Man City vs Everton Prediction, 9:00 p.m. October 18: Familiar bait

TPO - Football analysis Man City vs Everton, Premier League - Information on forces, expected lineup, form, history of confrontation. Everton may be on the rise but they will most likely be stopped in this match, when Man City continues to show that this is their "monster".

Pre-match comments Man City vs Everton

After a period of inconsistent performance with two consecutive losses to Brighton and Tottenham, Man City has come back strong. When needed, they are ready to sublimate to crush their opponents and if they want, this club is also ready to play pragmatically, as when they beat Brentford 1-0 in the last round.

All of this has helped Man City make a strong comeback in the title race. In fact, Man City are averaging more points per game than any other team in the league (2.04 points/game, since the beginning of the year). They are also the team that has scored the most goals in the league in 2025 (55 goals).

The key to those strong performances has once again been Erling Haaland, who has scored nine goals in seven Premier League games this season. If he scores against Everton, Haaland will reach 10 goals.

Haaland’s scoring form hasn’t changed, but Guardiola’s tactics may have. Man City averaged just 57.6% possession and 541 passes per game in the 2025/26 season, the lowest figures for a Guardiola team in any of his seasons as head coach at Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich and Man City.

The change could be due to the continued absence of Rodri, who limped off against Brentford. The Spaniard is expected to be sidelined until the end of October with a serious thigh injury.

Form, history of confrontation Man City vs Everton

Man City have lost 14 of their 48 league games without Rodri, averaging just 1.8 points per game. This is a stark contrast to when he was with them (Man City averaged 2.4 points per game).

But Everton are not much more comfortable before this match. Because if Man City lose Rodri, Everton will be without Jack Grealish (the agreement with Man City requires this midfielder not to play).

Since the beginning of the season, Everton have shown how heavily they depend on Grealish. With the 30-year-old midfielder, Everton average 2.1 points per game, but without him, they only get 0.67 points per game.

The Toffees will have a harder time losing Grealish. Because they are already afraid of Man City. In the last 15 matches against Man City, Everton often lost. In the last 5 matches against Man City, Everton lost 4 times. With the fear of having to play away and losing their number 1 star, it seems that Everton will have a hard time resisting Man City...

Man City vs Everton squad information

Rodri is definitely out. The good news for Man City is that Guardiola can welcome back Omar Marmoush, Abdukodir Khusanov and Rayan Ait-Nouri, with the trio returning to training after injury.

Everton will be without Grealish but he is not the only Everton player missing. Michael Keane, Merlin Rohlh and Jarrad Branthwaite are all injured. The rare good news for the visitors is that Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is ready to return after a one-match suspension.

Expected lineup Man City vs Everton

Man City: Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, Gonzalez, Foden, Bernardo, Reijnders, Doku, Haaland

Everton: Pickford, O'Brien, Keane, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Garner, Gueye, Dibling, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Beto

Score prediction: Man City 3-0 Everton

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