Everton v Manchester City Team News Leighton Baines is fit for Everton after missing Tuesdays FA Cup tie against West Ham with a minor injury suffered on New Years Day.Antolin Alcaraz returns from suspension but Sylvain Distin has a groin problem and joins a lengthy injury list. Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is available after overcoming a hamstring problem.Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko are also in the squad after a month out with knee and calf injuries respectively.Yaya Toure is unavailable,having flown to Equatorial Guinea to play in the Africa Cup of Nations. Match Facts Head-to-head Manchester City are vying to beat Everton home and away for the second successive season. Their three wins in a row in this fixture have followed a run of just four points from the previous eight meetings. Everton Everton have lost four league games in a row for the first time since December 2005.They last fared worse at the beginning of the 2005-06 campaign,with a defeat by Manchester City representing the fifth of six successive losses. Roberto Martinezs side have earned just four points from the last available 24 (W1,D1,L6). They are down 20 points on last seasons results in equivalent fixtures,more than any other team. The Merseysiders have failed to score in four of their last six league games. The Toffees have recovered only two points from losing positions this season,the lowest tally in the Premier League. Everton have gone ten games without a clean sheet in the Premier League.They have conceded 33 goals this season after letting in only 39 in the whole of 2013-14. Martinez has never beaten Manchester City in the Premier League in eleven attempts (D1,L10),although his Wigan side did defeat City in the 2013 FA Cup final. Manchester City Manchester City are unbeaten in their last eleven Premier League matches (W9,D2). They have the best away record in the division,earning 23 points and scoring an unrivalled 24 goals in ten games. David Silva has scored five goals in his last six Premier League games. The last time City won an away match without Yaya Toure in their team was at Arsenal on 13 January 2013.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:42:11 +0000
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