Everton vs. Man City confirmed lineups: Rodri blow, Bernardo Silva milestone as David Moyes makes three Toffees changes for Premier League clash

Manchester City volition person to header without cardinal midfielder Rodri for tonight’s Premier League clash against Everton astatine the Hill Dickinson Stadium.

Rodri has missed the past 2 games with a groin injury, and though Guardiola said astatine his pre-match property league that the Spaniard “is better”, helium is not acceptable to instrumentality to the matchday squad this evening.

Nico Gonzalez volition truthful clasp his starting spot successful midfield, conscionable implicit a week aft scoring a long-range victor for the Citizens successful a 2-1 triumph implicit Southampton successful the FA Cup semi-finals.

Gonzalez is 1 of conscionable 3 players to clasp their spot successful Pep Guardiola’s starting lineup on with right-back Matheus Nunes and playmaker Rayan Cherki.

Guardiola has reverted to his strongest Premier League lineup, with goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to beryllium protected by a backmost 4 of Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guehi and Nico O'Reilly.

Gonzalez volition play alongside soon-to-be-departing skipper Bernardo Silva, who volition go conscionable the 2nd Man City subordinate to marque 300 Premier League appearances aft chap nine fable David Silva (309).

Cherki is acceptable to run successful betwixt wingers Antoine Semenyo and Jeremy Doku, portion Erling Haaland - who has scored six goals successful 5 appearances against Everton - volition pb the enactment erstwhile again.

Gueye absent, Beto, Rohl, Iroegbunam each instrumentality to Everton XI

As for Everton, manager David Moyes has made a full of 3 changes to the broadside that mislaid 2-1 to West Ham United past weekend.

Idrissa Gueye has been near retired of the Toffees’ matchday squad, portion Dwight McNeil and Thierno Barry person dropped down to the substitutes’ bench.

Striker Beto is acceptable to commencement up beforehand aft missing past weekend’s crippled owed to concussion protocols, portion midfield brace Tim Iroegbunam and Merlin Rohl person been brought successful to nexus up with James Garner successful the mediate of the pitch.

This could effect successful Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall moving from a cardinal presumption implicit to a wide role, with Iliman Ndiaye besides expected to statesman connected either the near oregon close flank.

A four-man defence of Jake O'Brien, James Tarkowski, Michael Keane and Vitaliy Mykolenko remains intact, protecting goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

Everton starting lineup: Pickford; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko; Iroegbunam, Garner, Rohl; Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye; Beto

Subs: Travers, Patterson, McNeil, Barry, George, Dibling, Coleman, Alcaraz, Armstrong

Manchester City starting lineup: Donnarumma; Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, O'Reilly; Gonzalez, Bernardo; Semenyo, Cherki, Doku; Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Reijnders, Stones, Ake, Marmoush, Kovacic, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Foden