the first game of english league cup in 2016, manchester city’s hunt for trophies continues on wednesday with a trip to everton for the first leg of their league cup semifinal matchup.city won the previous meeting between the two clubs in the premier league at goodison park earlier this season by a score of 2-0.before that, liverpool 1-0 stoke city in another semifinal matchup.thefore, the game result will affect the final matchup of english league cup. as for now, the everton st lukaku is the top scorer in premier league with 15 goals.

everton vs manchester city: team statistics and data analysis

everton has not won a trophy in 21 years, and the toffees will have to get past a strong.

everton have won just three of their past 13 premier league games

man city have won four of the past five meetings between the clubs, drawing the other

qualifiying situation:

based on the overall strength of manchester city and everton, manchester city take advantages. in the latest 5 games, city has 4 victory and 1 draw. lukaku has great state recently, while the injures of backs line will result  everton on the heels of a disapcoining draw at home.

injures:

everton：mccarthy，jagielka，pienaar，hibbert

manchester city :kompany，nasri

possible lineup:

everton(4231)：tim howard/coleman,stones, funes mori,galloway/ gareth barry，bešić，lennon，barkley，mirallas/lukaku

manchestercity(4231):hart/sagna,mangala,demichelis,clichy/fernando,delph, navas,de bruyne,sterling/bony