2015-16 Capital One Cup Semi-final Everton Vs Manchester City Wednesday January 06,2016

 

Everton have won just three of their 11 home league games so far this season

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 

Everton beats Manchester City 2-1
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