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Coach: Pep Guardiola
Training: – 1 – – 1
Manager: Sean Dyche
Formation: 4 – 3 – 3
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Formation: – 1 – – 1
Manager: Sean Dyche
Training: – 3 – 3
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Having lost four consecutive home league games against Everton between February 2008 and December 2010, Man City are now unbeaten in their last 13 against the Toffees at the Etihad (W8 D5).
Everton have won just one of their last 22 Premier League clashes against Manchester City (D5 L16), wasting 12 of the last thirteen (D1).
This is the second Premier League meeting between Man City and Everton on Boxing Day, with the Toffees winning the other 2-1 in 2004.
Manchester City have won six of their last seven Boxing Day matches in the Premier League, with the exception of a 2-1 defeat at Leicester in December 2018. Since returning to more sensible flying in 2002, the Citizens have won his seven games. boxing matches. Home games of the day with an aggregate score of 24-7.
Everton have lost any of their last 8 away games on Boxing Day (W5 D3) since a 4-0 loss to Aston Villa in 2005. Everton also won the last time they faced the reigning champions that day, beating Leicester City 2-0 in 2016. .
Manchester City have lost nine of their last 12 games in all competitions (W1 D2), as many as they had in their previous 112. Meanwhile, only in 2016-17 (10) and 2019-20 (12) has Pep Guardiola suffered more defeats in a single campaign as manager.
Everton have been involved in five of the nine 0-0 draws in the Premier League this season (56%). It’s the Toffees’ most goalless draws in a single campaign since 2008-09 (also 5), while they last had more in 1998-99 (8).
Since the beginning of November, Manchester City have racked up fewer goals than any other Premier League team (4), winning one, drawing and wasting six of their 8 games this run. He has also scored multiple goals in seven of those 8 games. as many times as they had done in their last 40 years.
Manchester City have conceded the first goal in nine other Premier League games this season; only the teams in the last four have done so more this season (Leicester 13, Wolves 12, Southampton 12).
Only the current top four teams, Liverpool (16), Arsenal (16), Chelsea (19) and Nottingham Forest (19), have conceded fewer goals in the Premier League this season than Everton (21), with Jordan Pickford registering more that in white. sheets than anything else. some other goalkeeper this season (7).
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