Manchester City – Everton Prediction & Picks (15.12.2018)

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Manchester City – Everton SOCCER PICKS

Manchester City and Everton meet at Etihad Stadium, in a match for the 17th round of the Premier League. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which records 2 wins and 3 draws in the last 5 matches. However, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 21-08-2017, in a match for the Premier League that ended in a draw by (1-1). The goals of the match were scored by R. Sterling (82 ‘), for Manchester City, and W. Rooney (35′), for Everton. Despite being a match between 2nd and 7th of the table, it is actually a match between the 1st classified in home matches and the 15th as a visitor.

Manchester City:

After 13 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, the home team is currently in the 2 nd position, with 41 points won. In their last match, they lost with Chelsea out by (2-0), after in the previous match they won by (1-2) out in a match against Watford. This is a team little affected by the house factor, since it conquered similar results at home and abroad. The team comes to this match after a home victory over Hoffenheim by (2-1).

For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 8 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (3 out of 8 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 7 of the last 8 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. The team usually has no problem opening the scoring: it marked the first goal in 13 of the last 16 games for the Premier League, of these 13 came to the break in advantage in 11 and always managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘. In the last 20 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have suffered 7 of their 19 goals between minutes (16’-30 ‘).

Manchester City is doing a great campaign in the Premier League, but suffered its first defeat in the last day and ended up losing the first position. Now he is looking for a recovery to try to recover the leadership of the national championship. The team is characterized by an excellent balance between offensive and defensive sectors, as it scored 45 goals, being the best attack of the competition, with 10 goals more than the second best attack, and suffered 9 goals, so it has the defense more solid, but it should be noted that he fell a bit of performance in this sector and suffered goals in 5 of his last 6 games. At home, Manchester City has the best use of the national championship, is the only team that has won all its games and it should be noted that it has the best attack, with an incredible 30 goals in 8 games, in addition to having the second best defense, the one that suffered only 5 goals, evidencing the enormous strength that it has before its fans. For the game with Everton, coach Pep Guardiola will not be able to count on De Bruyne and David Silva, besides having in doubt the striker Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho, but he has alternatives of enormous quality that can replace these players without falling the level .

Everton:

The away team is currently in the 7 th position of the league, with 24 points won, after 6 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in a home match against Newcastle United, by (1-1). In the last match, they tied in a home match against Watford, by (2-2). This is a stronger team in his stadium, where he won 18 points, against only 6 in his away matches. For the league, Everton won 6 points out of 21 possible points, after 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses in the last 7 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (4 out of 7 matches). Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 16 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 6 times and never got the comeback.

Everton fell a lot of performance in the last rounds, conquered only 1 victory in the last 5 games and is looking for a recovery to try to reduce the difference of 10 points that has for the qualifying zone for the next Europa League. The team has a good quality defense, which suffered 19 goals and is the fifth best among the 20 participants in the Premier League, while the attack still needs adjustments, scored 23 goals and is only the eighth best of the national championship, so much that he scored only 4 goals in the last 5 rounds. As a visitor, Everton has encountered enormous difficulties, having the fifth worst season of the competition and most worrying is that he suffered no goals in only 1 of the 7 games he played away from his domains and in 4 of them he suffered at least two goals, evidencing the difficulty it has to act as a visitor. For the difficult game with Manchester City, coach Marco Silva must maintain the same lineup of the last day, with highlight for striker Richarlison, top scorer of the team and the fourth best of the national championship.


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