Everton v Man City: Line-ups, stats and preview

Everton v Man Metropolis match preview

Manchester Metropolis will transfer fourth within the desk if the reigning champions finish their two-match winless league away run at Everton on Saturday.

The Cityzens have gone greater than 4 hours with out scoring on the highway within the top flight since Erling Haaland’s winner at Tottenham on February 26.

“It’s not excellent, but it surely’s in our palms within the final six video games to qualify for the Champions League,” supervisor Pep Guardiola stated after seeing his aspect get better from 2-0 behind to beat Crystal Palace 5-2 at house final Saturday.

The highest 5 will qualify for subsequent season’s competitors, with Metropolis beginning the weekend in fifth, a degree above Chelsea and Aston Villa.

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— Manchester Metropolis (@ManCity) April 18, 2025

Metropolis’s process seems a tough one in opposition to an Everton aspect who recorded top-of-the-line outcomes of their marketing campaign final Saturday, successful 1-0 at Nottingham Forest, who’re two factors above Metropolis.

The Toffees’ solely defeat of their final 12 league matches was at leaders Liverpool, though 5 of their final seven have been attracts.

“They’ve been an unbelievable soccer crew and nonetheless are,” supervisor David Moyes stated of Metropolis. “We’ve not acquired an awesome file in opposition to them, so we have now to attempt to flip that spherical.”

Everton will stay thirteenth on Saturday however a win may transfer Moyes’ aspect two factors behind Brentford and Crystal Palace above them.

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— Everton (@Everton) April 15, 2025

Everton v Manchester Metropolis crew information

After 4 months out with a knee harm, winger Dwight McNeil has featured as a late substitute in every of Everton’s final two video games, together with an help for Abdoulaye Doucoure’s added-time winner at Forest.

“He’s getting as much as the depth a bit higher, however you’ve acquired to recollect he’s been out for a very long time,” stated Moyes. “He’s actually essential to us.

“We want him for set-piece deliveries, all kinds of issues, and I’ve to say I’m glad to get him again. Whether or not he’s fairly prepared [to start] but, I don’t know. However we’ll be joyful to contain him if required.”

Winger Jesper Lindstrom (hernia), ahead Dominic Calvert-Lewin (hamstring) and midfielder Orel Mangala (knee) stay out.

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— Everton (@Everton) April 17, 2025

Defenders Nathan Ake (foot), John Stones and Manuel Akanji (each thigh) and midfielder Rodri (knee) are amongst Metropolis’s injured gamers, whereas high scorer Erling Haaland is hopeful of returning this season from a foot subject.

Goalkeeper Ederson and midfielder Phil Foden – who has educated – could have late health exams after sustaining accidents in opposition to Palace.