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Manchester City 4-1 Sunderland - December 26, 2015 / Premier League 2015/2016

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Premier League 2015/2016 - Round 18

City of Manchester Stadium - Manchester - England

December 26, 2015 - 15:00

54 523

Manchester City

4 - 1

Sunderland

Assist by Kevin De Bruyne (header) Raheem Sterling

12'

Assist by David Silva (left foot) Yaya Touré

17'

Assist by Kevin De Bruyne (header) Wilfried Bony

22'

(right foot) Kevin De Bruyne

54'

59'

Fabio Borini

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4' - Yellow card Raheem Sterling4

12' - Goal Raheem Sterling12

17' - Goal Yaya Touré17

22' - Goal Wilfried Bony22

36' - Yellow card Billy Jones

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54' - Goal Kevin De Bruyne54

56' - Substitution Yann M'Vilais substituted by Lee Cattermole

59' - Goal Fabio Borini

62' - Substitution Nicolás Otamendiis substituted by Vincent Kompany photo Fabian Delph

62' - Substitution Yaya Touréis substituted by Fabian Delph62

62' - Substitution Steven Fletcheris substituted by Jeremain Lens

71' - Substitution Vincent Kompanyis substituted by Martín Demichelis71

71' - Substitution Danny Grahamis substituted by Duncan Watmore

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

4 - 1

Sunderland

Manchester City Sunderland

Team line-ups

Manchester City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Bony22

Wilfried Bony

Ivory Coast

B.date10/12/1988

Age27 years

H1m81

positionStriker

7Sterling124

Raheem Sterling

England

B.date08/12/1994

Age21 years

H1m70

positionLeft Winger

21Silva

David Silva

Spain

B.date08/01/1986

Age29 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

17De Bruyne54

Kevin De Bruyne

Belgium

B.date16/08/1991

Age24 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

42Touré1762

Yaya Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date13/05/1983

Age32 years

H1m87

positionBox-to-box midfielder

25Fernandinho

Fernandinho

Brazil

B.date04/05/1985

Age30 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

11Kolarov

Aleksandar Kolarov

Serbia

B.date10/11/1985

Age30 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

20Mangala

Eliaquim Mangala

France

B.date13/02/1991

Age24 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

30Otamendi62

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

3Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age32 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Hart

Joe Hart

England

B.date19/04/1987

Age28 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Joe Hart		28	322	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Nicolás Otamendi	62	27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Eliaquim Mangala		24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Bacary Sagna		32	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Aleksandar Kolarov		30	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Yaya Touré	1762	32	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Fernandinho		30	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Kevin De Bruyne	54	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	David Silva		29	239	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Raheem Sterling	124	21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Wilfried Bony	22	27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

118

Sunderland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

26Fletcher62

Steven Fletcher

Scotland

B.date26/03/1987

Age28 years

H1m86

positionStriker

9Borini59

Fabio Borini

Italy

B.date23/03/1991

Age24 years

H1m79

positionStriker

19Graham71

Danny Graham

England

B.date12/08/1985

Age30 years

H1m83

positionStriker

11Johnson

Adam Johnson

England

B.date14/07/1987

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

14Jordi Gómez

Jordi Gómez

Spain

B.date24/05/1985

Age30 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

21M'Vila56

Yann M'Vila

France

B.date29/06/1990

Age25 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

3van Aanholt

Patrick van Aanholt

Netherlands

B.date29/08/1990

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

22Coates

Sebastián Coates

Uruguay

B.date07/10/1990

Age25 years

H1m96

positionRight central defender

16O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age34 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

2Jones36

Billy Jones

England

B.date24/03/1987

Age28 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

25Mannone

Vito Mannone

Italy

B.date02/03/1988

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Vito Mannone		27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	John O'Shea		34	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Sebastián Coates		25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Billy Jones	36	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrick van Aanholt		25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Yann M'Vila	56	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Jordi Gómez		30	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Adam Johnson		28	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Danny Graham	71	30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	F	Steven Fletcher	62	28	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Fabio Borini	59	24	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Willy Caballero		34
4	D	Vincent Kompany	6271	29	288	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Martín Demichelis	71	35	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Gaël Clichy		30
18	M	Fabian Delph	62	26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Jesús Navas		30
10	F	Sergio Agüero		27

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Costel Pantilimon		28
5	D	Wes Brown		36
6	M	Lee Cattermole	56	27	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Jeremain Lens	62	28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
41	F	Duncan Watmore	71	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jermain Defoe		33
20	F	Ola Toivonen		29

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wilfried Bony

Sergio Agüero

OUT

Raheem Sterling

Fabian Delph

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steven Fletcher

Jermain Defoe

OUT

Vito Mannone

Costel Pantilimon

OUT

Adam Johnson

Jack Rodwell

OUT

Jordi Gómez

Ola Toivonen

OUT

Danny Graham

Duncan Watmore

OUT

Fabio Borini

Younes Kaboul

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Manuel Pellegrini

135

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Pellegrini vs Sunderland

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2015

Pellegrini vs Allardyce

6 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2015

Manager

Age

Match num

Sam Allardyce

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Allardyce vs Manchester City

6 victories

5 draws

20 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2015

Allardyce vs Pellegrini

1 victory

0 draw

6 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2015

Referee

Anthony Taylor

25 victories	8 draws	11 losses	Manchester City44 matches	General total	Sunderland23 matches	8 victories	9 draws	6 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Manchester City4 matches	Season total	Sunderland4 matches	1 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on December 15, 2024					Latest figure on January 02, 2017

Videos

December 27, 2015

Comments

Key figures

Yaya Touré played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

Aleksandar Kolarov played his game number 10 vs Sunderland in his professional career

It's the first time Kevin De Bruyne scores 1 goal vs in Premier League

Read the next 27 key stats

General ranking

	1	Leicester	38 pts	18 rd
	2	Arsenal	36 pts	18 rd
	3	Manchester City	35 pts	18 rd
	4	Tottenham	32 pts	18 rd
+1	5	Crystal Palace	30 pts	18 rd

General ranking

+2	16	Swansea	18 pts	18 rd
-1	17	Norwich City	17 pts	18 rd
-1	18	Newcastle United	17 pts	18 rd
	19	Sunderland	12 pts	18 rd
	20	Aston Villa	8 pts	18 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester City 2-1 Norwich City31/10/2015

LManchester City 1-4 Liverpool21/11/2015

VManchester City 3-1 Southampton28/11/2015

VManchester City 4-1 Hull City01/12/2015

VManchester City 4-2 Borussia M'gladbach08/12/2015

VManchester City 2-1 Swansea12/12/2015

Overall

VManchester City 3-1 Southampton28/11/2015

VManchester City 4-1 Hull City01/12/2015

LStoke City 2-0 Manchester City05/12/2015

VManchester City 4-2 Borussia M'gladbach08/12/2015

VManchester City 2-1 Swansea12/12/2015

LArsenal 2-1 Manchester City21/12/2015

Current form

Away

LManchester United 3-0 Sunderland26/09/2015

LWest Bromwich Albion 1-0 Sunderland17/10/2015

LEverton 6-2 Sunderland01/11/2015

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Sunderland23/11/2015

LArsenal 3-1 Sunderland05/12/2015

LChelsea 3-1 Sunderland19/12/2015

Overall

LSunderland 0-1 Southampton07/11/2015

VCrystal Palace 0-1 Sunderland23/11/2015

VSunderland 2-0 Stoke City28/11/2015

LArsenal 3-1 Sunderland05/12/2015

LSunderland 0-1 Watford12/12/2015

LChelsea 3-1 Sunderland19/12/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	22	8
Scoring streak	23	3
Conceding streak	12	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	2	3
Drawless streak	7	9
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	19
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	20
15	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	231
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	14

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
10	Victories (Competition total)	3
7	Victories (Home / Away)	1
2	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
5	Losses (Competition total)	11
2	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

33	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	33
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	24
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.06
2.78	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.12	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.94
1.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.67

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-3 (2 times)

Bookings

31	Yellow cards (Competition total)	35
17	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Sergio Agüero	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Jermain Defoe
Sergio Agüero	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Jermain Defoe
Yaya Touré	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Adam Johnson
Yaya Touré	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
David Silva	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Yann M'Vila
Kevin De Bruyne	6 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Adam Johnson
Yaya Touré	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Fabio Borini

Historical head to head

Home

71 matches

45 v

14 d

12 l

143 gf

86 ga

Away

68 matches

19 v

12 d

37 l

97 gf

116 ga

Total

139 matches

64 v

26 d

49 l

240 gf

202 ga

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

37 v

12 d

19 l

116 gf

97 ga

Away

71 matches

12 v

14 d

45 l

86 gf

143 ga

Total

139 matches

49 v

26 d

64 l

202 gf

240 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 03, 2011
Home	5 - 0	April 03, 2011

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 20, 1980
Away	4 - 0	August 20, 1980

Latest head to head

September 22, 2015 - Capital One Cup 2015/2016

Sunderland

1 - 4

Manchester City logo Manchester City

January 01, 2015 - Premier League 2014/2015

Manchester City

3 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

December 03, 2014 - Premier League 2014/2015

Sunderland

1 - 4

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 16, 2014 - Premier League 2013/2014

Manchester City

2 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

March 02, 2014 - League Cup 2013/2014

Manchester City

3 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Francis Lee	4 goals	1968 - 1973
Sergio Agüero	4 goals	2012 - 2015
Marc-Vivien Foé	3 goals	2002 - 2003
Paulo Wanchope	3 goals	2000 - 2000
Yaya Touré	3 goals	2011 - 2015
Ian Bowyer	2 goals	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Gary Rowell	3 goals	1981 - 1983
Connor Wickham	3 goals	2014 - 2014
John Hawley	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Billy Hughes	3 goals	1973 - 1973
Adam Johnson	2 goals	2012 - 2015
Sebastian Larsson	2 goals	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Joe Corrigan	14 matches	1969 - 1983
Yaya Touré	11 matches	2010 - 2015
Joe Hart	11 matches	2007 - 2014
Vincent Kompany	11 matches	2008 - 2014
Pablo Zabaleta	11 matches	2009 - 2015
Micah Richards	10 matches	2006 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Jimmy Montgomery	11 matches	1966 - 1976
Phil Bardsley	10 matches	2008 - 2014
Lee Cattermole	9 matches	2009 - 2015
Sebastian Larsson	9 matches	2012 - 2015
John O'Shea	8 matches	2012 - 2015
Jack Colback	8 matches	2011 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Niall Quinn

241 matches

146 matches

1990 - 2002

Dennis Tueart

233 matches

58 matches

1968 - 1983

Tony Coton

192 matches

12 matches

1990 - 1996

David Watson

161 matches

9 matches

1972 - 1979

Nicky Summerbee

146 matches

47 matches

1994 - 2000

Tony Towers

145 matches

27 matches

1969 - 1977

Total : 28 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/02/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Niall Quinn

241 matches

146 matches

1990 - 2002

Adam Johnson

97 matches

133 matches

2010 - 2015

Stephen Elliott

2 matches

88 matches

2004 - 2007

Jeff Whitley

72 matches

77 matches

1996 - 2005

Barry Siddall

6 matches

72 matches

1976 - 1986

Dennis Tueart

233 matches

58 matches

1968 - 1983

Total : 28 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/02/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Leicester	38	18	11	5	2	37	25	+12
2	Arsenal	36	18	11	3	4	31	18	+13
3	Manchester City	35	18	11	2	5	37	20	+17
4	Tottenham	32	18	8	8	2	31	14	+17
+15	Crystal Palace	30	18	9	3	6	23	16	+7
-16	Manchester United	29	18	8	5	5	22	16	+6
7	Watford	29	18	8	5	5	23	18	+5
+18	Liverpool	27	18	7	6	5	21	22	-1
+19	Everton	26	18	6	8	4	32	24	+8
-210	West Ham	26	18	6	8	4	26	22	+4
11	Stoke City	26	18	7	5	6	16	16	0
12	Southampton	24	18	6	6	6	25	21	+4
13	West Bromwich Albion	20	18	5	5	8	17	24	-7
14	Bournemouth	20	18	5	5	8	22	32	-10
15	Chelsea	19	18	5	4	9	23	29	-6
+216	Swansea	18	18	4	6	8	16	24	-8
-117	Norwich City	17	18	4	5	9	20	32	-12
-118	Newcastle United	17	18	4	5	9	19	33	-14
19	Sunderland	12	18	3	3	12	19	37	-18
20	Aston Villa	8	18	1	5	12	15	32	-17

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Manchester City 4-1 Sunderland - December 26, 2015 / Premier League 2015/2016

Manchester City

4 - 1

Sunderland

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Pellegrini vs Sunderland

Pellegrini vs Allardyce

Manager

Allardyce vs Manchester City

Allardyce vs Pellegrini

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking