Everton vs Manchester City: Latest Football Predictions and Betting Odds
City takes on Everton at Goodison on Wednesday. Everton vs Manchester City, Latest Football Predictions and Betting Odds favors the visitors City over the host Everton.
Pep Guardiola’s men thrashed Tottenham Hotspurs on Saturday and with that win they have now phenomenal 16 matches undefeated streak across all the competition. On Wednesday when they meet Everton, they will be looking forward to extend their winning streak to 17 games.
Everton on the other hand suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Fulham in their last game. In last five of their English Premier League games, they have won only 1. This Wednesday, when they meet the table topper for this EPL Manchester City they will be looking forward to avoid a defeat.
Everton will have a home advantage when they host the mighty Man City on Wednesday at Goodison Park.
Everton vs Manchester City Latest Football Predictions and Betting Odds: Players to watch out
Attack:
Adama Traore’s strengths include dribbling, crossing and key passes. He has failed to contribute for the side so far but has a pass accuracy of 74% along with 3.8 dribbles per game so far.
The Everton attack would probably be led by James Rodriguez who didn’t look very comfortable against Fulham. He has played 16 games this season and has scored 5 goals all together.
He will be accompanied by Calvert-Lewin who has been one of the top-scorer for his club has scored 16 goals in 20 games and has 71.% pass success along with a rating of 7.25.
This duo will be accompanied by Richarlison who has 2 goals and 3 assists in 18 appearances.
The Manchester City attack looks quite lethal with Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling and Riyad Merez in the line-up.
Jesus has 4 goals in 15 appearances and has 84% passing rate. He also created 0.8 key passes and is a good dribbler with 1.5 dribbles per game.
Raheem Sterling has also been a prime player for them who has a fine finishing touch and provides a lot of crucial passes. He has netted on 8 occasions along with 5 assists in 21 outings so far. He has an overall rating of 7.10.
Riyad Mahraz has 5 goals in 17 games with 87% passing accuracy.
Midfield:
The likes of Allan, Abdoulaye Doucouré and Gylfi Sigurðsson will be handling the Everton’s midfield.
Allan has 87% passing accuracy in 16 games this season while Abdoulaye Doucouré has 2 goals and 87% passing accuracy in 21 games that he played this EPL season.
The duo will be assisted by Gylfi Sigurðsson who has played 21 games and has assisted twice in this season. He has 3 goals to his name as of now.
Manchester City has a very strong mid-field attack. Kevin de Bruyne with 10 assists so far has been the back of Man City Midfield.
He has been well supported by likes of Phil Phoden, Rodri and Ilkay Gundogon.
Phil Foden has 5 goals and 3 assists from the start of this season along with creating 1.9 shots on target per game.
Defense:
The Everton defense has the services of Coleman, Mina, Keane and Holgate.
Yerry Mina who plays as the center back is a regular in the side with 90% pass success along with two goals in the premier league so far. The defensive numbers look astounding with 1.1 tackles, 1.4 interceptions and 4.7 clears per game so far.
Michael Keane is also a versatile player who has 88% pass completion rate along with 1.3 interceptions and 4.1 clears per game.
Seamus Coleman’s strengths include passing and dribbling. He has 86% pass accuracy, 0.4 clears and 1.5 tackles per game so far along with a rating of 6.65.
The Manchester City defense would be pushing themselves to have a clean sheet against their opponents on Wednesday.
Joao Cancelo will be a key defender in stopping the Everton’s attack i. He is an excellent passer and a set piece threat who has 87% pass success along with 2.2 tackles, 1.4 interceptions and 1.3 clears in 27 outings.
Ruben Dias is a quality defender who controls the possession and gives some amazing crosses. He has so far provided with 1 tackle, 3.2 clears and 0.5 blocks in addition to a rating of 7.00.
Oleksandr Zinchenko is another quality defender in the team who has 90% pass accuracy and has won 1.9 aerial duels won per game.
Everton vs Manchester City Latest Football Predictions and Betting Odds: EPL 2020-21 Form
Manchester City did not have a start that they wanted this season. In first five games of this season they registered win only in two game and they suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Leicester City in their 2nd game of EPL 2020 season.
However, Manchester City bounced back strong. Their last defeat of this season was back in November 2020 when Tottenham beat them by 2-0 goal difference. Since they have played 14 games and have won 13 and drew one with Manchester United.
This season they have conceded only 14 goals and have forwarded 46 goals. They are currently leading the points table with 53 points, 7 points ahead of Manchester United who are at 2nd spot.
Everton started the season with bang. They won first five of their games before drawing the sixth game with Liverpool and losing the 7th one against Southampton. Since then Everton seemed to have lost a momentum a bit.
In last 15 games, Everton has managed to register a win in just 6 games and have lost 6 games, 3 games ended in a draw. They have dropped to 7th position in points table with 11 wins and 7 defeats and 4 draws.
Wednesday’s clash will be the first clash between the two teams in this season.
Everton vs Manchester City Latest Football Predictions and Betting Odds: Head-to-Head
Everton and Manchester City have so far played 40 games against each other. Manchester City have won 17 matches while Everton won 15 games. Eight games between the two teams ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.63 goals per Match.
In last five games between the two teams, City have domiated completely. They have defeated Everton in all the last five games, latest being the January 1st, 2020 game when City defeated Everton by 2-1 goals.
Everton vs Manchester City Latest Football Predictions and Betting Odds: Predicted Winner
Manchester City will visit the home the home ground of Everton Wednesday as a favorites. They have been outstanding and are yet to be defeated in last 14 games.
As per the football prediction platform, Infogoal, the visitors have 61% chances of beating the host Everton while the chances of Everton stands at mere 18%.
Drafts King have odds for Man City placed at -278 while the odds for Everton is placed at +750.
The chances for Man City win stands at just over 71% and for Everton the chances are just 10.64% as per Smarkets. The odds are 1.38 for City fan 9.4 for Everton.
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