Manchester City 5-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 3 April 2011

Result

Manchester City 5-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 3 April 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Manchester City · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Manchester City 5-0 Sunderland: match report

Manchester City beat Sunderland 5-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 April 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Adam Johnson opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Adam Johnson (9'), C. Tevez (15', penalty), David Silva (63'), Patrick Vieira (67') and Yaya Touré (73'). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 53 points from 30 and Sunderland 12th on 38 points from 30. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Sunderland 10th with 47.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Adam JohnsonManchester City · 1-0
  • 14'Yellow card · Phil BardsleySunderland
  • 15'Penalty goal · C. TevezManchester City · 2-0
  • 31'Yellow card · John MensahSunderland
  • 36'Yellow card · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City
  • 63'Goal · David SilvaManchester City · 3-0
  • 67'Goal · Patrick VieiraManchester City · 4-0
  • 73'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 5-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Patrick VieiraManchester City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Michael TurnerSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 8, draws 1, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Micah Richards, Jérôme Boateng, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Adam Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Germán Gonzalo Cabrera

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, John Mensah, Anton Ferdinand, Lee Cattermole, Jordan Henderson, Sulley Muntari, Stéphane Sessègnon, Danny Welbeck, Asamoah Gyan