Manchester City-Everton is a match valid for the 18th day of the Premier League and is played on Saturday at 16:00: predictions, TV, streaming.
Pep Guardiola and his men had no choice after successes at Newcastle and Arsenal on Boxing Day. Victory at home to Leeds was a must to prevent the Magpies from overtaking them and prevent the top-placed Gunners from building a further lead over second place.
Haaland took Manchester City by the hand in the away match against Jesse Marsch’s Whites, scoring a brace and reaching 20 league goals after just 15 games – no one had ever done it so quickly. Monstrous. The post-match at Elland Road ended 1-3, but the Citizens’ three points were never in doubt, despite a slight dip at the end which allowed Leeds to score the so-called flagship goal. For Guardiola it was the second consecutive victory since he returned to the game, after the 3-2 win against Liverpool in the League Cup. Mikel Arteta’s Londoners are on a roll and are currently five points ahead of the defending champions, who will host Everton at the Etihad Stadium in their last match of 2022, a team in deep crisis.
Everton in freefall
The Toffees are on a four-match losing streak but last Tuesday’s 1-2 defeat to Wolverhampton definitely hurt.
Onana v Wolverhampton
A match that looked destined to end in a draw but which Everton managed to lose by conceding a deadly counter-attack in the dying minutes. Frank Lampard left to deafening booing at Goodison Park and the majority of fans are clamouring for his dismissal via social media. The league table now sees the Liverpool club in fourth-last place, just one point ahead of Wolverhampton-Forest.
The Prediction
This is shaping up to be a one-sided match, with Haaland expected to go toe-to-toe against the team that has conceded the most shots on goal so far. The Norwegian striker could net another brace in a match with more than two goals in total.
Manchester City v Everton matchday squad
- MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo; De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva; Mahrez, Haaland, Foden.
- EVERTON (4-3-3): Pickford; Patterson, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko; Onana, Gueye, Iwobi; Gordon, Maupay, Gray.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-0
