Everton 1-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 April 2009

Result

Everton 1-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 25 April 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Everton 1-2 Manchester City: match report

Everton were beaten by Manchester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 April 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Robinho opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Everton's goal came from Dan Gosling (90'). Manchester City scored through Robinho (35') and Stephen Ireland (54').

Discipline: Everton received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 6th on 53 points from 33 and Manchester City 10th on 41 points from 33. Everton went on to finish that season 5th with 63 points, and Manchester City 10th with 50.

Everton lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Everton wins, 1 draw and 3 for Manchester City.

Going into the match Everton's last five read D-D-W-L-W and Manchester City's W-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · RobinhoManchester City · 0-1
  • 54'Goal · Stephen IrelandManchester City · 0-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Phil NevilleEverton
  • 67'Yellow card · Nedum OnuohaManchester City
  • 72'Yellow card · ElanoManchester City
  • 83'Yellow card · Gelson FernandesManchester City
  • 90'Goal · Dan GoslingEverton · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 6, draws 1, Manchester City 3.

Team news

Everton expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Tim Howard, Tony Hibbert, Joleon Lescott, Joseph Yobo, Leon Osman, Steven Pienaar, Tim Cahill, James Beattie, James McFadden, Nuno Valente, David Weir

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka