Manchester City and Sunderland have confirmed their starting lineups for their Premier League clash at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday means the Cityzens can go three points clear at the top of the table. table with victory in their last game before the international break.
Enzo Maresca’s side have won all four league games and thrashed Manchester City 5-0 at Manchester City. EFL Cup on wednesday
Sunderland They earned an important 1-0 home win against AZ on their Europa League debut on Thursday and have four points, having suffered their only defeat in their last five games in all competitions with a 2-0 defeat at home to Arsenal eight days ago.
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Man City vs Sunderland team confirmed
City made 10 changes from their win against Norwich, with their only change from their 1-0 win at Manchester United a week ago a forced one.
Phil Foden’s red card in this match means the playmaker is replaced by winger Iliman Ndiaye. Wideman Jeremy Doku is in a Premier League side for the first time this season after injury, starting on the bench.
Manchester City: Donnarumma, Nunes, Diaz, Guehi, Gvardiol, Anderson, Fernandez, Ndiaye, Cherki, Semenyo, Haaland
Substitutes: Rulli, Kovacic, Doku, Ait-Nouri, Bouaddi, O’Reilly, Allan, Khusanov, Lewis
Full Sunderland line-up against Manchester City
Sunderland made five changes to their starting line-up from the win over AZ, bringing in Thomas Meunier, Dayann Methalie, Dan Ballard, Nilson Angulo and Brian Brobbey.
Left-back Reinildo is also banned, with France Under-21 international Methalie making his first Premier League start. Romaine Mundle (knee) and Habib Diarra (hamstring) are sidelined.
Wilson Isidor, Omar Alderete, Reinildo, Trai Hume and Malick Fofana go to the bench.
Sunderland: ceilingsMukiele, Dance, Ballard, Methalie, Xhaka, Sadiki, Meunier, Le Fee, Angulo, Brobbey
Substitutes: Ellborg, Hume, O’Nien, Alderete, Ahoka, Rigg, Talbi, Fofana, Isidor
Where to watch Man City vs Sunderland: TV channel, live streaming online
Kick-off on Sunday is 14:00 BST (09:00 ET / 06:00 PT). In the UK, live TV coverage is on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra.
Streaming is via Sky Go, which is available on a range of devices to watch on the go.
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Here is the full list of Broadcasters of the Premier League in different territories.
Manchester City vs Sunderland Stats
- City are unbeaten in 14 Premier League games at home against Sunderland (W12 D2), with their last league defeat against the Black Cats coming in January 1998 (1-0).
- They have previously started a top-flight season with five consecutive wins in 1912/13 (as part of a five-match winning streak), 2015/16 (5), 2016/17 (6) and 2023/24 (6).
- Despite losing Foden during the first half, City won 1-0 against Man Utd on matchday four last Sunday for their 24th Premier League win despite being sent off, with only Arsenal (38) and Man Utd (25) achieving the feat more times.
- Maresca could become the sixth manager to win his first five Premier League games in charge of a club, following Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea (6), Pep Guardiola at Man City (6), Craig Shakespeare at Leicester (5), Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea (5) and Ole Gunnar Solskjær at Man United (6).
- With two defeats in their last 30 Premier League games (20 wins and 8 draws), City’s total of 68 points is the joint-highest of any team since the start of this run on November 29 last year, the same as Arsenal.
- Sunderland are winless in nine Premier League games against Manchester City (D2 L7) since a 1-0 home win in November 2013 under Gus Poyet.
- They have scored in each of their last eight Premier League away games, which is their best run of goals away from home in the top flight since a run of eight between November and February in 2015/16, the last having a longer run between April and October in 1956 (10).
- Since a 2-1 win at Chelsea in April 2014, Sunderland are winless in 17 Premier League games against teams that start the day in the top two (D4 L13).
- Erling Haaland has scored in eight of his last nine appearances for a total of nine goals, but Sunderland remain the only side he hasn’t scored against in the Premier League, with three shots at an expected goal total of 0.75 not finding the net in two games against the Black Cats.
- Enzo Le Fee has six goals, six assists and six penalties in the Premier League for Sunderland, making the midfielder one of only two players to have scored more than once in the competition with equal totals for goals, assists and penalties, along with Gary McSheffrey (3 each).
