City to make amends for Spurs defeat at Everton

Everton lost out 2-0 at Southampton last time out, further demonstrating their shortcomings and the magnitude of the job on the hands of Frank Lampard.

Lampard had a very respectable record against Pep Guardiola in his time as Chelsea manager and will be relishing the challenge of locking horns with him again at Goodison Park on Saturday evening.

Manchester City could be a dangerous wounded animal after their surprise 3-2 defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend.

Harry Kane showed the club that were interested in him in the summer exactly what they are missing and silenced his doubters at the Etihad Stadium.

Still in the FA Cup and the Champions League a busy few months lie ahead for the champions, but Guardiola has the depth of quality in the squad to field a dangerous team capable of handling the Toffees.

Process

City’s defensive process is outstanding and a huge reason why they have been able to recover from Liverpool winning the league in 2019/20.

Ruben Dias’ arrival last season has seen City form possibly the greatest backline in their history and one that is expected to see them cruise towards a fourth Premier League title in five seasons.

The visitors are averaging just 0.75 expected goals (xG) against per game and look likely to keep a clean sheet in almost every game they walk into.

When you have as much possession as City do, that is more achievable, but Lampard will have to think outside the box to break them down at Goodison Park.

City, no matter what forward line is selected, are incredibly dangerous going forward and are averaging 2.47 xGF per game, ridiculously good numbers, and have slightly underperformed to score 63 from 64.1 xG this season.

Everton rank 13th on expected points compared to 16th in the table, and with games in hand on those around them, Lampard will be confident of guiding them away from the relegation conversation in the coming months.

Goals?

Overs looks the way to go but I cannot back against the City backline keeping a clean sheet, so I have got a little creative with a double the preferred angle in this fixture.

• Everton have scored in eight of ten.

• Everton have conceded in nine of ten.

• Everton have seen both teams score in seven of ten.

• Everton have seen over 2.5 goals in seven of ten.

• City have scored in all of their last 22.

• City have conceded in five of ten.

• City have seen both teams score in five of ten.

• City have seen over 2.5 goals in six of ten.

Everton have been very unconvincing defensively this season and City will take advantage of that to make amends for their defeat last time out.

Everton - Manchester City Betting Tip

Manchester City to Win + Manchester City to Score Over 1.5 goals with Betway at odds of 18/25 or 1.72.

Bet Manchester City to Win + Manchester City to Score Over 1.5 goals on Betway