Everton lineup vs. Man City: Predicted XI for Premier League Boxing Day clash

Sean Dyche could beryllium tempted to marque a tactical alteration up beforehand erstwhile his Everton squad question to the Etihad to look Manchester City connected Boxing Day.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin is present successful the midst of a 12-game scoreless streak, and the visitors volition beryllium capable to telephone upon Armando Broja again, aft helium was ineligible to look parent-club Chelsea past clip out.

Third-choice enactment Beto made an interaction disconnected the seat successful the 0-0 draw with Chelsea, and besides started connected their past travel to Manchester astatine Old Trafford astatine the commencement of the month.

Broja has present been the go-to antheral disconnected the seat though since returning from injury, and the Albanian volition beryllium targeting a archetypal commencement for the nine successful the adjacent future.

Should Dyche instrumentality with Calvert-Lewin though, past Everton whitethorn marque conscionable 1 alteration from the squad that held Chelsea, and it volition beryllium enforced astatine right-back, with Ashley Young suspended aft picking up his 5th booking of the season, meaning nine skipper Seamus Coleman is expected to travel in.

The fig of changes is besides babelike connected the fittingness of Dwight McNeil, who remains a uncertainty with a insignificant genu contented that has seen him miss Everton's past 2 games.

McNeil is Everton's main root of goals, being their apical scorer truthful far, but the defence has ensured that his lack was not fatal to the team's chances.

Everton person present kept 7 cleanable sheets successful their past 10 league games, and that ranks goalkeeper Jordan Pickford astatine the apical of the charts successful the contention for the Golden Glove.

The show of the backmost 4 successful beforehand of Pickford was to convey for different shutout against Chelsea though, arsenic they restricted Enzo Maresca's broadside to an xG of conscionable 0.2 successful the 2nd fractional connected Sunday.

On the wounded list, Everton stay without midfield duo Tim Iroegbunam and James Garner, arsenic good arsenic young attacker Youssef Chermiti, who is making bully advancement successful his betterment from toed surgery.

Everton imaginable starting lineup:
Pickford; Coleman, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Harrison, Gueye, Mangala, Doucoure, Ndiaye; Calvert-Lewin

Click present to spot however Man City could enactment up for this all-North West encounter.

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