Manchester City vs Sunderland

Premier League ·Matchday 18

Manchester City

4-1

Full-time HT 3-0

Sunderland

R. Sterling 12'
Yaya Touré 17'
W. Bony 22'
Kevin De Bruyne 54'

F. Borini 59'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Saturday 26 December · 18:00 Etihad Stadium, Manchester Anthony Taylor

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Manchester City beat Sunderland 4-1. Scorers for Manchester City: R. Sterling 12', Yaya Touré 17', W. Bony 22', Kevin De Bruyne 54'. Scorers for Sunderland: F. Borini 59'. Manchester City had 66% of possession.

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Full-time 4 - 1
71'
D. Watmore Out: Danny Graham · Sunderland Substitution for Sunderland: D. Watmore comes on for Danny Graham
71'
M. Demichelis Out: Vincent Kompany · Manchester City Substitution for Manchester City: M. Demichelis comes on for Vincent Kompany
62'
J. Lens Out: S. Fletcher · Sunderland Substitution for Sunderland: J. Lens comes on for S. Fletcher
62'
Fabian Delph Out: Yaya Touré · Manchester City Substitution for Manchester City: Fabian Delph comes on for Yaya Touré
62'
Vincent Kompany Out: Nicolás Otamendi · Manchester City Substitution for Manchester City: Vincent Kompany comes on for Nicolás Otamendi
59'
F. Borini 4-1 Goal · Sunderland F. Borini finds the net for Sunderland (4-1)
56'
L. Cattermole Out: Y. M'Vila · Sunderland Substitution for Sunderland: L. Cattermole comes on for Y. M'Vila
54'
Kevin De Bruyne 4-0 Goal · Manchester City Goal for Manchester City! Kevin De Bruyne makes it 4-0
Half-time 3 - 0
36'
Billy Jones Yellow card · Sunderland Yellow card for Billy Jones (Sunderland)
22'
W. Bony 3-0 Goal · Assist: Kevin De Bruyne · Manchester City Goal! W. Bony scores for Manchester City, set up by Kevin De Bruyne. It is 3-0
17'
Yaya Touré 2-0 Goal · Assist: David Silva · Manchester City Goal for Manchester City! Yaya Touré turns in the pass from David Silva (2-0)
12'
R. Sterling 1-0 Goal · Assist: Kevin De Bruyne · Manchester City Kevin De Bruyne provides, R. Sterling finishes for Manchester City (1-0)
4'
R. Sterling Yellow card · Manchester City Yellow card for R. Sterling (Manchester City)
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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LWLWL Last 5 matches WWLLL

2Goals scored per match1.2

1.3Goals conceded per match1.7

2Clean sheets3

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Leicester	38	23	12	3	68	36	68:36	+32	81	DWDWD
2	Arsenal	38	20	11	7	65	36	65:36	+29	71	WDWDW
3	Tottenham	38	19	13	6	69	35	69:35	+34	70	LLDDW
4	Manchester City	38	19	9	10	71	41	71:41	+30	66	DDLWD
5	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	49	35	49:35	+14	66	WLWDW
6	Southampton	38	18	9	11	59	41	59:41	+18	63	WWWWD
7	West Ham	38	16	14	8	65	51	65:51	+14	62	LWLWW
8	Liverpool	38	16	12	10	63	50	63:50	+13	60	DDWLD
9	Stoke City	38	14	9	15	41	55	41:55	-14	51	WLDLL
10	Chelsea	38	12	14	12	59	53	59:53	+6	50	DDLDW
11	Everton	38	11	14	13	59	55	59:55	+4	47	WLLWL
12	Swansea	38	12	11	15	42	52	42:52	-10	47	DWWLL
13	Watford	38	12	9	17	40	50	40:50	-10	45	DLLWL
14	West Brom	38	10	13	15	34	48	34:48	-14	43	DDLDL
15	Crystal Palace	38	11	9	18	39	51	39:51	-12	42	LWLLD
16	Bournemouth	38	11	9	18	45	67	45:67	-22	42	LDLLL
17	Sunderland	38	9	12	17	48	62	48:62	-14	39	DWWDD
18	Newcastle	38	9	10	19	44	65	44:65	-21	37	WDWDD
19	Norwich	38	9	7	22	39	67	39:67	-28	34	LWLLL
20	Aston Villa	38	3	8	27	27	76	27:76	-49	17	LDLLL