THINGS just got extremely interesting in the English Premier League after Manchester City's shock slip-up last week at home to Spurs.
And title challengers Liverpool will be desperately hoping for a favour from their city rivals across Stanley Park when Pep Guardiola's superstars visit Merseyside on Saturday night.
Few would have bet on a notoriously flaky Tottenham side to go to the Etihad and not only win, but win in the circumstances they managed after City equalised in injury time and still lost.
It would go from blip to panic stations if Frank Lampard's men were to inflict another defeat, but to put it into perspective, that was Manchester City's first defeat in the league since October. They had been utterly relentless after 14 wins and a draw in the league since then.
Everton initially showed signs of life again after the arrival of the Chelsea legend, but they are still far too inconsistent as recent defeats at Newcastle United and Southampton showed.
However, Everton could be a tough nut to crack at Goodison Park in front of passionate Evertonians on a Saturday night.
How the bookies view it
City are backed to bounce back and are huge favourites in Liverpool. They are 2/13 with SBK. The hosts can be backed at 11/1 with Betfred and the draw is 5/1 with SBK.
Recent head to heads
Manchester City cruised to a pretty comfortable 3-0 win in November at the Etihad as can be seen below. City have won the last eight meetings in a row and Everton last beat them at Goodison Park in a memorable 4-0 thumping in 2017.
Players to watch
Local hero Anthony Gordon has been tipped to have a huge future at 20 and has already been compared to Steven Gerrard. He netted in their last win against Leeds United and is big at 7/1 to score on Saturday night with Unibet.
Raheem Sterling can be sure of a hot welcome, but he's already netted against Everton this season and is 13/10 with bet365 to score his 15th goal of the season.
Anything else catch the eye?
City should be too strong here and rarely produce two stinkers on the bounce. Of course, they are far too short to back on their own, but they showed last week, there could be goals at both ends.
Everton will have a real go in front of their own punters and could score. The City win with both teams to score appeals at 15/8 with Betfred.
Manchester City have incredibly not conceded a single corner in their last two matches against Spurs and Sporting Lisbon which must be some kind of record. They should cover a minus four corners handicap in the match bet with bet365.
This English Premier League match between Everton and Manchester City will be played on Feb 26, 2022 and kick off at 17:30. Check below for our tipsters best Everton vs Manchester City prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.