This weekend will see the second Manchester derby of the season as United and City go head-to-head in the Premier League.
10.02.2024 - 06:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City have the chance to go top of the Premier League for at least a few hours on Saturday when they take on Everton.
Phil Foden was the star of the show in City's last outing, with the Englishman bagging a hat-trick as City beat Brentford 3-1 in the Premier League. After Liverpool's loss to Arsenal, City sit just two points behind first place with a game in hand.
If City beat Everton on Saturday, Pep Guardiola's side will go top of the Premier League and make it 10 wins on the bounce in all competitions. City are currently the only squad in the Premier League with no absentees, giving Guardiola a slight selection headache.
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So can City go top of the Premier League? Let's take a look.
To complete this simulation, we used EA FC 24 and updated the squads with the latest injuries and suspensions.
We predict that City could line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with their line-up as follows: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Ake, Gvardiol; Rodri; Silva, Alvarez, De Bruyne, Foden; Haaland.
We predict that the Toffees could set up in a 4-4-1-1 formation, with their line-up as follows: Pickford; Patterson, Tarkowski, Braithwaite, Mykolenko; Young, Garner, Gueye, McNeil; Harrison; Calvert-Lewin.
Everton started the game on top at the Etihad, and they almost took the lead after just three minutes when Ederson made an incredible stop to deny Jarrod Branthwaite from an early corner. After the scare, City started to dominate the game, but they were just lacking that decisive pass in the final third as Erling Haaland saw extremely little of the ball.
The visitors sat deep as
This weekend will see the second Manchester derby of the season as United and City go head-to-head in the Premier League.
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