Dias returns as City make three changes

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City make three changes from the side that beat Spurs 3-0 at the weekend.

Men’s crew

Morrison and Brown join us in the WNRH studio for a Toffees clash

In comes Kyle Walker, Riyad Mahrez and Ruben Dias while John Stones, Oleks Zinchenko fall to the bench.

Ilkay Gundogan misses out with an injury.

Also on the bench, Kevin De Bruyne and Fernandinho return welcome from injury, with Sergio Aguero looking to get a few minutes under his belt.

Teams

City: Ederson, Walker, Cancelo, Dias, Laporte, Rodrigo, Bernardo, Foden, Mahrez Jesus, Sterling (c)

Subs: Steffen, Clachan, Aguero, Zinchenko, De Bruyne, Torres, Mendy, Fernandinho, Garcia

Everton: Pickford, Mina, Keane, Holgate, Godfrey, Davies, Doucoure, Digne, Sigurdsson, Iwobi, Richarlison

Subs: Delph, King, Nkounkou, Rodriguez, Bernard, Gomes, Coleman, Olsen, Onyango.

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Creation and similar inventions

The four backs focus on themselves with Walker at right back and Joao Cancelo on left.

Pep Guardiola needs to balance his back, with Aymeric Laporte holding his place as Dias returns from a small blow.]

Rodrigo, Bernardo and Phil Foden make up the midfield trio while Mahrez and Sterling support Gabriel Jesus.

Can City Make More History?

City have a chance to beat 11 Premier Leagues in a series tonight and 17 consecutive winners in all competitions.

But Everton represent a difficult test.

Carlo Ancelotti ‘s side can level on points with sixth – placed Liverpool ahead of the Merseyside derby this weekend.

The Toffees have two games to hand over the teams above them – as well as City – and are true Champions League rivals.

Their main theme has been winning games at Goodison Park, where they slipped again at the weekend, losing 2-0 to wrestling with Fulham.

City have incredible momentum right now, but Ilkay Gundogan ‘s loss is huge because of his form.

The way both teams play makes this a goalless draw, and with the Toffees playing open football, attacking football, it should be 90 minutes. entertainment at Goodison Park.

Stats and milestones

City are on the club’s record of 16 consecutive victories in all competitions, from a 1-1 home draw in the Premier League against West Bromwich Albion on 15 December. This is the longest competitive climb won by an English senior team.

  • City are unbeaten in 23 games in all competitions (W20-D3-L0), since they lost 2-0 in the Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur on 21 November. During this unbeaten run, Cheltenham Town were the only team to play for the Blues League side in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
  • City (23, W20-D3-L0) are currently on the longest unbeaten competitive run from April to December 2017.
  • City conceded just six goals in the 23-game unbeaten run in all competitions.
  • City have won 11 games after winning the Premier League. This is the longest league streak in the league the club has won: August to December 2017 (18), February to August 2019 (15) and April to September 2015 (11).
  • City have maintained 22 clean sheets in all competitions this season (from 36 games), more than any other team in the top five European leagues or the top four leagues of English league football. Citizens held 23 net competitive pages in the entire 2019/20 campaign (from 59 matches).
  • City can win a high away game against Everton and Liverpool in one season for the first time since 1981/82 (1-0 at Goodison Park, 3-1 at Anfield).
  • In the 2020/21 Premier League, Ederson has retained more clean sheets (14) than he has conceded goals (13).
  • Ilkay Gündogan (11) is Manchester City’s Premier League top scorer in this campaign. All 11 of those goals came in Germany’s last 12 PL appearances, but he had to be replaced after injuring himself in the weekend win against Tottenham Hotspur.
  • Gabriel Jesus has netted in each of City ‘s last five Premier League games against Everton. The Toffees (7) are the only opponents Brazil have achieved more than four PL goals.
  • Raheem Sterling could be the fourth player to score in at least four games away from the Premier League, after Uwe Rösler, Sergio Agüero and Gabriel Jesus.
  • John Stones (99) is one of 100 Premier League goals for Manchester City. He completed one goal in 77 PL games for Everton (2013-2016) before joining the Citizens.
  • Manchester (7) and London (6) are the only major cities.
  • City could be the first team in high-flying history to win their opening 10 games of a calendar year.
  • The Blues have expanded our successful run with a high-flying side to 16 in all competitions, including 11 in the league.
  • City have been unbeaten in 23 competitive games since Spurs won 2-0 in November.
  • They have conceded just six goals in those 23 games.
  • Gabriel Jesus could be the first player of any club to score in six games after the Premier League against Everton. He has seven goals in his top five games against the Toffees.
  • There have been 46 Premier League games between Everton and City. The Toffees won 18, the Citizens 19 and there have been nine draws.
  • Everton have lost five games after the Premier League against City, from a 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium on August 21, 2017. The Toffees have only been at a high level since losing streaks of the against Portsmouth (13, 1947-1956), Manchester United (9, 1999-2004) and Derbyshire (8, 1946-1950).
  • Everton have won just one of their last 14 Premier League games against City (W1-D4-L9), a 4-0 home win on January 15, 2017 (goals by Romelu Lukaku, Kevin Mirallas, Tom Davies and Ademola Lookman). That is the biggest loss made by Pep Guardiola on the fly as manager (ESP, GER, ENG).
  • City have won five of their last seven Premier League games at Goodison Park (W5-D1-L1), having been successful in just two of their first 16 PL away games against Everton ( W2-D4-L10).
  • Everton and City will meet again at Goodison Park next month in the FA Cup semi-finals.
  • Everton have only made eight points out of a possible 21 in their seven Premier League games in 2021 (W2-D2-L3). The Toffees had a four-game climb that won a league until the end of 2020.
  • Everton have lost five of their 11 home games in the Premier League in this campaign (W4-D2-L5). Only once in the last eight seasons have the Toffees lost more PL home games in a single campaign (8 in 2015/16).

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