Losers in three straight H2Hs by at least two goals, Everton have only seen both teams score in two of their six Premier League (PL) matches this season. Marco Silva’s men have been particularly ponderous in attack so far, with the ‘Toffees’ netting just 0.83 goals on average per-match to date. Nonetheless, there is Everton’s strong home record this calendar year against the top-six finishers to consider.

 They are unbeaten in their last four Goodison outings in that category (W3, D1) conceding none and averaging 1.75 goals per-match. Trailing leaders Liverpool by a significant degree, City will be desperate for three points on Merseyside. Away from home, they can take confidence from their ability to score, as they’ve scored at least two in every competitive away match so far while getting precisely three 60% of the time.


The city has also been notoriously strong starters this season, scoring at least one goal in all six PL matches so far, and 2.17 per-first half on average. Overall, City has won 18 of their last 20 PL matches, with 12 arriving by at least a two-goal margin.
Players to watch: Richarlison (EVE) has two PL goals so far, with one header already. He scored just two by this means last season.
Sergio Agüero (MCI), meanwhile, has netted in every PL match so far, notching eight goals in total. Five of those have come in the first half.

Stat attack: The last five league H2Hs have averaged 3.2 yellow cards, and featured two sending offs. In the PL era (1992/93-present) Everton has won every league match played on 28 September: (P4, W4 - GF 11, GA 2) without conceding a home goal. The city is the only team in the league who have witnessed at least four goals in all their PL matches this term (5.0 total goals on average).

Will not play

Gbamin J.
(Thigh Injury)

Laporte A.
(Knee Injury)




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