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Saturday 6 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 2-0 · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · Referee Andy Madley

Manchester City v Sunderland: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Manchester City's last 7 home games and Sunderland's last 7 away games in the Premier League before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 14, over 2.5 goals in 6 of 14, with 9.9 corners per match (league 9.9) and 3.6 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Manchester City v Sunderland, full match

64%

Possession

36%

2.42

Expected goals (xG)

0.71

18

Shots

8

6

Shots on target

1

6

Corners

5

9

Fouls

10

1

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

1

0

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

31'

Goal

Rúben Dias MAN

35'

Goal

Joško Gvardiol MAN

37'

Yellow card

Joško Gvardiol MAN

65'

Goal

Phil Foden MAN

90+5'

Red card

Luke O'Nien SUN

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Manchester City's last 7 home games and Sunderland's last 7 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

36%

5/14 games · League 56%

Over 1.5 goals

79%

11/14 games · League 79%

Over 2.5 goals

43%

6/14 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 goals

21%

3/14 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

57%

8/14 games · League 56%

Over 3.5 cards

57%

8/14 games · League 57%

Manchester City clean sheet

43%

3/7 games · League 26%

Sunderland clean sheet

29%

2/7 games · League 26%

Manchester City fail to score

14%

1/7 games · League 26%

Sunderland fail to score

57%

4/7 games · League 26%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.6

League 2.8

Corners

9.9

League 9.9

Cards

3.6

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group. A pitch view comes once exact positions are available.

Manchester City

4-3-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

25

Gianluigi Donnarumma

DEFENDERS

3

24

27

33

MIDFIELDERS

14

Nico González

20

Bernardo Silva

47

Phil Foden

FORWARDS

9

Erling Haaland

10

Rayan Cherki

11

Jérémy Doku

SUBSTITUTES

1

6

21

45

82

4

52

7

26

Sunderland

5-4-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

22

Robin Roefs

DEFENDERS

5

6

15

20

32

MIDFIELDERS

27

Noah Sadiki

34

Granit Xhaka

FORWARDS

18

Wilson Isidor

25

Bertrand Traoré

28

Enzo Le Fée

SUBSTITUTES

1

4

11

13

7

9

12

14

24

Referee: Andy Madley

21 games in the Premier League this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.5

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.2

Red cards per game

0.24

Fouls per game

22.9

League 21.6

Penalties per game

0.29

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

All Andy Madley's stats ›

Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together.

Popular

Result

Goals

Halves

Corners

Cards & fouls

Shots

Players

Offsides

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Match result

Bet

MAN

SUN

Match

League

Win

64%

9/14

43%

6/14

40%

Draw

7%

1/14

36%

5/14

21%

6/28

21%

Loss

29%

4/14

21%

3/14

40%

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score

Bet

MAN

SUN

League

Clean sheet

36%

5/14

29%

4/14

26%

Win to nil

36%

5/14

21%

3/14

21%

To score

86%

12/14

71%

10/14

74%

Fail to score

14%

2/14

29%

4/14

26%

Total match goals

Both teams to score

Total match corners

Total match cards

Goalscorer
Per start this season

Player shots on target
Per start this season

Player to be carded
Per start this season

Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Manchester City

Last 5 games before this match

2 Dec

Fulham

(A)

5-4

W

29 Nov

Leeds United

(H)

3-2

W

22 Nov

Newcastle United

(A)

1-2

L

9 Nov

Liverpool

(H)

3-0

W

2 Nov

Bournemouth

(H)

3-1

W

Sunderland

Last 5 games before this match

3 Dec

Liverpool

(A)

1-1

D

29 Nov

Bournemouth

(H)

3-2

W

22 Nov

Fulham

(A)

0-1

L

8 Nov

Arsenal

(H)

2-2

D

3 Nov

Everton

(H)

1-1

D

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Manchester City and Sunderland haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Premier League table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Arsenal

38

26

7

5

71

27

+44

85

W

2

Manchester City

38

23

9

6

77

35

+42

78

L

D

W

D

3

Manchester United

38

20

11

7

69

50

+19

71

W

D

W

4

Aston Villa

38

19

8

11

56

49

+7

65

W

D

L

5

Liverpool

38

17

9

12

63

53

+10

60

D

L

D

L

W

6

Bournemouth

38

13

18

7

58

54

+4

57

D

W

D

7

Sunderland

38

14

12

42

48

-6

54

W

D

L

8

Brighton & Hove Albion

38

14

11

13

52

46

+6

53

L

W

L

W

9

Brentford

38

14

11

13

55

52

+3

53

D

L

W

L

10

Chelsea

38

14

10

14

58

52

+6

52

L

W

D

L

11

Fulham

38

15

7

16

47

51

-4

52

W

D

L

W

12

Newcastle United

38

14

7

17

53

55

-2

49

L

W

D

W

L

13

Everton

38

13

10

15

47

50

-3

49

L

D

L

14

Leeds United

38

11

14

13

49

56

-7

47

L

W

D

W

D

15

Crystal Palace

38

11

12

15

41

51

-10

45

L

D

L

D

L

16

Nottingham Forest

38

11

16

48

51

-3

44

D

L

D

W

17

Tottenham Hotspur

38

10

11

17

48

57

-9

41

W

L

D

W

18

West Ham United

38

10

9

19

46

65

-19

39

W

L

W

19

Burnley

38

4

10

24

38

75

-37

22

D

L

D

L

20

Wolverhampton

38

3

11

24

27

68

-41

20

D

L

D

L

Champions League

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Manchester City v Sunderland: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Manchester City

Sunderland

Referee: Andy Madley

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Manchester City

Sunderland

Head to head

Premier League table

Match result

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score

Total match goals

Both teams to score

Total match corners

Total match cards

Goalscorer
Per start this season

Player shots on target
Per start this season

Player to be carded
Per start this season