Only two of their past eight matches have ended in victory - both of which were away
Manchester City, in contrast, have struggled on the road - Sunday's win at Watford was their first away victory since Sep 12,2014
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Man City have won four of the past five meetings between the clubs, drawing the other
Everton
- Romelu Lukaku has been directly involved in 10 goals in his past six Premier League games at Goodison Park (seven goals, three assists)
- Everton have won just three of their past 13 Premier League games
- The Toffees reached the League Cup final in 1977 and 1984 but have never won the competition
Manchester City
- Yaya Toure has scored three times in his past four Premier League games, having scored one in 13 prior to that
- Man City secured their first Premier League away victory in seven attempts on Sunday
- They won the League Cup in 1970, 1976 and 2014
Goal Scorers
For Everton - Ramiro Funes Mori (45) and Romelu Lukaku(78)
For Manchester City -Jesus Navas(76)
- Lukaku has netted four goals in five League Cup appearances this season.
- Navas scored his first goal for City since September 2014 (v Sheffield Wednesday) - a wait of 66 games in all competitions for the club.
- This is the first time Pellegrini has lost to Everton as Manchester City boss (W4 D1).
- Roberto Martinez won just his second game against Manchester City as a manager, the other being the 2013 FA Cup final (W2 D2 L11).
Note
Chelsea were winners of the 2014/15 Capital One Cup beating Tottenham Hotspur in the finals
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