Everton face a daunting task as they welcome title challengers Manchester City to Goodison Park tonight.
The visitors have had a faultless run of 16 consecutive wins in all competitions and will be hoping to claim Everton’s scalp as the latest team to fall under Pep Guardiola’s remorseless push to reclaim the Premier League title.
Carlo Ancelotti will know that his side will need to push on and find their resolve after the horrendous 2-0 defeat against Fulham on Sunday night. Everton have only won one of their last five league games and know that recovering a sense of belief and working hard on performances is the only way to overcome such a rut.
Everton will need to start a free-flowing run of wins sooner rather than later if their quest to secure a European spot at the end of the season is to bear fruit.
The Toffees will again be without top scorer Dominic Calvert-Lewin after the club confirmed that the talismanic marksman remains unavailable through injury.
Despite the availability of recent signing Josh King, Ancelotti opted to play Gyfli Sigurdsson as a false nine on Sunday, with minimal impact. As a result, the Norwegian could be one of several Everton players to come into the fold against Manchester City tonight.
Here is Read Everton’s predicted line-up to take on Manchester City, with two changes in personnel from the side which lost to Fulham…
