Premier League 25/26 · 18 Oct 2025

Manchester City 2–0 Everton

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Sep 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Manchester City favourites at 62%.

Manchester City won and made the better chances: 2.4 xG to 0.8.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Mateo Kovačić, 79.5 in 12′.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Mateo Kovačić Midfielder	12	0	0	–	79.5
Phil Foden Midfielder	90	0	0	0.05	77.0
Bernardo Silva Midfielder	31	0	0	–	75.2
Erling Haaland Forward	90	2	0	0.98	70.5
Jérémy Doku Midfielder	59	0	0	0.36	68.0
Matheus Nunes Defender	90	0	0	0.02	64.3
Rayan Cherki Midfielder	13	0	0	0.14	63.7
Sávio Midfielder	85	0	1	0.13	63.1
Rúben Dias Defender	90	0	0	–	62.1
Oscar Bobb Midfielder	31	0	0	0.04	61.0
Tijjani Reijnders Midfielder	59	0	0	0.30	60.6
Nathan Aké Defender	90	0	0	0.09	59.2
Nico González Midfielder	86	0	0	–	58.9
Gianluigi Donnarumma Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	55.7
Rico Lewis Defender	13	0	0	–	52.9
Nico O'Reilly Defender	85	0	1	0.27	52.3

Player	Min	xG	Score
Iliman Ndiaye Midfielder	86	0.04	77.7
Merlin Röhl Midfielder	20	0.03	68.9
Beto Forward	75	0.60	56.8
James Tarkowski Defender	90	–	54.9
Jordan Pickford Goalkeeper	90	–	51.3
Thierno Barry Forward	15	–	48.4
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Midfielder	86	–	46.6
James Garner Midfielder	90	0.12	46.1
Tim Iroegbunam Midfielder	20	–	45.3
Idrissa Gana Gueye Midfielder	70	–	43.3
Vitaliy Mykolenko Defender	90	–	42.3
Michael Keane Defender	90	–	41.4
Jake O'Brien Defender	90	–	41.3
Carlos Alcaraz Midfielder	70	0.01	40.9
Tyler Dibling Midfielder	12	–	36.0
Dwight McNeil Midfielder	12	–	35.9