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Man. City face a trip to Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 41 and win only 15 of the 80 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2008, the Toffees carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 13 Dec | Man. City | 0 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Mon 25 Feb | Man. City | 0 - 2 | Everton | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 12 Jan | Everton | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Mon 01 Jan | Man. City | 2 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Sep | Everton | 1 - 1 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Feb | Everton | 1 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 02 Oct | Man. City | 2 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Everton could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Toffees have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 3.
In complete contrast to Everton, Man. City are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Sky Blues have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Everton find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 53 points they have accumulated from 33 games. Man. City's 41 points from 33 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Everton | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 |
| Man. City | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Toffees, as the Sky Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Everton | Won 7 successive home games. 8 games since last home draw. Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Man. City | Lost each of the previous 5 away matches. Not won in previous 13 away matches. Last drawn game 13 outings ago. |