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Everton face a trip to Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 42 and win only 14 of the 74 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in August 2002, with Man City running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sun 07 Dec | Everton | 0 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 01 Jan | Everton | 2 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 31 Aug | Man City | 3 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 08 Apr | Everton | 3 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 09 Dec | Man City | 5 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 10 Feb | Everton | 2 - 0 | Man City | PREM |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 30 Aug | Man City | 0 - 2 | Everton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 8.
The away form of Everton is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the Blues have hit 8 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Man City are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 38 points from 37 matches. Everton are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 39 points from 37 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| Everton | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Sky Blues, as the Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man City | No sequences of note |
| Everton | Not won in previous 11 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |