Manchester City will aim to keep pace with leaders Arsenal against an Everton side who have not won a Premier League game at Etihad Stadium in 15 years. BBC Sport examines some of the key themes before Saturday's meeting. Manchester City have an excellent record in this fixture and on their best run of league form of the season so far.

Man City fly forward in search of an equaliser, but the opportunity ends with Nico Gonzalez shooting miles over the bar. The Cityzens think they've found a way through and, of course, it's Erling Haaland with the finish but it's ruled out for offside during the build-up.

Everton head north-east to take on Sunderland on Monday night, seeking just a second win in eight games in all competitions as their season begins to stall. The miserable result against Tottenham last weekend – a fourth defeat in six in all competitions – was best summed up by the image of disgruntled Toffees fans

Date: Sunday, October 26 Time: 12:30 pm ET, 4:30 pm UK Location: Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool TV: USA Network (US), Sky Sports Main Event (UK) Table: Everton (12th, 11 pts), Spurs (t-5th, 14 pts)

Everton XI: Pickford, O'Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall, Grealish, Beto. Subs: Travers, McNeil, Barry, Dibling, Alcaraz, Rohl, Aznou, Iroegbunam. Thomas Frank, meanwhile, makes four changes to his Tottenham side that fell to a 2-1 home loss against Aston Villa.

Erling Haaland continued his incredible goalscoring form as Manchester City beat Everton 2-0 - here's GOAL's player ratings

An evenly contested game is expected between two sides separated by just three points in the Premier League standings. Everton is 12th on 11 points, with Spurs sixth on 14 points after eight rounds. I'm looking at a draw for this encounter. Read why in my Everton vs. Tottenham predictions and EPL picks for Sunday, October 26.