Premier League · Match preview
Manchester City 5–3 
Sunderland
- Kick-off
- Status
- Finished
- Venue
- Etihad Stadium
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Match overview
Final score: Manchester City 5–3 Sunderland.
Manchester City are 1st in the Premier League table with 21 points from 7 matches; Sunderland are 18th with 4 points from 6.
Last 5 results in our archive, newest first: Manchester City W W W W L; Sunderland D W L W W.
In their last 5 settled matches Manchester City scored 1.6 and conceded 1.0 goals per game; Sunderland scored 1.4 and conceded 0.8 in their last 5.
The Premier League averages 2.9 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 2.4. Over 2.5 landed in 50% and both teams scored in 50% of their recent games.
Before kick-off the model’s pick was Manchester City to win at 68% probability, and it came in.
All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced
Settled
The model’s pre-match pick and how it went
- Pick
- Manchester City to win
- Probability
- 68%
- Outcome
- Came in
Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Premier League record
Goals in recent matches
From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.
| Club | P | For | Against | Over 2.5 | BTTS | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 60% | 40% | 40% |
| Sunderland | 5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 40% | 60% | 40% |
Premier League average this season: 2.9 goals per match.
Premier League table: the two clubs
| # | Club | P | W-D-L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Manchester City | 7 | 7-0-0 | 19:7 | 21 |
| 18. | Sunderland | 6 | 1-1-4 | 6:12 | 4 |
Recent form
Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.
Manchester City
Sunderland
- ABrentford1–1D
- HFulham1–0W
- AIpswich Town2–1L
- HRennes2–1W
- ALens0–2W
Head-to-head
Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.
