LiontipsManchester City vs Everton. Prediction (2.55) and bets on the English Premier League match
Command Analysis
Current form
After the defeat in the last round from Aston Villa (1:2), Josep Guardiola team left the European Cup zone and is now in seventh place. In the match with the Birmingham team, there was no breakthrough in the game of the "citizens", they were clearly losing 0:2 during the match and only at the end they got one goal back. Before that, let us recall, there was a 1:2 defeat from Manchester United in a fundamental derby. Thus, in the last eight rounds, Manchester City has won only one victory, over Nottingham Forest (3:0), which did not become a breakthrough.
It is expected that during the winter transfer window there will be a serious purge of the squad, which will primarily affect the older players. In the meantime, the players have been deprived of even a Christmas day off and are preparing intensively at the base for the game with Everton.
It should be noted that the Champions League has also suffered setbacks. Here, Manchester City has only scored one point in the last three rounds. Having scored eight points in six rounds, the team is in 22nd place and, if the failures continue, risks being left without a playoff spot altogether. The last match saw a 0:2 away defeat to Juventus.
Disqualifications and injuries
Rodri, Bobb and Dias will be out today due to injuries, while Ake, Stones, Ederson and Nunez are questionable.
Interesting trends for betting
- Manchester City last two defeats have been by the same score of 1:2
- Manchester City have scored three or fewer goals in eight of their last ten Premier League games
- The Citizens have conceded in 14 of their last 16 Premier League matches
Probable line-up: Ortega - Walker, Akanji, Guardiol, Lewis - Kovacic - Silva, Foden, De Bruyne, Doku - Haaland.
Current form
Everton have suffered only two defeats in their last 12 rounds. The result is more than respectable for a rather modest team by Premier League standards. However, https://www.evertonfc.com/home target=_blank rel=noopener>the Toffees are only in 15th place in the league table, having scored 16 points, and are only four points clear of the relegation zone. The thing is that Sean Dyche men often draw - they have ended 7 of their previous 12 matches in a draw.
The Toffees rely on defense in their game. In this regard, they can shut down anyone, as was the case in the two previous rounds with Arsenal (0:0) and Chelsea (0:0). At the same time, the attack suffers seriously: only 14 goals scored since the beginning of the season, only Southampton (12 goals) have fewer. Moreover, four of these goals were scored in the game with Wolverhampton (4:0), when the team attack "broke through".
Sean Dyche men have not been doing too well away from home, having only picked up six points. Ahead of them is a tough trip to the Etihad, where in their last five Premier League games they have managed to take points from Manchester City once (1:1).
Disqualifications and injuries
McNeil, Irogbunam and Garner are all out with injuries, while Young will serve a suspension.
Interesting trends for betting
- Everton have drawn two of their last three away games
- The exact score 0-0 has been recorded in three of the Toffees' previous five matches
- Everton have scored three or fewer goals in 10 of their last 12 Premier League games
Estimated line-up: Pickford – Coleman, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko – Harrison, Gueye, Mangala, Ndiaye – Doucouré – Calvert-Lewin.
Trends
Bet 2nd half: total over 1.5 goals
In the last three head-to-head matches, this bet has paid off
1.77Everton to score in the second half
Manchester City have conceded in the second 45 minutes in their last four games
2.48Bet Exact score 1:1
Everton have drawn three of their last five matches
9.20Bet Goals in both halves – no
The bet has been successful in three of the guests' previous five matches
2.05Manchester City Total Corners Under 7.5 Bet
This bet has played in six of the last seven head-to-head encounters in the Premier League at Manchester City
1.92Tip and bets
Still, even taking into account numerous recent failures, bookmakers give a clear advantage to Manchester City. Undoubtedly, the game crisis will end someday and the team will again enter a winning streak, but so far there are no special prerequisites for this. Today they will have to face a very organized Everton defense. Neither Arsenal nor Chelsea were able to cope with Sean Dyche defensive formations. There is no particular faith that the current Manchester City is ready to easily defeat such a purely defensive opponent.
Our prediction is Everton win with Asian handicap (+1) at odds of 2.55
Bet on total
Everton have suffered only two defeats in their last 12 Premier League games and have conceded more than two goals only once in that long stretch. Given the hosts' current problems, we don't expect them to score even three goals.
The second bet is Manchester City individual total goals under 2.5 with odds of 1.64
Yellow Card Betting
It is worth noting that Everton have received more yellow cards than Manchester City in seven of their previous nine Premier League meetings at the Etihad. The visitors will have to cope with a serious onslaught from the Citizens today and will certainly be forced to commit a number of fouls.
Prediction: Everton win on yellow cards with odds of 1.55
