Sunderland 0-2 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 5 March 2017
Result
Sunderland 0-2 Manchester City
Premier League · Sunday 5 March 2017, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sunderland 0-2 Manchester City: match report
Sunderland lost to Manchester City 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 March 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
Sergio Agüero opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Sunderland did not score. Manchester City scored through Sergio Agüero (42') and Leroy Sané (59').
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 19 points from 26 and Manchester City 4th on 52 points from 25. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 24 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 78.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-5-1 and Manchester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Aleksandar Kolarov of Manchester City (8.6), ahead of Leroy Sané (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 6 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-W-D-L and Manchester City's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 42'Goal · Sergio Agüero
- 59'Goal · Leroy Sané
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)
Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, John O'Shea, Lamine Koné, Bryan Oviedo, Adnan Januzaj, Didier Ndong, Darron Gibson, Sebastian Larsson, Fabio Borini, Jermain Defoe
Manchester City line-up (4-3-3)
Willy Caballero, Bacary Sagna, John Stones, Aleksandar Kolarov, Gaël Clichy, Fernandinho, Yaya Touré, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, Leroy Sané