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West Ham are the first London team to win 40+ points in the Premier League this season.
They’re safe.
Chelsea XI: Kepa, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, Hudson-Odoi, Jorginho, Kovacic, Mount, Alonso, Abraham, Werner
Newcastle XI: Darlow, Krafth, Lascelles, Clark, Lewis, Hayden, Shelvey, Willock, Almiron, Saint-Maximin, Gayle
Most Premier League goals scored by French players in the competition’s history:
Thierry Henry (175)
Nicolas Anelka (125)
Olivier Giroud (90)
Louis Saha (85)
Eric Cantona (70)
Giroud is chasing a century.
Newcastle
Spurs
Leeds
Everton
Wolves
West Ham
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Man City
Fulham
Leicester
Burnley
Spurs
Sheffield Utd
Newcastle
Timo Werner ends his goal drought.
Timo Werner has now been directly involved in 10 Premier League goals this season.
◉ 5 goals
◉ 5 assists
Relieved to be on the scoresheet once more.
Giroud
Werner
Timo Werner finally ends his goal drought as Chelsea move back into the top four.
Chelsea have only conceded once since Thomas Tuchel took over as manager, and that was an Antonio Rudiger own goal
They’ve played 540 minutes of football.
Solid.
Mateo Kovacic’s game by numbers vs. Newcastle
96% pass accuracy (87/91)
108 touches (most)
11 duels won (most)
9 final third entries
8 take-ons (most)
6 ball recoveries
4 penalty area entries
3 tackles
2 chances created
2 shots
Superb this evening.
Liverpool started the day fourth in the Premier League.
They end the day in sixth and outside of European spots
An inconsistent Everton host a seemingly unstoppable Manchester City at Goodison Park in the Premier League in Wednesday evening’s rescheduled tie.
The Toffees were put to the sword by relegation-threatened Fulham 2-0 in their most recent outing, whereas Man City made it 16 wins on the trot with a resounding 3-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur.
Having now won just one of their last five Premier League matches, Everton’s top-four prospects are shrouded in uncertainty as they sit [seventh in the rankings, although they do have at least one game in hand over most of the teams around them, and fourth-placed Liverpool are only three points ahead having played two games more.
Hardly any team is immune from the attacking prowess of Manchester City, and in particular Ilkay Gundogan, who scored his 10th and 11th Premier League goals of the season in his side’s routine 3-0 triumph over Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday evening.
Pep Guardiola had already witnessed his side break the all-time English record for consecutive wins against Swansea City before the Spurs victory marked their 16th on the bounce, and it is difficult to see where their phenomenal streak could end at this rate.
With Manchester United and Liverpool both suffering further slip-ups in the race for glory, Man City have opened up a seven-point gap at the top of the standings having played a game fewer than their adversaries, and if it was not Guardiola’s title to lose before the visit of Spurs, it certainly is now.
Everton Premier League form: WDLWDL
Everton form (all competitions): DLWDWL
Manchester City Premier League form: WWWWWW
Manchester City form (all competitions): WWWWWW
Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin will be absent again against Manchester City.
Jean-Philippe Gbamin is also unavailable but Jordan Pickford and Allan are fit and in contention.
Manchester City are set to be without influential midfielder Ilkay Gundogan for the trip to Goodison Park.
Sergio Aguero could be involved after being an unused substitute against Spurs and Kevin De Bruyne is back in training.
Manchester City have won each of their last five Premier League games against Everton, netting at least twice each time. It’s their longest ever winning run against the Toffees in the top-flight.
Everton have won just three of their 41 Premier League matches against teams starting the day top of the league (D9 L29) and are winless in their last 12 such matches (D4 L8). However, their last win against a side top of the table was against Man City in January 2012 at Goodison Park.
Raheem Sterling has scored in each of his last four away appearances for Man City in all competitions - the last City player to score in five in a row was Sergio Agüero between April and September 2019.
Among the 137 teams Carlo Ancelotti has faced more than once in the league in his managerial career, his worst losing percentage is in games against Man City, losing four of his five games against them (80%).
Everton XI: Pickford; Godfrey, Mina, Keane; Holgate, Davies, Doucouré, Digne; Sigurdsson, Iwobi, Richarlison.
Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo; Rodri, Bernardo, Foden; Mahrez, Sterling, Jesus.