MANCHESTER. Manchester City and Everton draw 1-1. E. Haaland scored the first goal (24′) for Manchester City. D. Gray settled the score (64′). Manchester City was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (74%)​

The match was played at the Etihad Stadium stadium in Manchester on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Andy Madley with the assistance of Simon Bennett and Tim Wood. The 4th official was Joshua Smith. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 9.8 degrees Celsius or 49.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester City was in firm control of the ball 74% while Everton was struggling with a 26% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City had a more offensive attitude with 89 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Manchester City to win the match​.

Manchester City shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Everton shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Manchester City received 3 yellow cards (Bernardo Silva, Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland). Talking about the opposition, Everton received 4 yellow cards (Nathan Patterson , James Tarkowski, Amadou Onana and Neal Maupay).

Standings

After playing this match, Manchester City will have 36 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Everton will have 15 points to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester City will play away against Brentford on the 28th of May with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Manchester City (0 draws).

Everton will host AFC Bournemouth on the 28th of May with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of AFC Bournemouth (2 draws).

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Josep Guardiola i Sala decided to play with the following team: Ederson (6.4), John Stones (7.0), Manuel Akanji (6.5), Nathan Aké (6.5), Rico Lewis (7.0), Kevin De Bruyne (7.5), Rodri (7.4), Bernardo Silva (7.0), Riyad Mahrez (7.3), Erling Haaland (6.9) and Jack Grealish (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Phil Foden, İlkay Gündoğan (6.6), João Cancelo, Stefan Ortega, Julián Álvarez, Kyle Walker, Sergio Gómez, Cole Palmer and Kalvin Phillips.

Substitutions

Manchester City made 3 changes: Jack Grealish for Phil Foden (87′), Bernardo Silva for Julián Álvarez (87′) and R. Lewis for Ilkay Gündogan (87′).

Best player: Kevin De Bruyne​

The player that probably impressed the most for Manchester City was Kevin De Bruyne.

His rating is (7.5) with 44 passes (79% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 10 crosses.

Everton – Formation

Everton started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Frank Lampard played with: Jordan Pickford (6.7), Nathan Patterson (6.4), Ben Godfrey (6.6), Conor Coady (6.2), James Tarkowski (6.9), Vitaliy Mykolenko (6.5), Alex Iwobi (6.6), Amadou Onana (7.2), Idrissa Gueye (7.3), Demarai Gray (6.5) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (6.8).

They had on the bench: Rúben Vinagre, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Neal Maupay (6.4), Tom Davies (6.2), Dwight McNeil, Séamus Coleman (6.7), Michael Keane, Asmir Begović, Mason Holgate and Isaac Price.

Substitutions

Everton made 4 changes: Nathan Patterson  for Seamus Coleman (70′), Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Neal Maupay (70′), Idrissa Gueye for Tom Davies (78′) and Ben Godfrey  for Abdoulaye Doucouré  (90′).

Best player: Idrissa Gueye​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Everton was Idrissa Gueye.

His rating is (7.3) with 19 passes (100% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Manchester United – 0-1
• Newcastle United – Leeds United – 0-0
• Manchester City – Everton – 1-1
• Fulham – Southampton – 2-1
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Arsenal – 2-4
• AFC Bournemouth – Crystal Palace – 0-2