Manchester City could climb to the top of the if they beat Everton at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Citizens and the Toffees meet for the first time since the middle of April when the former left it late to beat the latter 2-0 at Goodison Park, courtesy of goals from Nico O’Reilly and Mateo Kovacic .

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Since suffering back-to-back Premier League defeats to Tottenham and Brighton at the end of August, Man City have put together a seven-game unbeaten run in all competitions (W5 D2) and they entered October’s international break in high spirits after a fortnight ago.

Erling Haaland has unsurprisingly been the talk of the town for the Citizens; the Norwegian has scored a remarkable 21 goals in just 12 appearances for club and country so far this

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