Manchester City 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 13 August 2016

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 13 August 2016, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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 Saturday 13 August 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Sergio Agüero (4', penalty) and an own goal by Paddy McNair (87'). Sunderland scored through Jermain Defoe (71').

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

Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fernandinho of Manchester City (8.0), ahead of Aleksandar Kolarov (7.5).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Penalty goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Lynden GoochSunderland
  • 67'Yellow card · Donald LoveSunderland
  • 71'Goal · Jermain DefoeSunderland · 1-1
  • 87'Own goal · Paddy McNairManchester City · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Willy Caballero, Bacary Sagna, John Stones, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gaël Clichy, Fernandinho, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne, Nolito, Sergio Agüero

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vito Mannone, Donald Love, Lamine Koné, Younès Kaboul, Patrick van Aanholt, Jack Rodwell, John O'Shea, Duncan Watmore, Fabio Borini, Lynden Gooch, Jermain Defoe