Manchester City 4-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2015

Result

Manchester City 4-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

Manchester City · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Manchester City 4-1 Sunderland: match report

Manchester City won against Sunderland 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 December 2015. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Raheem Sterling opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Raheem Sterling (12'), Yaya Touré (17'), Wilfried Bony (22') and Kevin De Bruyne (54'). Sunderland scored through Fabio Borini (59').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 30 points from 17 and Sunderland 19th on 12 points from 17. Manchester City went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Sunderland 17th with 37.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 5 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Raheem SterlingManchester City
  • 12'Goal · Raheem SterlingManchester City · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Yaya TouréManchester City · 2-0
  • 22'Goal · Wilfried BonyManchester City · 3-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Billy JonesSunderland
  • 54'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 4-0
  • 59'Goal · Fabio BoriniSunderland · 4-1
  • 69'Missed penalty · Wilfried BonyManchester City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Joe Hart, Nicolás Otamendi, Bacary Sagna, Gaël Clichy, Yaya Touré, Fernandinho, Raheem Sterling, Jesús Navas, Fernando

Sunderland expected line-up (3-5-2)

Costel Pantilimon, Sebastián Coates, Younès Kaboul, Billy Jones, Yann M'Vila, DeAndre Yedlin, Lee Cattermole, Patrick van Aanholt, Steven Fletcher, Jermain Defoe