Everton 2-0 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 January 2010
Result
Everton 2-0 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 16 January 2010, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Everton 2-0 Manchester City: match report
Everton beat Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 January 2010. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Steven Pienaar opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Everton's goals came from Steven Pienaar (36') and Louis Saha (44', penalty). Manchester City did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Everton were 11th on 23 points from 20 and Manchester City 5th on 38 points from 20. Everton went on to finish that season 8th with 61 points, and Manchester City 5th with 67.
Everton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.
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-W-D-D-D and Manchester City's W-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Steven Pienaar
- 44'Penalty goal · Louis Saha
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton expected line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Howard, Leighton Baines, Lucas Neill, Tony Hibbert, Joseph Yobo, Steven Pienaar, Marouane Fellaini, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Tim Cahill, Louis Saha, Johnny Heitinga
Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Shay Given, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nigel de Jong, Gareth Barry, Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor