City eye top spot as they take on Everton at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c13019 in a crunch EPL game at the weekend.
The Eastlanders are currently the only side left in the competition that are yet to taste defeat, and find themselves just a point adrift of leaders, Manchester United. However, the blue Manchester side have struggled over the last couple of years against
the Merseysiders, losing five of their previous six games to them.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-c10409 Moyes though won’t dwell too much on the success that they have met against the Citizens in the recent past. The Toffees have been short of points lately, collecting just 9 from their previous 8 fixtures. Nonetheless, the visitors will try to make
use of their underdogs’ status and will back themselves to grab a surprise win.
Manchester City
Mancini will have to deal with a couple of injury setbacks going into the match on Saturday. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jack-Rodwell-c17462 and Gael Clichy are
yet to attain full fitness.
Balotelli is likely to be pushed to the bench, making way for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-c33030 Aguero in the attack.
The manager is not expected to do much tinkering with his defence.
Expected Starting Line-ups:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Silva-c10601, Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez, Sergio Aguero.
Results of last five league games:
W D W W D
Everton
David Moyes will have some injury concerns of his own to worry about for the weekend’s fixture.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leighton-Baines-c21987 is reported to have suffered a hamstring injury and is set to be sidelined for the match. John Heitinga is likely to fill his void in the rearguard.
The veteran Scott will stick with his trusted combo of Gibson, Osman and Pienaar in the midfield, in the absence of the skipper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Phil-Neville-c29904.
Jelavic was rumoured to be suffering from illness, but nevertheless, could team up with Marouane Fellaini upfront.
Apart from that, not too many changes are expected to be made on the part of the Toffees.
Expected Starting Line-up:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nikica-Jelavic-c27906.
Results of last five league matches:
D D L W D
Prediction
Manchester City 3 : 2 Everton
We might witness a goal galore on Saturday, as both the sides boast a strong offence. Fellaini will be the visitor’s man to watch out for and is likely to continue with his goal scoring spree. But having said that, the writer’s money is on Mancini’s men
to bag all three points from the game.
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