Manchester City 2-0 Everton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2011

Result

Manchester City 2-0 Everton

Premier League · Saturday 24 September 2011, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City 2-0 Everton: match report

Manchester City beat Everton 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 September 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

Mario Balotelli opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Mario Balotelli (68') and James Milner (89'). Everton did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Everton received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 13 points from 5 and Everton 7th on 7 points from 4. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Everton 7th with 56.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-5-1 and Everton in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 7 for Everton.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · J. RodwellEverton
  • 25'Yellow card · Phil NevilleEverton
  • 29'Yellow card · Leon OsmanEverton
  • 31'Yellow card · Yaya TouréManchester City
  • 63'Yellow card · Tim CahillEverton
  • 68'Goal · Mario BalotelliManchester City · 1-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Phil JagielkaEverton
  • 89'Goal · James MilnerManchester City · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 2, draws 1, Everton 7.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-5-1)

Wayne Bridge, Nigel de Jong, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards

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

Tim Howard, Tony Hibbert, Leighton Baines, Lucas Neill, Jack Rodwell, Séamus Coleman, Marouane Fellaini, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Leon Osman, Steven Pienaar, Tim Cahill