Manchester City, who are in incredibly poor form, host Everton at the Etihad Stadium in the first match of the day. Having won just one of their last 12 matches, City have now slipped to seventh and are gradually bidding farewell to the championship.
Pep Guardiola's home team is coming off another three consecutive defeats, after Aston Villa came away with a 2-1 win. City have improved their form a bit in light of the goal expectation, but now their attacking play has taken a serious hit, with only a couple of goals scored in the last three games. Scoring against Everton will not necessarily be easy either!
I admit, 0-0 is not the most likely outcome, but it is far more likely than odds suggest, and I do not rule fully out that Everton might score as well. Once perhaps? City have won only one out of last 7 games! Admittedly all the opponents in this run are better team than Everton, perhaps bar Palace, but still.. what kind of results, and mostly deserved ones!
City team news:
City will have Rodri, Oscar Bobb, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké and John Stones in the hospital when they head into the Boxing Day round. The situation of Matheus Nunes and Éderson, who was dropped to the bench, is still open, but you shouldn't count on this duo.
Everton has profiled itself as a real 0-0 machine since the start of the winter. In the last six games, the Toffees have played no fewer than four goalless draws! The last two came away from Arsenal and at home against Chelsea, meaning that 2 big six teams have now been shut down. It is unlikely that Sean Dyche will see a big change in tactics against City either. Yes, they should had lost Arsenal, but the match v Chelsea was rather even!
Everton team news:
The visitors will be missing Timothy Iroegbunam, James Garner and possibly Dwight McNeil in the City game. Armando Broja is available again, after the Albanian striker was unfit for representation against Chelsea.
Everton's collective works seamlessly!
Everton's defensive play has been a perfect diamond recently, but at the same time it must be admitted that the Toffees' top-flight performance is by a pretty clear margin the worst in the entire Premier League. Against City, Dyche's squad is unlikely to have enough a lot of xG, probably well under 0.5 xG, but City must be opposed with these odds and their recent performances of last two months. Do they know they are getting relegated in the cabins, and that it why they look so unmotivated?
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在今天的第一场比赛中，状态非常糟糕的曼城主场迎战埃弗顿。最近12场比赛只赢了一场，曼城现在已经下滑到第七位，并逐渐告别冠军。
瓜迪奥拉的主队在阿斯顿维拉客场2-1获胜后，又经历了三连败。曼城的状态有所改善，但现在他们的进攻受到了严重的打击，在最近三场比赛中只进了几个球。在对阵埃弗顿的比赛中进球也不一定容易！
我承认，0-0不是最可能的结果，但这种可能性比*高得多，我也不完全排除埃弗顿也会进球的可能性。一次也许?曼城在过去的7场比赛中只赢了一场！不可否认，这轮比赛的所有对手都比埃弗顿强，也许除了水晶宫，但仍然…什么样的结果，大多是当之无愧的！
城市队新闻：
在节礼日的比赛中，曼城将有罗德里、奥斯卡·鲍勃、Rúben迪亚斯、内森·阿克<s:1>和约翰·斯通斯在医院接受治疗。努内斯和Éderson的情况仍然是开放的，但你不应该指望这对二人组。
从冬季开始，埃弗顿就把自己描绘成一个真正的0-0机器。在过去的六场比赛中，太妃糖至少打了四场0比0的平局！最后两场比赛分别是客场对阵阿森纳和主场对阵切尔西，这意味着两支六大球队现在已经被关闭。戴奇也不太可能在对阵曼城的比赛中看到战术上的大变化。是的，他们应该输掉阿森纳，但是对切尔西的比赛相当势均力敌！
埃弗顿队新闻：
客队将在与曼城的比赛中失去蒂莫西·伊洛格布南，詹姆斯·加纳，可能还有德怀特·麦克尼尔。阿尔巴尼亚前锋阿尔曼多·布罗亚在对阵切尔西的比赛中没有上场，现在他又可以上场了。
埃弗顿的集体工作无缝！
埃弗顿最近的防守是一个完美的菱形，但同时必须承认，太妃糖在顶级联赛的表现是整个英超联赛中最糟糕的。在对阵曼城的比赛中，戴奇的阵容不太可能有足够多的xG，可能远低于0.5 xG，但考虑到这样的几率和他们最近两个月的表现，曼城肯定是对手。他们知道自己在小木屋里被降级了吗？知道这就是为什么他们看起来如此没有动力吗？
