Manchester City have the chance to increase the title pressure on leaders Arsenal as Pep Guardiola’s defending champions host Everton on New Year’s Eve.
City cruised to a 3-1 win over Leeds United on their return to Premier League action to close the gap on Arsenal to five points at the top of the table.
Their final game of 2022, at home to Frank Lampard’s Everton, will wrap up just before Arsenal kickoff away at Brighton & Hove Albion.
Everton lost 2-1 at home to Wolves in their own comeback game and the pressure on Lampard continues to grow at Goodison Park.
What time is Manchester City vs. Everton United kick off?
This Premier League clash will kick off at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, December 31 at 3:00 p.m local time.
Here’s how that time translates across some of the major territories:
Kickoff time | |
USA | 10:00 ET |
Canada | 10:00 ET |
UK | 15:00 GMT |
Australia | 02:00 AEDT* |
India | 20:30 IST |
Hong Kong | 23:00 HKT |
Malaysia | 23:00 MYT |
Singapore | 23:00 SGT |
New Zealand | 04:00 NZDT* |
*Game starts on January 1 in these time zones
Manchester City vs. Everton live stream, TV channel
Here’s how to watch all of the action from this match in some of the major territories:
TV channel | Streaming | |
---|---|---|
USA | — | Peacock |
Canada | — | fuboTV |
UK | — | — |
Australia | — | Optus Sport |
New Zealand | Sky Sport 1 | Sky Sports |
India | Star Sports Select 1, Star Sports 3 Asia | Star Sports Select |
Hong Kong | 620 Now Premier League TV, 621 Now Premier League 1 | now TV |
Malaysia | Astro Super Sport | Super Sport |
Singapore | 221 Hub Premier 1 | StarHub TV+ |
UK: Matches are carried across Sky Sports and BT Sport streaming and TV platforms, with selected matches on Amazon Prime — but a UK 3pm Saturday embargo applies to this fixture.
USA: The match can be streamed on NBC’s Peacock platform.
Canada: Every Premier League game this season is live streaming exclusively via fuboTV in Canada.
Australia: Fans in Australia can stream every match live and on demand on Optus Sport.
India: Star Sports network has the rights to show Premier League matches in India. As well as an English broadcast on Star Sports Select, select matches will be available via regional feeds on Star Sports 3 (in Bengali, English, Kannada, Malayalam), Star Sports 1 (Bangla) and Star Sports 1 (Tamil).
MORE: Watch every Premier League match live with fuboTV in Canada
Manchester City vs. Everton lineups
Guardiola is still reassembling his squad, due to delayed returns from the World Cup, with Argentina star Julian Alvarez not yet back from his celebrations with Argentina.
Ruben Dias is sidelined with a thigh problem but Joao Cancelo and Phil Foden could rotate back into the starting team.
Man City predicted starting XI (4-3-3): Ederson (GK) — Walker, Stones, Akanji, Cancelo — De Buyne, Rodri, Gundogan — Foden, Haaland, Grealish
Conor Coady is back in contention, after being ineligible to face Wolves last time out, with Yerry Mina expected to drop out for the England international.
Lampard could also recall experienced skipper Seamus Coleman and switch to a five-man defence in Manchester.
Everton predicted starting XI (5-4-1): Pickford (GK) — Patterson, Coleman, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko — Gordon, Iwobi, Onana, McNeil — Maupay
Manchester City vs. Everton betting odds, prediction
These two sides look to be heading in different directions in 2023 with City ready to chase down Arsenal in the coming weeks and Everton feeling the pressure of another relegation battle.
City showed a ruthless edge at Elland Road on their return to Premier League business and they have won their last four home league meetings with Everton by an aggregate score of 13-2.
Prediction: Manchester City to win 2-0
USA (Caesars) |
UK (SkyBet) |
Australia (Neds) |
Canada (Sports Interaction) |
|
Man City win | -900 | 1/8 | 1.11 | 1.10 |
Draw | +750 | 15/2 | 8.75 | 8.26 |
Everton win | +2100 | 18/1 | 21.00 | 18.00 |
Over/Under 2.5 goals | +100 /-130 | 4/11 – 2/1 | 1.38 – 3.05 | 1.37 – 2.95 |
Both teams to score Y/N | -127/-165 | 11/10 – 4/6 | 2.30 – 1.57 | 2.11 – 1.52 |