Manchester City will welcome Everton to the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League matchday 12 on Sunday. The kick-off is at 16:00 CEST.

Preview

Even though Man City suffered a sensational 2-0 loss to Crystal Palace on October 30, Pep Guardiola's crop have gone on to return to winning ways against Club Brugge (4-1) in the Champions League before defeating their city rivals Man United 2-0 at Old Trafford right before the international break. Thus, the Cityzens are now second in the PL table, three points adrift of leaders Chelsea and whopping eight points ahead of their forthcoming oppoents.

As mentioned, Everton haven't been at their best this term so far and will travel to Manchester sitting in 11th in the league standings. In fact, Sunday's clash at the Etihad could potentially become Rafael Benitez's last game in charge of the Toffees who have registered as few as zero wins in their previous five Premier League games, including a goalless draw with Tottenham on November 7.

Team news

While Ferran Torres remains on the sidelines for City with a long-term injury, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden both returned from England duty with injuries and are set to miss the weekend's clash. Kevin De Bruyne, meanwhile, is unavailalbe after testing positive for Covid-19 lately. Yerry Mina, Andre Gomes, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, meanwhile, will play no part for the visiting side through respective injury woes while Mason Holgate is suspended for this one.

Prediction

Even without De Bruyne in the squad, it's hard to envisage City dropping points against in-crisis Everton who continue to struggle with the absence of the likes of Doucoure and Calvert-Lewin. What's more, the Cityzens have won each of their last eight head-to-head meetings with the Toffees, including a 5-0 thrashing at the Etihad in May, so let's back Guardiola's men to extend the current run to nine wins on the bounce on Sunday.

Tip

Manchester City to win to nil at 1.83 with 1XBET.