February 26th features a match where Everton hosts Manchester City at Goodison Park in a Premier League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 16th placed Everton is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Southampton. Stuart Armstrong struck first for Southampton in the 52nd minute on a feed from Che Adams, then Shane Long added another in the 84th minute In the end, Everton was frustrated by Southampton’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Southampton ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while 1st placed Manchester City is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Tottenham Hotspur. Dejan Kulusevski struck first for Tottenham Hotspur in the 4th minute, then İlkay Gündoğan tied it up for Manchester City in the 33rd minute , but fortunately for Tottenham Hotspur it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Manchester City is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches.
Manchester City and Everton last played eachother at the Etihad Stadium on the 21st of November. Manchester City won by a score of 3 to 0 in front of almost 53000 excited fans. Raheem Sterling struck first for Manchester City in the 44th minute, then Rodri added another in the 55th minute In the end, Everton was frustrated by Manchester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester City ended the match with the shutout victory.
Manchester City is fortunate enough to have Riyad Mahrez in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 5 goals. Andros Townsend and Mason Holgate are the top scorers for Everton in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Vitaliy Mykolenko, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Tom Davies, Ben Godfrey, Fabian Delph, Yerry Mina and Sylvain Distin are unavailable to play for Everton, while Benjamin Mendy and Cole Palmer are unavailable to play for Josep Guardiola i Sala’s team.