Everton will play hosts to Manchester City at Goodison Park hoping to get something from this game on Wednesday night. The Toffees suffered a poor 2-0 loss at the hands of Fulham in their last Premier League clash. In contrast, Pep Guardiola’s men are flying high in the league and currently find themselves in pole position to reclaim the league title.
Talking Tactics
Carlo Ancelotti will probably set his side up in a 4-2-3-1 formation. The Italian tactician could instruct his players to defend with a deeper line than usual and try to catch the opposition off guard on the counter.
Pep Guardiola is expected to stick with his preferred 4-3-3 formation and could ask his team to play their natural game by enjoying more possession of the ball and creating some decent chances to win this away game at Merseyside.
Team News
Everton
Ancelotti will be sweating on the fitness of Jordan Pickford, James Rodriguez and Dominic Calvert-Lewin. However, Jean-Philippe Gbamin remains a long-term casualty for the Toffees.
Everton Predicted XI
Pickford, Digne, Mina, Keane, Holgate, Davies, Doucoure, Richarlison, Sigurdsson, Rodriguez, Calvert-Lewin
Manchester City
This match will come too early for Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho and Nathan Ake as they are still spending time on the treatment table. Ilkay Gundogan is a significant doubt for this game and is unlikely to be risked later this week.
Manchester City Predicted XI
Ederson, Walker, Dias, Stones, Mendy, Cancelo, Rodri, Silva, Foden, Jesus, Sterling
Key Men
Everton
Calvert-Lewin will be Ancelotti’s best hope for a goal if he can recover in time for this game. Both Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson also need to improve their performance levels considerably if they want to score some goals in midweek.
Manchester City
Both Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden will have to work hard out on the flanks so that they can get in behind the Everton backline and deliver some pin-point crosses into the Toffees penalty box. At the other end, Ruben Dias will have to make sure that he produces a solid display inside his half on Wednesday night.
Odds
The bookmakers have made Man City the clear favourites to win this game as they are priced at 7/20. The draw has been listed at 17/4 while the Toffees are 15/2 underdogs to pull off an upset at Goodison Park in midweek.
