Tevez was rested on Thursday night when the team drew with Juventus in the Europa League after missing the West Ham victory through suspension.
Aleksandar Kolarov is also available after a ban but Nigel de Jong sits it out under the totting up procedure.
Ahead of the game City coach David Platt is confident the Tevez saga will not affect the performance and said: "I think players keep themselves in a bubble. In my experience of professional football they are very resilient.
"We know there is an issue around the club but it is not an issue that affects what is happening on the pitch.
"Once they cross that white line they go out and play. I don't think it will be a problem with our on-field stuff.
Meanwhile, Steven Pienaar is doubtful for Everton.
The South Africa midfielder will be given a fitness test as he continues to battle the groin injury that forced him off after 66 minutes against Wigan last week.
Mikel Arteta serves the final game of a three-match suspension and John Heitinga (knee) is again likely to be out. Defender Tony Hibbert is back in contention after having stitches in an ankle wound.
Manchester City (from): Hart, Richards, Bridge, Lescott, Boyata, Kolarov, Vieira, Barry, Johnson, K Toure, Y Toure, Silva, Tevez, Jo, Adebayor, Balotelli, Given, Milner, Kompany, Boateng, Logan, Cunningham.
Everton (from): Howard, Neville, Distin, Jagielka, Baines, Coleman, Cahill, Pienaar, Fellaini, Rodwell, Osman, Saha, Yakubu, Beckford, Anichebe, Bilyaletdinov, Gueye, Hibbert, Duffy, Baxter, Mucha.
City league form: DWDWW
Everton league form: LDLDD
Key opponent: Tim Cahill - the zonal-marking Blues must watch the Aussie like a hawk from set-pieces
Prediction: City 2 Everton 1 - on paper this looks like a home win, which is exactly why City must be careful. If they focus they should win.
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Im amazes to see that Logan gets the nod over Sweep in the possible squad here...
It's not exactly a match preview, but I wrote a comment on another MEN page which details what I believe awaits us in the next few weeks.
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1396021_city_delay_throws_tevez_meeting_into_doubt
City Team to play Everton will be
Hart
Richards Kompany K Toure Kolorov
De Jong Y Toure
A Johnson Silva
Tevez Balotelli
Subs Given,Lescott,Zabeleta,Barry,Milner,Jo,Adebayor
cant remember the last time we beat Everton at home but i see us winning this 2-1
Everton haven't won in the last five games, while we haven't lost. This should be a straightforward win for us by a couple of goals: either 3-1 or 2-0. Or perhaps this is the occassion that we let rip and bang five or more in. Certainly, Tevez is in the mood to make a point either to City or a new employeer watching.
OK as we all turn our thoughts to Monday night and a visit from Gollom's mob. I hadn't realised that NDJ was suspended but in light of that i think the ideal replacement is the ever versatile Zabletta so my team for Monday is:-
Hart
Boateng, Kolo, Vinny K, Kolarov
Yaya , Zab,Barry
Silva, Tevez, Jo
Anyone got any other thoughts?
Referee for Sundays game --PETER WALTON--
Cunningham in the squad again? MEN how many times do you need telling he's at Leicester on loan.
massive game for the blues win this and chelsea beat stretford sunday and we beat newcastle boxing day guess who will be top off the league boxing day night ?? city city city
Must have misread something. Just for a moment I thought this said "City v Everton: Preview."
No, can't have done. MUEN don't do previews anymore!
Victory is so important on Monday. Whether Tevez plays or not, we need the 3 points, Getting one over on Gollum, Fergies pet. Always a bonus. Lastly not least a bloody big poke in the eye. For all the rags and press that GLOAT. On the smallest things that happen to City. So cheer us up lads and stuff them.
Everton will try to do to us what they always do. Get men behind the ball, niggling fouls, time wasting, winding everyone up then hope to nick the points. We must play the game with a quick tempo right from the start and look to get an early goal + we must not allow them silly corners + free kicks where they will look to hit Cahill every time.
Muen is there any blues working in the Manchester based paper or have you hounded them all out with your bitter red comments any ways on to the Everton game ........next 3-1 city
To be honest, I can't see us winning this one by less than 3 goals...
We owe Everton a big defeat ,so i hope everyone is on the ball (sorry for the unintended pun) to get where we are going this is a must win game ,the measure of how far we have progressed is the fans now expect a win ,and i think City winning a trophy is getting nearer, the team we have now under Mancini is a winning one things are beging to click ,the win in Italy showed every one is playing for his place ,and eager to be a part of a winning team,so its City to win 3-0 and take another step towards the inevetable
Unleash Johnson on Hibbert please and we should have it won by half time!
Hopefully we see City play a decent attacking game and not the boring cr@p we saw against West Ham. Chanting boring boring City was not ironic that day
It's Peter 'the scouse wally' Walton on Monday night. Watch out again lads.
Zab is now the first choice right back-can't see his name though!
Lets hope the Blues triumph.
This is a masive game for us now if it go's ahead we can be top for Christmas as Chelsea V United and Arsenal V Stoke Called off.
In seasons past we have hammered Everton 4-1, that's the score on Monday. Let's go for the jocular against Fergie's poodle, Moyes!
My feeling is that Carlos will have a great game. If he gets a hat-trick, all is forgiven for all the headlines he created in the last week.
Let's be grown up and show our appreciation to Sylvin Distin this time out for what he did for the City cause when he was with us.
He always gave a 100% and we blues should be bigger than being petty.
We'll leave that to smaller clubs.
Beat Everton and take Top Spot in The BPL. We then lay down the Gauntlet to our challengers.
MEN stand by for an avalanche of comments on Moday night following the Everton game. City will top the charts. The BBC, Sky and ESPN Lawro and Hansen, Merson and the other City cannot win The BPL critics will be in raptures.