by Ian S. Palmer
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Manchester City and Everton will meet for the second time in just over a week when they get together at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester this Wednesday, January 13. The two Premier League clubs clashed last week in the first leg of their League Cup (Capital One Cup) semifinal with Everton coming away with a 2-1 win at home at Goodison Park. This time the two sides will be meeting in an important league showdown. Man City still hopes to challenge for another league title while Everton could be lucky to earn a spot in next year’s Europa League tournament.
Manchester City vs Everton – Pinnacle SOCCER BETTING LINE:
- Pinnacle currently lists Man City as the favorites at -195 with Everton +552 and a draw at +386
Manchester City vs Everton – Head to Head:
- Everton beat Man City 2-1 in the League Cup this January, but were beaten 2-0 at home on Merseyside in a league encounter back in August. The two sides drew 1-1 in league action at Goodison Park last campaign with City winning their home fixture 1-0. Everton’s last league win was a 2-0 home result in March of 2013. Overall, the two clubs have met 178 times in the past with each team winning and losing 67 times and drawing the other 44. Man City has won just seven of the past 21 encounters.
Man City is coming is coming off of a 3-0 away win at Norwich City of the Premier League in the third round of the FA Cup last Saturday while Everton beating League Two’s Dagenham & Redbridge 2-0 at home in their cup contest. It appears that Man City will still be without defender and captain Vincent Kompany as well as fellow defender Eliaquim Mangala and midfielder Samir Nasri. On the bright side, it looks like striker Bony should be back in the lineup. Everton could be without Romelu Lukaku, Tom Cleverley, Seamaus Coleman, James McCarthy, Tony Hibbert and Tyias Browning.
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Man City enters the match in third place in the league with a dozen wins, three draws and five losses for 39 points. They have a league-high 39 goals, have conceded 21 and sit three points behind league-leading Arsenal and one back of second-place Leicester City. City has eight wins at home in league play along with two losses in their 10 games with 29 goals scored and 12 allowed. They have a pair of clean sheets at home and have scored at least once in all of their fixtures at the Etihad. Overall, they have eight clean sheets and have failed to score on four occasions. City has five victories and a defeat in their past six home outings.
Everton sits in 11th place in the Premier League with 27 points from six wins, nine draws and five losses. They’ve scored an impressive 36 times and have allowed 29 goals against. On the road, they have three wins and five draws and have been beaten just once. They have 13 goals away from home and have conceded nine times. They have two victories, a loss and three draws in their past half dozen road trips and have four clean sheets in away fixtures ad have been shut out twice. Overall, they have five clean sheets and have failed to score in four matches.
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