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Premier League · Matchweek 18

Everton vs Manchester City lineups

Everton host Manchester City at Hill Dickinson Stadium on 29 December 2026. The fixture is Matchweek 18 of the Premier League. They last met on 4 May 2026, when Everton and Manchester City drew 3-3.

Everton vs Manchester City match facts

Kick-off
Tue 29 Dec 2026, 20:15
Stadium
Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool
Competition
Premier League
Round
Matchweek 18

Everton vs Manchester City lineups

Both clubs name their starting eleven about an hour before kick-off, and it appears here as soon as it does. From fourteen days before kick-off, this page carries the likely XI for each side, worked out from the eleven they have named in recent matches. Team news follows in the days before the match.

Everton vs Manchester City head to head

6
Everton wins
8
Draws
21
Manchester City wins

32–65 on goals in 35 meetings since 20 December 2010

Recent Everton vs Manchester City results

  1. Everton3–3Manchester CityHill Dickinson Stadium
  2. Manchester City2–0EvertonEtihad Stadium
  3. Everton0–2Manchester CityGoodison Park
  4. Manchester City1–1EvertonEtihad Stadium
  5. Manchester City2–0EvertonEtihad Stadium

All in the Premier League

Everton vs Manchester City history

Everton have won none of the last five, with two drawn. Manchester City have not won any of their one visits to Hill Dickinson Stadium. Both clubs scored in two of the last five. Manchester City are unbeaten in the last nineteen meetings. The widest margin was 5-0 to Manchester City on 23 May 2021.

Last meeting: Everton 3-3 Manchester City, May 2026

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Everton, 4-2-3-1
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Manchester City, 4-2-3-1
Everton crest
EvertonFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 15Jake O'BrienD
  3. 6James TarkowskiD
  4. 5Michael KeaneD
  5. 16Vitalii MykolenkoD
  6. 42Timothy IroegbunamM
  7. 37James GarnerM
  8. 34Merlin RöhlM
  9. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallM
  10. 10Iliman NdiayeM
  11. 9BetoF

Bench

  1. 12Mark TraversG
  2. 2Nathan PattersonD
  3. 24Carlos AlcarazM
  4. 20Tyler-Jay DiblingM
  5. 19Tyrique GeorgeF
  6. 11Thierno BarryF
  7. 45Harrison ArmstrongM
  8. 23Séamus ColemanD
  9. 7Dwight McNeilF

Coach: Leighton Baines

Manchester City crest
Manchester CityFormation 4-2-3-1
  1. 25Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 27Matheus NunesD
  3. 45Abduqodir KhusanovD
  4. 15Addji GuéhiD
  5. 33Nico O'ReillyD
  6. 14NicoM
  7. 20Bernardo SilvaM
  8. 42Antoine SemenyoM
  9. 10Mathis CherkiM
  10. 11Jérémy DokuM
  11. 9Erling HaalandF

Bench

  1. 1James TraffordG
  2. 4Tijjani ReijndersM
  3. 21Rayan Aït-NouriD
  4. 8Mateo KovačićM
  5. 5John StonesD
  6. 6Nathan AkéD
  7. 47Philip FodenM
  8. 7Omar MarmoushF
  9. 26SavinhoF

Coach: Pep Guardiola

Everton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1 when the clubs last met, on 4 May 2026 in the Premier League. It finished 3-3. Jérémy Doku, Thierno Barry and Jake O'Brien and 1 other scored. Jordan Pickford and Gianluigi Donnarumma started in goal.

Everton vs Manchester City lineups — common questions

When is Everton vs Manchester City?
Everton vs Manchester City kicks off at 20:15 UK time on 29 December 2026 at Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool. The match is Matchweek 18 of the 2026/27 Premier League season.
What was the score in the last Everton vs Manchester City match?
In the meeting before this one, Everton and Manchester City drew 3-3 on 4 May 2026 in the Premier League. The time before that, Manchester City won 2-0 on 18 October 2025 in the Premier League. Everton have won 6 of the 35 meetings between the clubs and Manchester City have won 21.

Manchester City vs Everton at Etihad Stadium

Updated 23 September 2026