a draw and means Everton are undefeated in their last 6 matches in all competitions. The Toffees are undefeated in their last 5 in the Premier League including the two wins above plus a home victory over Chelsea, a draw at Manchester United and a draw at home against Arsenal.
Trends show both teams scored in 6 of Everton's 8 most recent games in all competitions and they have conceded at least one goal in their last 9 away league games.
Team news and Manchester City have doubts over the fitness of defender John Stones and midfielder David Silva. Aymeric Laporte and Leroy Sane remain on the treatment table.
Everton are without 4 players as Alex Iwobi, Andre Gomes, Jean-Philippe Gbamin and Morgan Schneiderlin all have long term injury problems.
Every game from now until the end of the season is a must-win match for Manchester City. Everton are proving tough to beat and should score in this game but expect to see Manchester City out-score the visitors to take maximum points.
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