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WHEN AND WHERE

We welcome the Toffees to the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday 18 October, with the game scheduled for kick-off at 15:00 (UK).

Due to broadcasting restrictions, it will not be shown live in the UK.

You can however keep across all of the action via mancity.com and the official app, as well as the key moments on X/Twitter: @ManCity.

Supporters living around the world can find out how they can tune in via our global listings, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

App coverage

Our official app allows you to follow all of the action from our latest Premier League showdown from one place.

Minute-by-minute text updates will begin in our Matchday Centre two hours before kick-off, while our Matchday Live show will begin at around 14:00 (UK).

Cel Spellman will be joined in the studio by Joleon Lescott, who played for both sides during his career.

During the game you can also listen to live audio commentary from Alistair Mann and Andy Morrison while our text commentary continues.

Make sure to have push notifications turned on as well, so you can be alerted to key moments in the action, including goals, red cards and the team news.

We’ll have a quick-hit 2-minute highlights package available at 19:00 (UK), while you can sign-in to watch a free 8-minute edit at midnight.

On CITY+ meanwhile, there’ll be our popular full-match replay as well as our new extended highlights offering which features the best 20 minutes of action from the game. Both are also available at midnight.

Opposing manager - David Moyes

Few managers can say they have more experience than Pep Guardiola, but David Moyes is one of them.

The Everton boss has taken charge of 722 Premier League games since first taking the hotseat at Goodison Park in 2002.

He stayed for 11 years before a brief and unsuccessful spell at Manchester United as Alex Ferguson’s successor.

Stints at Real Sociedad and Sunderland followed before back-to-back times in charge of West Ham spanning 2017 to 2024.

West Ham is where he won his first major honour, lifting the UEFA Conference League in 2022/23.

He returned to Everton in January of this year and is now overseeing the club’s transition to life at their brand new Hill Dickinson Stadium.

He’s incredibly well respected across the top-flight, having won the LMA Manager of the Year three times and the Premier League Manager of the Month award on 11 occasions.

TEAM NEWS

Nathan Ake, Nico and Jeremy Doku all return to the starting line-up as City make three changes for Saturday’s Premier League clash at home to Everton.

From the side that won 1-0 at Brentford last time out prior to the October international break, Josko Gvardiol and Oscar Bobb both revert to the bench while Rodri is not fit for selection.

Both Omar Marmoush and Rayan Cherki make a welcome return to the matchday squad after lengthy injury lay-offs with the pair named on the bench.

Cherki has been out since late August with a muscular problem while Marmoush picked up a knee injury on international duty with Egypt in September.

Teams

CITY XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias (C), Ake, O’Reilly, Nico, Reijnders, Savinho, Foden, Doku, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Stones, Marmoush, Kovacic, Cherki, Bernardo, Gvardiol, Bobb, Lewis

EVERTON XI: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski (C), Keane, Mykolenko, Gana, Garner, Alcaraz, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye, Beto

Subs: Travers, King, McNeil, Barry, Dibling, Coleman, Rohl, Aznou, Iroegbunam

Pep Guardiola preview

The boss said: “I’m not sitting here in November/December saying we’ll win this.

“I don’t know what will happen tomorrow against Everton but before the international break we were far away and now we’re closer.

“We’ll aim to arrive at the end being close. This is the target we have and what I said, I think we’re doing much better and every game we’re a bit better.

“This is the margin that we can do better in many aspects. That gives me energy, it’s not job done but unfinished business, which is why I’m here.”

Previous meeting

Our 100th and final visit to Goodison Park in April saw a late show earn us all three points.

A battling display for much of the afternoon, we had to wait until the 84th minute for Nico O’Reilly’s determined arrival at the backpost to open the scoring.

That was backed up in stoppage time by a powerful Mateo Kovacic finish.

It moved us into fourth spot in the Premier League as we eyed a 15th successive season in the Champions League.

Last time out

City come into this one off the back of an international window that we hope will not have disrupted our momentum though September and early October.

The Blues won five and drew twice in the period between international breaks, ending with a 1-0 win at Brentford.

Erling Haaland’s early turn and finish at the Gtech was enough as we kept the Bees at arm’s length for the rest of the afternoon.

That marked Pep Guardiola’s 250th win in the Premier League, reaching the tally 55 games quicker than previous best Alex Ferguson.

TV listings

Due to the enforced blackout on games kicking off at 15:00 (UK), this game will not be broadcast in the UK.

You can view global listings by clicking here, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.