Everton v Man City

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Everton's four-match winning streak in the Premier League was brought to a sudden halt just before Christmas when The Toffees fell to a 2-1 loss away from home at Tottenham, meanwhile, Manchester City were busy dusting off their Brazilian counterparts in the final of the Club World Cup, beating Fluminense 4-0.

From being candidates for relegation down to the Championship to four wins on the trot, Everton now find themselves sitting in a more respectable 16th place in the Premier League table where they possess a four-point cushion above the bottom three clubs as Sean Dyche's side have performed admirably in the face of adversity in recent times.

Victories collected against Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United, Chelsea and Burnley respectively helped The Toffees quite literally out of a sticky situation especially after being handed the well-publicised 10-point penalty.

However, although Everton have produced some important and impressive wins in recent weeks, the merseyside club now face the daunting task of taming Manchester City on Wednesday night despite holding home advantage at Goodison Park.

With just four wins from their previous 14 home games, Everton still look fairly fragile on home soil and this may be tested against City.

Manchester City will head into Wednesday night's Premier League clash against Everton having secured the Club World Cup following a resounding and comprehensive 4-0 victory against Brazilian Serie A opponents, Fluminense, but City will now return to domestic action no doubt looking to kick-start their top flight campaign with a win here.

Pep Guardiola's side have produced some disappointing results in recent times by their standards in the English top flight as the visitors have managed to capture just one win from their last six league outings, which came in the form of a 2-1 win away from home at Luton Town.

Four draws with the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham and Crystal Palace along with a 1-0 defeat away from home at Aston Villa have seen Manchester City slide down the league table to fifth place where they trail the league leaders, Arsenal, but as we saw last season, this means nothing in the big scheme of things when City start firing on all cylinders under the leadership of Pep Guardiola!

Everton v Manchester City Verdict

Everton fans will be happy to see their side out of the bottom three of the Premier League table having picked up some vital wins in recent weeks with Sean Dyche's side emerging as one of the form teams at the moment but their resilience will be tested by a confident Manchester City boosted by their recent triumph on the world stage.

A Manchester City win therefore seems the sensible option for this clash.

Therefore, our main bet will be Manchester City win @ 1.53

Other side bets worth considering:

Man City win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.00

Correct Score: Manchester City 1-0 @ 8.00