Manchester City face a complicated home match vs Everton! Match day is here and City should be ready and roaring to go.
The Premier League is off to the races and City continue the fourth straight defense of the crown.
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England
Time and Date: Thursday 26 December 2024, Kickoff at 12:30 GMT, 7.30 am EST, USA
Referee: Simon Hooper.
Assistants: Adrian Holmes, Simon Long.
Fourth official: David Webb.
VAR: Alex Chilowicz.
Assistant VAR: Dan Cook.
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Preview + Form
A tricky match up, and seeing the form of these clubs, one would back some sort of resurgence by City here. However, this could be the second win for City, who need more results in the worst of ways.
For Everton, this is a real tricky spot as they have a motivated side in front of them and are a solid in form team in themselves.
The key battle will be the forwards chosen vs a their defense. An interesting match up is in tow. Who will play?
Which team will come out in front? We are in store for a fun match.
Previous Meeting
Our last home encounter with Everton came in February 2024, where Erling Haaland broke the deadlock after 71 minutes, blasting in from close-range, before coolly slotting in our second with five minutes left to play to secure three vital points, temporarily taking us top of the table.
Pep Guardiola Preview
“I didn’t talk with the doctors but if he could not play the second half at Villa Park it is because he wasn’t ready. We’ll see,” the boss responded when asked about Stones’ condition.
On Ederson and Nunes, he added: “We train this afternoon and will see how many players we have available.
“At the moment, I don’t know.”
Team News
City’s side have an unavailable/questionable list of Rodri, John Stones, Ruben Dias, Ederson, Matheus Nunes & Oscar Bobb who are out or doubtful.
Everton have Ashley Young, Dwight McNeil, James Garner, and Tim Iroegbunam out/doubtful.
Prediction
Manchester City 2-1 Everton