Manchester City 3-3 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2012
Result
Manchester City 3-3 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 31 March 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Manchester City 3-3 Sunderland: match report
Manchester City drew with Sunderland 3-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-2.
Sebastian Larsson opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Manchester City's goals came from Mario Balotelli (43', penalty), Mario Balotelli (85') and Aleksandar Kolarov (86'). Sunderland scored through Sebastian Larsson (31'), Nicklas Bendtner (45+3') and Sebastian Larsson (55').
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 70 points from 30 and Sunderland 8th on 40 points from 30. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Sunderland's W-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Sebastian Larsson
- 40'Yellow card · Craig Gardner
- 43'Penalty goal · Mario Balotelli
- 45+3'Goal · Nicklas Bendtner
- 55'Goal · Sebastian Larsson
- 56'Yellow card · N. de Jong
- 85'Goal · Mario Balotelli
- 86'Goal · Aleksandar Kolarov
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Stefan Savić, Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, David Silva, Gareth Barry, Sergio Agüero
Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)
Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Matthew Kilgallon, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Nicklas Bendtner