Everton vs Man City LIVE: Guardiola’s men close in on title as Toffees battle relegation – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Manchester City will continue their Premier League title charge this afternoon as they travel to face relegation-strugglers Everton.

City are one point clear of Arsenal at the top of the league with a game in hand but know any mistake at this stage of the season could let the Gunners back in.

The Citizens have won ten league games in a row to catch Arsenal, and with just a few fixtures remaining, they have one hand on their third straight Premier League title.

Meanwhile, their opponents should head into this one in a buoyant mood after thrashing Brighton 5-1.

Everton travelled to the Amex as major underdogs but produced one of their best displays in years to seal an incredible victory that moved them two points clear of the drop zone.

However, they have only won one of their last 19 meetings with City, suggesting they will be in for a tough afternoon.

Everton vs Man City: How to follow

This Premier League clash will take place on Sunday, May 14.

Kick-off at Goodison Park is scheduled for 2pm.

The match will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, with coverage scheduled to start at 1pm.

Sky Go customers will be able to stream the game through their laptop or mobile devices, while a NOW TV day-pass can be purchased for non-Sky customers for £11.99.

talkSPORT will have regular updates from Merseyside throughout the afternoon and talkSPORT.com will have all the reaction.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

Everton vs Man City: Team news

The hosts will be without Seamus Coleman as he continues his recovery from a knee injury suffered last month.

The Irishman avoided a serious ACL issue but will still likely miss the remainder of the campaign.

He is joined on the sidelines by Andros Townsend, Ruben Vinagre and Ben Godfrey.

Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola will probably rotate his squad ahead of the Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid next week.

That tie is delicately poised at 1-1, so we could see Jack Grealish, John Stones, Kevin De Bruyne and Manuel Akanji all rested.

Nathan Ake is likely to miss out with a slight hamstring issue.

Everton vs Man City: What has been said?

Everton boss Dyche has sent a warning to City ahead of this one.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference, he said: “I’m sure the Evertonians will back us as they do, it’ll be a really good atmosphere for us to go and play in.

“The message will be simple; just take it on. It’s a big challenge, obviously. But it’s about taking it on with the mentality we showed at Brighton.

“All the details have got to be right against Manchester City. You might need them to have a soft one, and your key players play well; all of these things go in the melting pot. Yet, it’s still about us taking the game on.”

Everton vs Man City: Match facts

• Everton have won just one of their last 19 Premier League meetings with Manchester City (D5 L13), a 4-0 home win in January 2017.
• Manchester City have won their last five Premier League away games against Everton, as many as they had in their previous 26 top-flight visits to Goodison Park (D7 L14). They could become just the second side to win six in a row away against Everton, after Portsmouth between 1948 and 1956.
• Everton drew 1-1 with Man City in the reverse fixture at the Etihad Stadium – not since 2016-17 have they avoided defeat in both Premier League meetings with the Citizens, which included a 1-1 away draw.
• Everton won 5-1 at Brighton in their last Premier League match, last winning consecutive games back in October. They’ve won just four of their 46 Premier League games against sides starting the day top of the table, but one of those was against Arsenal this season in Sean Dyche’s first game in charge.
• Manchester City have won each of their last 10 Premier League games, the fifth time they have had a winning run of 10+ matches under Pep Guardiola. The only other managers to have had more than one 10+ game winning streak in Premier League history are Jürgen Klopp (3), Alex Ferguson (2), and Arsène Wenger (2).
• No side has scored fewer home goals than Everton in the Premier League this season (15), with the Toffees scoring more than once on just one occasion at Goodison Park so far this term (3-0 v Crystal Palace in October).
• Having been unbeaten in his first two Premier League meetings with Man City in the 2014-15 campaign (W1 D1), Everton boss Sean Dyche has since lost 11 of his last 12 against them in the competition (D1).
• Alex Iwobi has provided a league-high seven assists for Everton this season – the last Toffees player to provide more in a Premier League campaign was Ross Barkley (8 in 2016-17), while it’s the joint-most a Nigerian player has ever provided in a single campaign (Peter Odemwingie also 7 in 2010-11).
• Since Sean Dyche’s first game in charge in February, Dwight McNeil has been involved in more Premier League goals for Everton than any other player (7 – 5 goals, 2 assists).
• Man City’s Riyad Mahrez has provided nine assists in the Premier League this season, including four in his last three appearances. Having delivered 11 in 2015-16 and 10 in 2017-18, he could become the third African player to reach double figures in three separate campaigns in the competition, after Didier Drogba and Mohamed Salah.