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Manchester City 3-3 Sunderland - March 31, 2012 / Premier League 2011/2012

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Premier League 2011/2012 - Round 31

City of Manchester Stadium - Manchester - England

March 31, 2012

47 007

3 - 3

Sunderland

(penalty) Mario Balotelli

43'

Assist by Aleksandar Kolarov (right foot) Mario Balotelli

85'

Assist by David Pizarro (left foot) Aleksandar Kolarov

86'

31'

Sebastian Larsson (right foot) Assist by Stéphane Sessègnon

45'

Nicklas Bendtner (header) Assist by Stéphane Sessègnon

55'

Sebastian Larsson (right foot) Assist by Nicklas Bendtner

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31' - Goal Sebastian Larsson

43' - Goal Mario Balotelli43

45' - Goal Nicklas Bendtner

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46' - Substitution Micah Richardsis substituted by Adam Johnson46

55' - Goal Sebastian Larsson

58' - Substitution David Silvais substituted by Carlos Tévez58

81' - Substitution James Milneris substituted by David Pizarro81

81' - Substitution Matthew Kilgallonis substituted by Sotirios Kyrgiakos

85' - Goal Mario Balotelli85

86' - Goal Aleksandar Kolarov86

93' - Substitution Lee Cattermoleis substituted by David Vaughan

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

3 - 3

Sunderland

Manchester City Sunderland

Team line-ups

Manchester City

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Dzeko

Edin Dzeko

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date17/03/1986

Age26 years

H1m92

positionStriker

45Balotelli8543

Mario Balotelli

Italy

B.date12/08/1990

Age21 years

H1m89

positionStriker

21Silva58

David Silva

Spain

B.date08/01/1986

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

7Milner81

James Milner

England

B.date04/01/1986

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

42Yaya Touré

Yaya Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date13/05/1983

Age28 years

H1m87

positionBox-to-box midfielder

34de Jong

Nigel de Jong

Netherlands

B.date30/11/1984

Age27 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

13Kolarov86

Aleksandar Kolarov

Serbia

B.date10/11/1985

Age26 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

28Kolo Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

4Kompany

Vincent Kompany

Belgium

B.date10/04/1986

Age25 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

2Richards46

Micah Richards

England

B.date24/06/1988

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

25Hart

Joe Hart

England

B.date19/04/1987

Age24 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Joe Hart		24	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Vincent Kompany		25	162	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kolo Touré		31	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Micah Richards	46	23	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Aleksandar Kolarov	86	26	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Nigel de Jong		27	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Yaya Touré		28	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	James Milner	81	26	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	David Silva	58	26	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	F	Mario Balotelli	8543	21	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Edin Dzeko		26	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

109

Sunderland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

52Bendtner45

Nicklas Bendtner

Denmark

B.date16/01/1988

Age24 years

H1m93

positionStriker

23McClean

James McClean

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/04/1989

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

28Sessègnon

Stéphane Sessègnon

Benin

B.date01/06/1984

Age27 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

7Larsson5531

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age26 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Gardner

Craig Gardner

England

B.date25/11/1986

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

6Cattermole90+3

Lee Cattermole

England

B.date21/03/1988

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

14Colback

Jack Colback

England

B.date24/10/1989

Age22 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

4Turner

Michael Turner

England

B.date09/11/1983

Age28 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

12Kilgallon81

Matthew Kilgallon

England

B.date08/01/1984

Age28 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

2Bardsley

Phil Bardsley

Scotland

B.date28/06/1985

Age26 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

22Mignolet

Simon Mignolet

Belgium

B.date06/03/1988

Age24 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Simon Mignolet		24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Matthew Kilgallon	81	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Michael Turner		28	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Phil Bardsley		26	139	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Craig Gardner		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Lee Cattermole	90+3	24	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	James McClean		22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Jack Colback		22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Sebastian Larsson	5531	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Stéphane Sessègnon		27	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
52	F	Nicklas Bendtner	45	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	M	David Pizarro	81	32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Adam Johnson	46	24	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	F	Carlos Tévez	58	28	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
25	D		Sotirios Kyrgiakos	81	32	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M		David Vaughan	90+3	29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aleksandar Kolarov

Gaël Clichy

OUT

James Milner

Samir Nasri

OUT

Vincent Kompany

Gareth Barry

OUT

Nigel de Jong

Pablo Zabaleta

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matthew Kilgallon

Sotirios Kyrgiakos

OUT

Jack Colback

Wayne Bridge

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roberto Mancini

134

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Mancini vs Sunderland

2 victories

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 2012

Mancini vs O'Neill

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

O'Neill vs Manchester City

3 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on March 31, 2012

O'Neill vs Mancini

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2012

Referee

Philip Dowd

18 victories	7 draws	14 losses	Manchester City39 matches	General total	Sunderland39 matches	8 victories	9 draws	22 losses
3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Manchester City4 matches	Season total	Sunderland4 matches	0 victory	2 draws	2 losses
Latest figure on January 24, 2015					Latest figure on February 07, 2015

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Key figures

It's the first time Nicklas Bendtner scores a goal vs Manchester City in his professional career since the 24/10/2010 (with Arsenal vs Manchester City )

It's the first time Aleksandar Kolarov scores 1 goal vs Sunderland in his professional career

Manchester City keeps its 6 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 08/03/2012). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 09/01/2011-02/02/2011 time period (6 matches).

Read the next 29 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester City 3-0 Fulham04/02/2012

VManchester City 4-0 FC Porto22/02/2012

VManchester City 3-0 Blackburn25/02/2012

VManchester City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers03/03/2012

VManchester City 3-2 Sporting CP15/03/2012

VManchester City 2-1 Chelsea21/03/2012

Overall

VManchester City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers03/03/2012

LSporting CP 1-0 Manchester City08/03/2012

LSwansea 1-0 Manchester City11/03/2012

VManchester City 3-2 Sporting CP15/03/2012

VManchester City 2-1 Chelsea21/03/2012

DStoke City 1-1 Manchester City24/03/2012

Current form

Away

VStoke City 0-1 Sunderland04/02/2012

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Sunderland08/02/2012

LWest Bromwich Albion 4-0 Sunderland25/02/2012

DNewcastle United 1-1 Sunderland04/03/2012

DEverton 1-1 Sunderland17/03/2012

LBlackburn 2-0 Sunderland20/03/2012

Overall

DNewcastle United 1-1 Sunderland04/03/2012

VSunderland 1-0 Liverpool10/03/2012

DEverton 1-1 Sunderland17/03/2012

LBlackburn 2-0 Sunderland20/03/2012

VSunderland 3-1 Queens Park Rangers24/03/2012

LSunderland 0-2 Everton27/03/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	20	0
Scoring streak	7	3
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	4	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	5	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	62
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	10

Results

30	Number of games (Competition total)	30
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
22	Victories (Competition total)	11
15	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	7
0	Draws (Home / Away)	3
4	Losses (Competition total)	12
0	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

72	Goals scored (Competition total)	39
44	Goals scored (Home / Away)	15
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	20
2.4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.3
2.93	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.73	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
0.47	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
13	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
14	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
3-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (3 times)

Bookings

41	Yellow cards (Competition total)	49
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	29
4	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Sergio Agüero	17 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Stéphane Sessègnon
Sergio Agüero	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Stéphane Sessègnon
Sergio Agüero	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Nicklas Bendtner
Sergio Agüero	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Nicklas Bendtner
David Silva	14 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	7 assists	Stéphane Sessègnon
David Silva	8 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Stéphane Sessègnon
Sergio Agüero	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	James McClean

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

42 v

12 d

12 l

129 gf

78 ga

Away

64 matches

17 v

12 d

35 l

89 gf

112 ga

Total

130 matches

59 v

24 d

47 l

218 gf

190 ga

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

35 v

12 d

17 l

112 gf

89 ga

Away

66 matches

12 v

12 d

42 l

78 gf

129 ga

Total

130 matches

47 v

24 d

59 l

190 gf

218 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

January 01, 2012 - Premier League 2011/2012

Sunderland

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

April 03, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Manchester City

5 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

August 29, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Sunderland

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

March 14, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Sunderland

1 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 19, 2009 - Premier League 2009/2010

Manchester City

4 - 3

Sunderland logo Sunderland

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Francis Lee	4 goals	1968 - 1973
Marc-Vivien Foé	3 goals	2002 - 2003
Paulo Wanchope	3 goals	2000 - 2000
Stephen Ireland	2 goals	2007 - 2008
David White	2 goals	1990 - 1991
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

John Hawley	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Billy Hughes	3 goals	1973 - 1973
Gary Rowell	3 goals	1981 - 1983
Stan Cummins	2 goals	1980 - 1981
Mick Buckley	2 goals	1982 - 1982
Kenwyne Jones	2 goals	2009 - 2010

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
Tony Book	9 matches	1966 - 1973
Richard Dunne	9 matches	2000 - 2009
Michael Doyle	9 matches	1968 - 1977
Colin Bell	9 matches	1966 - 1973
Alan Oakes	8 matches	1966 - 1970

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
Billy Hughes	7 matches	1968 - 1976
Colin Todd	7 matches	1966 - 1970
Gary Rowell	7 matches	1976 - 1983
Phil Bardsley	6 matches	2008 - 2011
Shaun Elliott	6 matches	1977 - 1982