Manchester City 2-1 Everton: result and report
Premier League · Monday 1 January 2007
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Everton
Premier League · Monday 1 January 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester City 2-1 Everton: match report
Manchester City defeated Everton 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 1 January 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.
Georgios Samaras opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Georgios Samaras (50') and Georgios Samaras (72', penalty). Everton scored through Leon Osman (84').
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Everton received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 10th on 26 points from 21 and Everton 7th on 31 points from 21. Manchester City went on to finish that season 14th with 42 points, and Everton 6th with 58.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 4 for Everton.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-L-L-L and Everton's W-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Hatem Trabelsi
- 50'Goal · Georgios Samaras
- 72'Penalty goal · Georgios Samaras
- 72'Yellow card · Tim Howard
- 76'Yellow card · Mikel Arteta
- 84'Goal · Leon Osman
- 88'Yellow card · Andy Johnson
- 90+3'Yellow card · Ishmael Miller
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up
Nicky Weaver, Richard Dunne, Sylvain Distin, Ben Thatcher, Micah Richards, Hatem Trabelsi, Claudio Reyna, Trevor Sinclair, Darius Vassell, Joey Barton, Paul Dickov
Everton expected line-up
Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley