Everton F.C. vs. Manchester City

Everton are experiencing a resurgence in form that saw them nearly beat London giants Arsenal FC last weekend. Manchester City are experiencing similar success under new manager Roberto Mancini. They have won all games so far with the new boss.
Everton face the challenge of climbing back to their usual top-6 place in the table this second half of the season. They are only 5 points from the relegation zone and 15 from the top four. Manchester City are currently 4th and must continue performing well if they want to realize their dream of finishing first. Chelsea are only 7 points ahead of them and a win here would be a good start.

Match details:
Everton F.C. vs. Manchester City
Saturday, January 16, 2010 – 6:30 pm CET
21st match day
Goodison Park – Liverpool

Probable squads:
Everton FC:
Howard – Baines, Neill, Heitinga, Neville – Pienaar, Fellaini, Cahill, Osman – Donovan, Saha
Manchester City:
Given – Zabaleta, Richards, Kompany, Garrido – Petrov, De Jong, Barry, Bellamy – Tevez, Benjani

Current table:
12 Everton FC: Overall: 5-8-7, Home: 3-5-2, Away: 2-3-5, GD: -6
4 Manchester City: Overall: 10-8-2, Home: 7-3-0, Away: 3-5-2, GD: +14

Head-to-Head in EPL:
25 Apr 09 Everton – Manchester City 1 – 2
13 Dec 08 Manchester City – Everton 0 – 1
25 Feb 08 Manchester City – Everton 0 – 2
12 Jan 08 Everton – Manchester City 1 – 0
1 Jan 07 Manchester City – Everton 2 – 1
30 Sep 06 Everton – Manchester City 1 – 1
4 Feb 06 Everton – Manchester City 1 – 0
2 Oct 05 Manchester City – Everton 2 – 0
26 Dec 04 Everton – Manchester City 2 – 1
11 Sep 04 Manchester City – Everton 0 – 1
15 May 04 Manchester City – Everton 5 – 1
7 Dec 03 Everton – Manchester City 0 – 0
1 Jan 03 Everton – Manchester City 2 – 2
31 Aug 02 Manchester City – Everton 3 – 1

Prediction:
Everton have a promising new signing in Landon Donovan, who will likely start this match.
Manchester City have a new boss that has inspired the team to win 4 games straight.
Both teams are motivated and currently in great form, so this should be a high energy match with many goals.
Prediction: Over 2.5 Goals.
Best Odds: 2.05 @ Expekt Sportsbook .