donem: Match info
Venue: Etihad stadium-Manchester
Time: 12:45 PM


Manchester City have won just two of their last 12 Premier League meetings with Everton, losing nine Everton have the same record (W3, D3) after six games as they did in 1986-87, their last title winning season Manchester City have scored eight goals from crosses in the Premier League this season; twice as many as the next best side. The Toffees would be aiming to extend their strong recent Premier League record against
City and Manuel Pellegrini’s side looking to stop a two match skid. For Everton, they enter the match on the
heels of an impressive 3-2 victory over
Newcastle. The Monday night match saw the Blues jump out to a 3-0 lead at halftime behind a Romelu Lukaku brace and Ross Barkley‘s second goal of the season. Roberto Martinez‘ men took their foot off the gas in the second half of play and
were punished for their arrogance, as
Newcastle made it a match by finding
the net twice in the second half. It was
the third league victory in a row for
Everton, having also defeated West Ham United and Chelsea after beginning the
season with three straight draws
(Norwich City, West Bromwich Albion,
Cardiff City). For Manchester City, Saturday’s match
represents the opportunity to change the
tides after dropping all three points at
Aston Villa last weekend and losing 3-1 to Bayern Munich in Tuesday night’swednesday night's
Champions League action. Lapses in defense continue to plague the Citizens,
with the center-back combination of Vincent Kompany and Matija Nastasic no longer looking as impressive as it did last year. The Villa and Munich loses came on the heels of an impressive Manchester Derby
victory, where Pellegrini’s men had the
look of champions. They pounded their
rivals with four goals, bringing their
league unbeaten streak to three games after drawing 0-0 with Stoke City and beating Hull City 2-0 . That streak
followed a shock 3-2 defeat at Cardiff
City after an impressive 4-0 victory over Newcastle in the season opener.
On the other hand the Toffees are creative on the bounce, and by Bringing in Romelu Lukaku on loan to lead their line was a stroke of genius, coupled with his connection with fellow countryman and winger Kevin Miralegrini. based on City matches (against Newcastle and Manchester United) they’ve looked like world beaters and others (Cardiff City,
Stoke City and Aston Villa) they’ve struggled. Having dropped points in all
three road matches, it’s easy to say that City struggle on the road but one can’t discount the impact of a new manager trying to excel both domestically and in Europe. For City, it’s about shoring up a leaky defense. Kompany needs to continue asserting himself on the pitch and a second center-back, whether Nastasic or Joleon Lescott , needs to step up and prove himself. Improvements also have to be made between the sticks where the blunders of Joe Hartcontinue to plague the side, leading some to believe Costel Pantilimon deserves a shot. City will welcome the league return of
David Silva after being sidelined with
injury while Martin Demichelis (knee) and former Everton man Jack Rodwell (muscle problem) remain out. The loan
deal between Everton and City will
prevent Barry from featuring and the
Toffees will hope Darron Gibson (knee) can replace him. Everton will await to
see whether Kevin Mirallas (ankle) can go while Pienaar (hamstring) is likely out. The match is guaranteed to be an
entertaining affair.

write2obi:
Op who is Kevin Miralegrini again? You don smoke that thing again abi?
"Seat booked" * whistling *

Bossforeva: Plz if U are living anywhere around Onitsha, U know U got generator and Dstv. Once its 12:30 PM me..so that i'll come and watch with U cox Science and Technology hasn't entered my area.

Danhumprey: So,you had to quote the whole post just to ask who is Kevin Miralegrini You try oh! Clap for yourself!

Danhumprey: OP,what are the probable line-ups on both sides?? Is Victor Anichebe still playing for Everton?

donem:
No Anichebe now plays for West bromwich albion
Likely Line-Ups

Manchester City
Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, lescott,
Kolarov, Milner, Fernandinho, Toure, Silva,Negredo, Aguero

Everton
Howard, Coleman, Jagielka, Distin, Baines,Naismith, McCarthy, Gibson, mirallas, Osman,Barkley, Lukaku

Bossforeva: Why is this thread dull, did everyone has a wedding to attend?

Udehpaschal1:
ask federal gov't

Ptoocool: #teamARSENAL