Sunderland 0-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 1 January 2026

Result

Sunderland 0-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Thursday 1 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 0-0 Manchester City: match report

Sunderland drew with Manchester City 0-0 in the Premier League on Thursday 1 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Neither side found the net.

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

Going into the game Sunderland were 7th on 28 points from 18 and Manchester City 2nd on 40 points from 18. Sunderland went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Manchester City 2nd with 78.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester City in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Enzo Le Fée of Sunderland (7.9), ahead of Rayan Cherki (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Sunderland wins, 0 draws and 7 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+5'Yellow card · Simon AdingraSunderland
  • 77'Yellow card · Nathan AkéManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 3, draws 0, Manchester City 7.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Oscar BobbManchester City · injury (Hamstring Injury)

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

Robin Roefs, Trai Hume, Nordi Mukiele, Omar Alderete, Dennis Cirkin, Lutsharel Geertruida, Granit Xhaka, Eliezer Mayenda Dossou, Enzo Le Fée, Simon Adingra, Brian Brobbey

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

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Nathan Aké, Nico O'Reilly, Bernardo Silva, Nico González, Phil Foden, Rayan Cherki, Savinho, Erling Haaland