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Manchester City v Sunderland : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Home advantage is often beneficial in the English Premier League, and Josep Guardiola i Sala’s Manchester City will have the joy of it on Saturday afternoon. Régis Le Bris’s Sunderland are their visitors to the Etihad Stadium. All of the important stats for the clash, including head to heads (H2Hs), predictions and odds from leading bookmakers across seventeen major markets are included in this in-depth preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a well informed, intelligent bet.

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Manchester City's next match is v Real Madrid at 20:00 on Wednesday 10th December
Sunderland's next match is v Newcastle at 14:00 on Sunday 14th December
The last English Premier League meeting between Man City and Sunderland was on Saturday 6th December 2025
English Premier League
December 6th 2025
Man City 3
0 Sunderland
 
R. Santos Gato Alves Dias 31'
J. Gvardiol 35'
P. Foden 65'
 
MCI
SUN
Shots On
6
1
Shots Off
7
4
Corners
6
5
Possession
64%
36%
Fouls
9
10
Yellow/red cards
1/0
0/1
 
Man CitySunderland
 
R. Santos Gato Alves Diasfootball icon
N. González Iglesias
B. Silva (R. Lewis 82')
E. Haaland (O. Marmoush 69')
M. Cherki (S. Moreira de Oliveira 82')
J. Doku
G. Donnarumma
J. Gvardiolfootball icon (N. Aké 70')
M. Nunes
N. O'Reilly
P. Fodenfootball icon (T. Reijnders 69')
D. Ballard
L. Geertruida
O. Alderete Fernández
R. Roefs
N. Mukiele Mulere
(L. O'Nien 88') T. Hume
(S. Adingra 72') N. Sadiki
E. Le Fée
(R. Mundle 72') G. Xhaka
(B. Brobbey 56') W. Isidor
(C. Talbi 56') B. Traoré

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Best Tip: Man City to win

A Premier League victory in front of their own fans for Josep Guardiola i Sala's Man City team win in the win / draw / win market is what we're predicting. Stats suggest they have what it takes, and they should have too much for the opposition. The odds from the bookies are pointing in the same direction, and when that happens you've know you're not going against the market. A Man City win is the bet we'd suggest, but we wouldn't expect a whitewash.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Man City are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 68% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.25.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Man City
68%
1/41/1000
Draw
19%
11/2750/1
Sunderland
12%
9/1750/1
Man City 2-0
13%
7/15/2
Man City 1-0
12%
9/117/4
Man City 2-1
10%
9/115/2
Draw 1-1
9%
12/18/1
Man City 3-0
9%
8/12/9
Man City 3-1
7%
11/114/1
Draw 0-0
6%
20/18/1
Man City 4-0
5%
12/119/4
Sunderland 1-0
4%
28/114/1
Draw 2-2
4%
22/128/1
Man City 4-1
4%
16/140/1
Sunderland 2-1
3%
28/122/1
Man City 3-2
3%
25/190/1
Man City 5-0
2%
22/133/1
Sunderland 2-0
2%
50/128/1
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
4/92/7
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
7/412/5
Home 1st Goal
60%
3/101/3
Away 1st Goal
37%
12/516/5
No 1st Goal
3%
20/115/2
BTTS - Yes
47%
10/1111/1
BTTS - No
53%
10/111/40
BTTS - Home Win
28%
13/811/1
BTTS - Draw
14%
13/2150/1
BTTS - Away Win
6%
14/160/1
Home/draw
88%
1/161/1000
Away/draw
32%
11/4150/1
Home/away
81%
1/91/1000
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1/77/20
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
9/22/1
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
6/53/1
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
4/62/9
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
11/420/1
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
2/71/1000
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
11/270/1
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/91/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/501/18
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
20/115/2
Home DNB
82%
1/121/1000
Away DNB
26%
7/160/1
Man City win to nil
41%
6/5-
Sunderland win to nil
6%
16/1-
Man City / Man City
45%
4/51/1000
Man City / Sunderland
2%
50/150/1
Man City / Draw
5%
20/120/1
Draw / Man City
20%
10/3100/1
Draw / Sunderland
4%
22/1125/1
Draw / Draw
9%
9/1125/1
Sunderland / Man City
5%
18/11/50
Sunderland / Sunderland
6%
20/11/50
Sunderland / Draw
4%
22/11/50
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Man City have played 14 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 0 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 5 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Man City have outscored their opponents by 32 goals to 18 goals.

Home League Performance

Man City have played 7 games at home winning 6, drawing 0 and losing 1 game. They have scored 19 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Sunderland are in 6th position in the Premier League on 23 points having played 14 matches so far this season. Sunderland are unbeaten in 4 games against teams above them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 4 games.

Away League Performance

3 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 7 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 4 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 0 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Sunderland have conceded 4 goals, scored 5, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Man City
Sunderland
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal1510321933 
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
d
 
2-2F
Feb 7
2
Man City1510141931 
-
-
Jan 1
l
 
3-0A
3
A Villa15933730 
May 24
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
4
Chelsea157441025 
Jan 4
Apr 11
May 24
w
 
1-2A
5
Everton15735124 
w
 
2-0F
May 2
d
 
1-1A
May 17
6
C Palace14653723 
Mar 21
Dec 14
Jan 17
d
 
0-00-0
7
Sunderland15654123 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 1
-
-
8
Liverpool15726023 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 7
Feb 11
d
 
1-1F
9
Spurs15645722 
l
 
0-2A
Feb 1
Apr 11
Jan 4
10
Brighton14644422 
Jan 7
l
 
2-1F
Mar 14
Dec 20
11
Newcastle15645222 
Feb 21
l
 
2-1A
Dec 14
Mar 21
12
Man Utd14644122 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 17
May 9
l
 
2-0A
13
Bournemouth15555-320 
w
 
3-1F
May 17
w
 
3-2A
Feb 28
14
Brentford15618-319 
May 9
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1A
Jan 7
15
Fulham14527-317 
Feb 11
w
 
4-5F
Feb 21
l
 
1-0A
16
Leeds15438-1015 
w
 
3-2F
Feb 28
Dec 28
Mar 4
17
Nottm Forest15438-1115 
Mar 4
Dec 27
Apr 25
w
 
0-1F
18
West Ham14338-1212 
Dec 20
Mar 14
w
 
3-0F
Jan 24
19
Burnley153111-1410 
w
 
5-1F
Apr 25
Feb 2
l
 
2-0A
20
Wolves140212-222 
Jan 24
w
 
0-4F
w
 
2-0F
May 2
Win / draw / win form
6
Man City have won 6 consecutive home league games
6
Man City have not lost in 6 consecutive home league games
Man City 2ND
20 league games
Home
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
50
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
15
D
2
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man City3 - 2Leeds
Man City3 - 0Liverpool
Man City3 - 1Bournemouth
Man City2 - 0Everton
Man City5 - 1Burnley
Man City3 - 0Man Utd
Man City0 - 2Spurs
Man City3 - 1Bournemouth
Man City1 - 0Wolves
Man City2 - 1A Villa
Man City5 - 2C Palace
Man City2 - 0Leicester
Man City2 - 2Brighton
Man City0 - 2Liverpool
Man City4 - 0Newcastle
Man City3 - 1Chelsea
Man City4 - 1West Ham
Man City1 - 1Everton
Man City1 - 2Man Utd
Man City3 - 0Nottm Forest
Goals: Scored
42
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMan City5 - 4Fulham
HMan City3 - 2Leeds
AMan City1 - 2Newcastle
HMan City3 - 0Liverpool
HMan City3 - 1Bournemouth
AMan City0 - 1A Villa
HMan City2 - 0Everton
AMan City1 - 0Brentford
HMan City5 - 1Burnley
AMan City1 - 1Arsenal
HMan City3 - 0Man Utd
AMan City1 - 2Brighton
HMan City0 - 2Spurs
AMan City4 - 0Wolves
AMan City2 - 0Fulham
HMan City3 - 1Bournemouth
AMan City0 - 0Southampton
HMan City1 - 0Wolves
HMan City2 - 1A Villa
AMan City2 - 0Everton
Sunderland 7TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Liverpool1 - 1Sunderland
Fulham1 - 0Sunderland
Chelsea1 - 2Sunderland
Man Utd2 - 0Sunderland
Nottm Forest0 - 1Sunderland
C Palace0 - 0Sunderland
Burnley2 - 0Sunderland
Sheff Utd1 - 2Sunderland
Coventry1 - 2Sunderland
Oxford Utd2 - 0Sunderland
Bristol C2 - 1Sunderland
Norwich0 - 0Sunderland
West Brom0 - 1Sunderland
Coventry3 - 0Sunderland
Sheff Wed1 - 2Sunderland
Leeds2 - 1Sunderland
M'Boro2 - 3Sunderland
Derby0 - 1Sunderland
Burnley0 - 0Sunderland
Stoke1 - 0Sunderland
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASunderland1 - 1Liverpool
HSunderland3 - 2Bournemouth
ASunderland0 - 1Fulham
HSunderland2 - 2Arsenal
HSunderland1 - 1Everton
ASunderland2 - 1Chelsea
HSunderland2 - 0Wolves
ASunderland0 - 2Man Utd
ASunderland1 - 0Nottm Forest
HSunderland1 - 1A Villa
ASunderland0 - 0C Palace
HSunderland2 - 1Brentford
ASunderland0 - 2Burnley
HSunderland3 - 0West Ham
ASunderland2 - 1Sheff Utd
HSunderland0 - 1Coventry
ASunderland2 - 1Coventry
HSunderland0 - 1QPR
ASunderland0 - 2Oxford Utd
HSunderland0 - 1Blackburn
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Man City have beaten Sunderland in 5 consecutive league meetings
13
Man City have not lost to Sunderland in 13 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Man City since 1998
Man City
Sunderland
Goals: Scored
37
16
Games: Scored
13 / 14
9 / 14
Clean sheets
5 / 14
1 / 14
MCI
11
D
2
SUN
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man City
Man City2 - 1
Man City4 - 1
Man City3 - 2
Draw2 - 2Draw
Man City3 - 0
Draw3 - 3Draw
Man City5 - 0
Man City4 - 3
Man City1 - 0
Man City1 - 0
Man City2 - 1
Man City3 - 0
Man City4 - 2
0 - 1Sunderland
League games at Sunderland since 1997
Sunderland
Man City
Goals: Scored
11
15
Games: Scored
9 / 13
8 / 13
Clean sheets
5 / 13
4 / 13
MCI
6
D
1
SUN
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sunderland
0 - 2Man City
0 - 1Man City
Sunderland1 - 0
Sunderland1 - 0
Sunderland1 - 0
Sunderland1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 3Man City
1 - 2Man City
1 - 2Man City
0 - 3Man City
Sunderland1 - 0
Sunderland3 - 1
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.1 is fairly strong for Manchester City in their meeting with Sunderland, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 16 consecutive English Premier League outings.

Man City 2nd Sunderland 7th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
12%
1
26%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
16%
There is a 62% probability that Man City will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
47%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 83% probability of Sunderland scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+22
Man City have scored 22% more goals at home than predicted
-15
Sunderland have scored 15% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.5
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season
Man City
PG (predicted goals)
Sunderland
2.1
0.8
Attack rating
33%
better
MCI
SUN
view stats
Games scored12
10
Failed to score2
4
Scored first11
5
Goals scored32
18
Avg. goals scored2.3
1.3
Avg. shots per game10
7
Avg. shots per goal4
5
Conversion rate for23
19
Avg. XG for1.8
1
KickOff rating
+33%
Defence rating
3%
better
MCI
SUN
view stats
Games conceded9
10
Clean sheets5
4
Conceded first3
8
Goals conceded16
14
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1
Avg. shots/game conceded7
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
11
Conversion rate against17%
9%
Avg. XG against1.1
1.5
KickOff rating
+3%

Man City v Sunderland Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Man City Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
151554
E HaalandE HaalandR CherkiG Donnarumma
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Donnarumma GLK12
4
-
M Nunes DEF1312
2
-
R Dias DEF152
-
J Gvardiol DEF1121
2
-
N. O'Reilly DEF1413
2
-
P Foden MID1362
3
-
N González  MID141
3
-
B Silva MID152
4
-
R Cherki FWD1015
1
-
E Haaland FWD15153
-
J Doku FWD1514
-
Subs
J Trafford GLK3
-
N Aké  DEF7
-
R Nouri DEF4
1
-
A. Khusanov DEF4
1
-
R Lewis DEF61
-
T Reijnders MID1422
2
-
O Bobb MID91
1
-
O Marmoush FWD91
-
S Sávio FWD111
1
-
Sunderland Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15444
R RoefsW IsidorG XhakaG Xhaka
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Roefs GLK15
2
-
L Geertruida DEF12
-
N Mukiele DEF1311
2
-
D Ballard DEF1321
1
-
O Alderete DEF1111
2
-
T Hume DEF151
3
-
B Traoré MID91
1
-
G Xhaka MID1514
4
-
N Sadiki MID15
4
-
E Fée MID1423
2
-
W Isidor FWD154
-
Subs
A Patterson GLK
-
D Neil MID2
-
C Rigg MID6
-
L O'Nien MID2
1
E Mayenda FWD81
-
R Mundle FWD2
1
-
S Adingra FWD91
1
-
C Talbi FWD1521
-
B Brobbey FWD1021
-