Manchester City 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 5 March 2006

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 5 March 2006, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

Manchester City · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Manchester City 2-1 Sunderland: match report

Manchester City won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 March 2006. The half-time score was 2-1.

Georgios Samaras opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Georgios Samaras (9') and Georgios Samaras (10'). Sunderland scored through Kevin Kyle (25').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 11th on 37 points from 27 and Sunderland 20th on 10 points from 27. Manchester City went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Sunderland 20th with 15.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Sunderland's L-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Georgios SamarasManchester City · 1-0
  • 10'Goal · Georgios SamarasManchester City · 2-0
  • 25'Goal · Kevin KyleSunderland · 2-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadSunderland
  • 39'Yellow card · RieraManchester City
  • 51'Yellow card · Rory DelapSunderland

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Manchester City 4, draws 0, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

Sylvain Distin, Richard Dunne, Stephen Jordan, Micah Richards, Claudio Reyna, Kizito Kiki Musampa, Albert Riera, Trevor Sinclair, Darius Vassell, Georgios Samaras, David James

Sunderland line-up

George McCartney, Gary Breen, Nyron Nosworthy, Danny Collins, Dean Whitehead, Grant Leadbitter, Julio Arca, Stephen Elliott, Kevin Kyle, Kelvin Davis, Rory Delap