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Man City vs Sunderland team news

Manchester City are without midfielders Rodri and Mateo Kovacic so Nico Gonzalez must start again. Pep Guardiola may make some changes with more UEFA Champions League On the horizon.

Sunderland is still without Habib Diarra and may play with five players in the back line again after his success with the system at Anfield.

The expected lineup for the Manchester City vs. Sunderland match

Manchester City starting lineup: Donnarumma. Khosanov, Stones, Gvardiol, O’Reilly; Gonzalez, Reynders. Cherki, Foden, Doku; Haaland

Sunderland starting lineup: Surfaces Hume, Muccielli, Ballard, Alderete, Reineldo; Chaka, my friend; Talbi, Isidore, Le Vi

How to watch Man City vs. Sunderland: TV channel, live stream online

The match starts on Saturday at 15:00 GMT (10:00 ET / 07:00 PT). This match is not being shown on live TV or streaming in the UK.

Man City and Sunderland match statistics

• Manchester City have won their last six Premier League matches against Sunderland, with this being their first meeting since a 2-0 away win in March 2017.
• They have won 24 of their last 26 Premier League matches against promoted teams (D2), with their last defeat coming at home to Leeds in April 2021.
• City have won 11 of their last 12 home Premier League matches, including each of their last six in a row. They are the third team in Premier League history to lose their opening home game of a season and then win the next six after Tottenham in 2011-12 and Arsenal in 2013-14, both of whom drew the following match.
• Guardiola’s side have won all three of their Premier League matches starting at 3pm on Saturdays this season by an aggregate score of 10-3. At home, they have won 22 of their last 25 matches in this slot (D3), since a 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in October 2021.
• The total of eight goals conceded by City in their last three Premier League matches is the same number of goals they have conceded in their last 12 matches combined. Their 5-4 win over Fulham last time out was the first time they had won a league match in which they conceded more than 4 goals since December 1957 (5-4 v Sheffield Wednesday).
• Phil Foden has scored four goals in his last two Premier League matches, having scored just once in his last 20 matches. The only Manchester City player to score more than two goals in three consecutive Premier League matches is Erling Haaland (September 2024), while the last English player to do so in the competition (all clubs) was Tammy Abraham (September 2019).
• No team has gained more points from losing positions in the Premier League than Sunderland this season (12 points, level with Aston Villa). Only in the 1999-00 (15) and 2000-01 (13) seasons did the Black Cats win more points from behind in a single season.
• Sunderland have never won away from home in 13 matches against Manchester City in the Premier League (D2 L11). Their last away win in the top flight was in December 1981 at Main Road
• Manchester City have never lost a Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium against Sunderland in 11 meetings (W9 D2) – only Newcastle United (20) and West Bromwich (12) have played more games there without winning than the Black Cats.
• Only against Blackburn (3) did Erling Haaland’s father (Alf Inge Haaland) score more goals in the Premier League than he scored against Sunderland (2). His first goal for Manchester City in the competition came against the Black Cats in August 2000