*** Official City v Everton Matchday Thread ***

[AG7]

Three hours to kick off, two to team announcement ...

Have no clue what to expect from Pellegrini in terms of the team he'll put out ... and also no clue which kind of performance the 'team' will put out either ... it's been that kind of mixed extremes this season!

Whatever they do, whether they demolish them or just scrape past them, as long as it's 3 points in the bag, I'll be happy ...

C'mon City!

[Beefymcfc]

MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

•Manchester City have only won one of their last eight Premier League games against Everton (W1, D1, L6).

•Their sole victory in that run was a 2-0 home win in September 2011. That is their only clean sheet in their last 15 games against the Toffees.

Manchester City

•City have scored in their last 53 Premier League home matches - an on-going club record in the top flight. Birmingham City were the last team to shut them out, in a 0-0 draw on 13 November 2010.

•They have scored eight goals from crosses in the Premier League this season - twice as many as the next best side.

•City are the only team in the division yet to concede in the first half this season.

•Manuel Pellegrini's side have lost a league-high six points from winning positions this season. They lost only seven points from winning positions in the whole of 2012-13.

•Pellegrini has won both of his previous matches against Everton: 2-1 victories home and away for Villarreal in the Champions League qualifying round in August 2005.

Everton

•Victory would give Everton four Premier League wins in a row - a feat they last managed between February and March 2008. That sequence included a 2-0 victory at Manchester City.

•The Toffees are the only unbeaten side in the Premier League. However, they are one point and two places worse off than at this stage last season.

•They can equal their longest unbeaten start to a Premier League season of seven matches, set in 2006-07.

•Romelu Lukaku has scored six goals in his last five Premier League appearances. He has only played 220 minutes overall in that period, so averages a goal every 37 minutes.

[Moonchesteri]

Manchester City FC ‏@MCFC 25s

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kolarov, Kompany (C), Lescott, Milner, Fernandinho, Toure, Silva, Aguero, Negredo #cityveverton

happy with that, tough for Nasri though.
COME ON CITY!!!

[sheblue]

Hart still in, huge game for him.

[Tony P]

Manchester City FC ‏@MCFC 25s

TEAM NEWS: Hart, Zabaleta, Kolarov, Kompany (C), Lescott, Milner, Fernandinho, Toure, Silva, Aguero, Negredo #cityveverton

happy with that, tough for Nasri though.
COME ON CITY!!!

That's the team I would have picked. Except for Hart.

[Beefymcfc]

Hart still in, huge game for him.

He'll be under scrutiny but so will the rest of the team after the last 2 games.

Good to see Lescott getting a run-out and will be more effective against their set-pieces; not so sure against Martinez' passing play.

[gilford]

What is it with us and being afraid to drop an out of form player?

Whiskey Nose had no problem drop Rat Boy when he was out of form!

Is this what we are lacking, the back bone to put players on the bench after a run of poor performances?

It's not like we have no depth in the squad is it, we could field 2 whole teams capable of the top 4 (in theory)!!

[ayrshireblue]

Good team today jut definitely Joe's last chance. He needs a good game today. Looks like a 4-1-3-2-1 to me and reasonably narrow up top so the width needs to come from Zaba and Kolarov.

[Beefymcfc]

Anybody got their line-up. I heard that Marillas was out.

Here's hoping Baines and Barkley trip each other up coming down the stairs.

[Bleed_Blue]

This is the most calm match day thread I have ever seen

Good side is no new threads for every damn thing

[Green & Blue]

Hart still in, huge game for him.

Yeah for sure, i hope for his sake he has his shit together today.

It's time to answer the critics Joe.

[Bleed_Blue]

Hart still in, huge game for him.

Yeah for sure, i hope for his sake he has his shit together today.

It's time to answer the critics Joe.

Na his time to answer critics has been going on from start of season this year

[MilnersJaw]

He will be a pussy and start hart

[Beefymcfc]

Good team today jut definitely Joe's last chance. He needs a good game today. Looks like a 4-1-3-2-1 to me and reasonably narrow up top so the width needs to come from Zaba and Kolarov.

Or a 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1, that'd really fuck their plans up.

And why have we once again reverted to Zab's and Aleks' at the back, does that mean we fucked up midweek?

[Green & Blue]

Hart still in, huge game for him.

Yeah for sure, i hope for his sake he has his shit together today.

It's time to answer the critics Joe.

Na his time to answer critics has been going on from start of season this year

Well better late than never.

[Green & Blue]

Anyone got the bench ?

[Bleed_Blue]

Anyone got the bench ?

SUBS: Pantilimon, Richards, Clichy, Nastasic, Navas, Nasri, Dzeko

CITY XI: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Lescott, Kolarov, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Milner, Silva, Aguero, Negredo

[Cit.revenge]

We need win today ,it s hard to be Panty . What Hart need to fuck up so Panty get hes chance.I would take any win today 1 0 by own goal.

[Sideshow Bob]

FFS hart??? Fucking joke.

[Cit.revenge]

FFS hart??? Fucking joke.

I agree , really think Panty should start if nothing to get message to Hart that he need to pick up hes form.