Man City vs Everton team news: Sergio Aguero on the bench as Kevin De Bruyne returns for hosts

PEP GUARDIOLA faces the first real test of his Manchester City career as they look to bounce back from their first defeat of the season at Tottenham.

And he must do it without star striker Sergio Aguero - who is only fit enough for a place on the bench.

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The Spurs loss came on the back of a Champions League draw at Celtic as opponents began to form a plan on how to cope with Guardiola's City.

Everton boss Ronald Koeman is looking to put one over his former Barcelona teammate as the Toffees hope to finish the weekend in the top four.

Man City team:

Bravo, Otamendi, Stones, Clichy, Gundogan, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Silva, Sane, Iheanacho, Sterling

Everton team:

Stekelenburg, Oviedo, Jagielka, Williams, Coleman, Barry, Gana, Cleverley, Deulofeu, Bolasie, Lukaku

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Stats:

• Manchester City are unbeaten in their last six Premier League meetings with Everton (W4 D2), conceding just four goals in that period.
• Everton have managed just one goal in their last four top-flight clashes with the Citizens, courtesy of a Steven Naismith effort in 1-1 draw in January 2015.
• At the Etihad, City are unbeaten in their last five top-flight clashes with the Toffees (W3 D2), after losing each of the four before that.
• This will be the first meeting between Pep Guardiola and Ronald Koeman as managers in league football.
• However, they both played for Barcelona between 90/91 and 94/95, winning four La Liga titles and one European Cup.
• Manchester City have shipped five goals in their last two games, having conceded six in the previous 10 matches under Guardiola.
• Guardiola last lost consecutive league games as a manager in May 2015 with Bayern Munich (a run of three defeats).
• Romelu Lukaku has bagged five goals in his last four Premier League appearances after a run of 11 consecutive appearances in the competition without a goal.
• Only once before in the Premier League have Everton accrued more points from their first seven games of a season (16 in 2004/05) than in this campaign (14).
• This season, the Citizens are running over 7kms more per Premier League game on average (114.8km per game in 16/17 compared to 107.2 in 15/16).
• The Toffees have picked up six points from losing positions in the top-flight this season, a joint-league-high along with rivals Liverpool.