Manchester City seeks to extend their position among the top five Premier League teams during their upcoming Saturday match at Goodison Park against Everton.

Manchester City players left unable to accept the halt in December as their match with Everton ended in a 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium.

Everton occupied the precarious position of a single point above the drop zone before the January appointment of David Moyes took over from Sean Dyche. Everton currently leads the Premier League safety bracket by 17 points yet can clinch top-flight survival by winning this weekend against Manchester City.

Since David Moyes took over the club Everton has won five matches and drawn six times and lost just two games while collecting 21 points from 13 Premier League matches up to their last victory 1-0 against Nottingham Forest.

In the fourth minute of injury time Everton team defeated Nottingham Forest 1-0 thus achieving their fifth league triumph and eighth league win under manager David Moyes which elevated them to 13th place.

The 102 goals scored by Manchester City across all competitions in this season became their twelve consecutive season surpassing 100 goals which makes it the longest historical achievement in the top flight. W2 D2 from their previous four Premier League matches secured eight points for the Citizens who climbed into top five after defeating Palace thus completing six games of the season.

The Toffees will be happy to return to Goodison Park on Saturday, where they have won all six of their previous Premier League games. However, they have never drawn five straight home league games in their history, and each of their past four games have finished in a tie.

At home against Crystal Palace last Saturday, Man City supporters were terrified after seeing one of the most boring Manchester derbies in over a week. The Citizens were behind by two goals after a tough first twenty-one minutes.

But led by Kevin De Bruyne, who is leaving shortly, Guardiola's team pulled off an incredible comeback to defeat the Eagles 5-2 and increase their chances of qualifying for the Champions League the next season.

Everton has struggled against Man City, losing their last 15 Premier League encounters with the Citizens (D3 L12) since defeating them 4-0 at home in January 2017—still the match that stands as the joint-heaviest loss in Pep Guardiola's managerial career.

Man City has only scored twice in their previous four away Premier League games (W1 D1 L2) since smashing Ipswich Town 6-0 at Portman Road in January. They have also failed to score at all in their last two games against Nottingham Forest (1-0) and Man United (0-0). Under former manager Manuel Pellegrini, the Citizens last failed to score in three straight away games in December 2015.