***Match Thread | City v Everton***

[Beefymcfc]

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Manchester City have won seven Premier League matches in a row against Everton, scoring 21 goals and conceding only five.

Everton could lose eight successive games against the same opponent for only the second time in the Premier League era. They suffered nine straight defeats versus the Rags between December 1999 and February 2004.

Everton have won only one of the past 16 Premier League meetings. That 4-0 victory at Goodison Park in January 2017 remains Pep Guardiola's biggest top-flight defeat as a manager.

The Toffees are winless in 11 away fixtures versus Manchester City in all competitions (D4, L7).

Manchester City

Manchester City's 2-0 defeat by Crystal Palace was a fourth at home in the Premier League in 2021. City only lost five home games in the entirety of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 combined.

City have failed to score in three of their 11 Premier League matches, matching their total goalless tally from 38 games last season.

The Blues could go successive home league fixtures without scoring for the first time in 11 years.

A team managed by Pep Guardiola has never failed to net in consecutive top-flight home matches.

City have registered 221 sequences of 10 or more passes in the Premier League this season, the most of any club.

Gabriel Jesus averages a goal every 69 minutes against Everton in the Premier League.

Full-back Joao Cancelo has been directly involved in seven goals in 17 games in all competitions for Manchester City this season (two goals, five assists), just one fewer than his total in 43 appearances in 2020-21 (three goals, five assists).

Everton

Everton are winless in their last five Premier League games (D2, L3). It is their longest sequence without a win since a six-game streak under Sam Allardyce in January 2018.

The Toffees have lost three of their past six Premier League away matches, following a run of one defeat in the previous 14.

Rafael Benitez has won just two of his nine away league fixtures as a manager versus Manchester City, with both victories coming with Dippers.

[Mase]

I hate scousers.

[Beefymcfc]

Used to be our bogey team when Walton was around. How things have changed, Everton haven’t won a game since the start of 2017 with us winning the last 8 games in all comp’s.

I’m quite confident but always a little concerned following an international break.

KDB out, Grealish out and a last minute check for Foden, we could be without 3 of our main players. Same for Everton though, they’re missing a few and just hoping one of ours slaps Richarlison nice and early.

[Tokyo Blue]

Sounds like a job for Fernandinho, Beefy.

Come on, the City boys. Shove it up ‘em.

[salford city]

Don't mind Everton always been more tolerable than the orher lot over the park
Always a struggle after the international break so here's hoping that we get back in our groove

[Beefymcfc]

Sounds like a job for Fernandinho, Beefy.

Come on, the City boys. Shove it up ‘em.

He’s played in all of them games so could be a lucky omen

[Harry Dowd scored]

We never seem as sharp after these infernal international breaks, thank fuck that's them done for awhile, any type of win will do for me.

[johnny crossan]

Foden but no Jack

Watch on youtube.com

[Beefymcfc]

Foden but no Jack

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Cheers, mate. Any chance of the Pep presser?

[johnny crossan]

Presser & another training video

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Watch on youtube.com

[Beefymcfc]

Presser & another training video

Watch on youtube.com

Watch on youtube.com

Cheers, pal. Never know where to go for these, you’re the expert

[Dimples]

Hope Gundo plays in a similar role to last season when KDB was injured.
If he does and with Foden in play we should be ok.

[sheblue]

Benitez is a good manager. They have had a few injuries but he will still try to keep it tight, try to nick it.
International breaks are not good to us.
Expecting a tough enough game.

[dazby]

It's Gundo time!

[johnny crossan]

what comes between Pre and Post?

[Beefymcfc]

Fuck, just realised the F1 is on at the same time. Let’s see if I can dodge the result and watch it later.

[PeterParker]

Sterling, Laporte?
Fuck.

[johnny crossan]

XI | Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, Gundogan (C), Bernardo, Palmer, Sterling, Foden.

SUBS | Steffen, Carson, Dias, Ake, Jesus, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Mahrez, McAtee

[blues2win]

Crikey Palmer gets a start.

[Beefymcfc]

Is it worth watching the build-up or will it all be about the Rags?