Manchester City 1-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 March 2009

Result

Manchester City 1-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 22 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Manchester City · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Manchester City 1-0 Sunderland: match report

Manchester City won against Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 March 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Micah Richards of Manchester City in the 56th minute.

Discipline: Manchester City received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 11th on 35 points from 29 and Sunderland 14th on 32 points from 29. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Red card · George McCartneySunderland
  • 18'Yellow card · Phil BardsleySunderland
  • 18'Yellow card · Valeri BojinovManchester City
  • 19'Yellow card · Anton FerdinandSunderland
  • 47'Yellow card · Calum DavenportSunderland
  • 56'Goal · Micah RichardsManchester City · 1-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Grant LeadbitterSunderland
  • 79'Yellow card · Andy ReidSunderland
  • 87'Yellow card · Gelson FernandesManchester City
  • 90'Yellow card · Shaun Wright-PhillipsManchester City

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Manchester City 8, draws 0, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka

Sunderland expected line-up (4-4-2)

Marton Fulop, George McCartney, Danny Collins, Kieran Richardson, Tal Ben Haim, Phil Bardsley, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Kenwyne Jones