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

Thu 1st Jan, 20:00 BST, Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Manchester City, led by manager Josep Guardiola i Sala, visit Régis Le Bris and his Sunderland side at the Stadium of Light on Thursday night in the English Premier League. For every Premier League match preview, KickOff dives into the stats for seventeen major betting markets. Key stats, including head-to-head results, are then published alongside the best odds.


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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

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Sunderland
38%
--
Draw
25%
--
Man City
37%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Sunderland 2-1
8%
--
Sunderland 1-0
8%
--
Man City 2-1
8%
--
Man City 1-0
8%
--
Sunderland 2-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Man City 2-0
6%
--
Sunderland 3-1
4%
--
Man City 3-1
4%
--
Sunderland 3-0
3%
--
Sunderland 3-2
3%
--
Man City 3-2
3%
--
Man City 3-0
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
48%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
58%
--
BTTS - No
42%
--
BTTS - Home Win
20%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
19%
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Home/draw
63%
--
Away/draw
62%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
56%
--
Away DNB
54%
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Sunderland win to nil
19%
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Man City win to nil
18%
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Sunderland have played 16 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league. Sunderland are unbeaten at home after 8 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Sunderland have conceded 10 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Sunderland have played 8 games at home, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 15 goals, conceded 7 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and scored in every home league game.

Man City lay in 2nd place on 34 points in the Premier League league table having played 16 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 0 and losing 4 games. They have scored 37 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Man City have conceded 15 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Man City have played 8 away games, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 2 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Sunderland
Man City
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal1611322036 
d
 
2-2F
Feb 7
Apr 18
d
 
1-1F
2
Man City1611142234 
Jan 1
l
 
3-0A
-
-
3
A Villa161033833 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 18
May 24
l
 
1-0A
4
Chelsea168441228 
May 24
w
 
1-2A
Jan 4
Apr 11
5
C Palace16754526 
Jan 17
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 21
w
 
0-3F
6
Man Utd16754426 
May 9
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-0F
Jan 17
7
Liverpool16826226 
Feb 11
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-0F
Feb 8
8
Sunderland16754226 
-
-
w
 
3-0F
Jan 1
9
Everton16736-124 
d
 
1-1A
May 17
w
 
2-0F
May 2
10
Brighton16655223 
Mar 14
Dec 20
Jan 7
l
 
2-1F
11
Spurs16646422 
Apr 11
Jan 4
l
 
0-2A
Feb 1
12
Newcastle16646122 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 21
Feb 21
l
 
2-1A
13
Bournemouth16565-321 
w
 
3-2A
Feb 28
w
 
3-1F
May 17
14
Fulham16628-320 
Feb 22
l
 
1-0A
Feb 11
w
 
4-5F
15
Brentford16628-320 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 7
May 9
w
 
0-1F
16
Nottm Forest16538-818 
Apr 25
w
 
0-1F
Mar 4
Dec 27
17
Leeds16448-1016 
Dec 28
Mar 4
w
 
3-2F
Feb 28
18
West Ham16349-1313 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 24
Dec 20
Mar 14
19
Burnley163112-1510 
Feb 2
l
 
2-0A
w
 
5-1F
Apr 25
20
Wolves160214-262 
w
 
2-0F
May 2
Jan 24
w
 
0-4F
Win / draw / win form
Sunderland 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sunderland1 - 0Newcastle
Sunderland3 - 2Bournemouth
Sunderland2 - 2Arsenal
Sunderland1 - 1Everton
Sunderland2 - 0Wolves
Sunderland1 - 1A Villa
Sunderland2 - 1Brentford
Sunderland3 - 0West Ham
Sunderland0 - 1Coventry
Sunderland0 - 1QPR
Sunderland0 - 1Blackburn
Sunderland0 - 1Swansea
Sunderland1 - 0Millwall
Sunderland1 - 1Preston
Sunderland2 - 1Cardiff
Sunderland0 - 1Hull
Sunderland2 - 0Luton
Sunderland2 - 2Watford
Sunderland2 - 2Plymouth
Sunderland1 - 0Portsmouth
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSunderland1 - 0Newcastle
ASunderland0 - 3Man City
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
Man City 2ND
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
C Palace0 - 3Man City
Fulham4 - 5Man City
Newcastle2 - 1Man City
A Villa1 - 0Man City
Brentford0 - 1Man City
Arsenal1 - 1Man City
Brighton2 - 1Man City
Wolves0 - 4Man City
Fulham0 - 2Man City
Southampton0 - 0Man City
Everton0 - 2Man City
Man Utd0 - 0Man City
Nottm Forest1 - 0Man City
Spurs0 - 1Man City
Arsenal5 - 1Man City
Ipswich0 - 6Man City
Brentford2 - 2Man City
Leicester0 - 2Man City
A Villa2 - 1Man City
C Palace2 - 2Man City
Goals: Scored
44
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
14
D
2
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AMan City3 - 0C Palace
HMan City3 - 0Sunderland
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Man City have beaten Sunderland in 6 consecutive league meetings
7
Man City have not lost to Sunderland in 7 consecutive league meetings
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
SUN
6
D
1
MCI
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
League games at Man City since 1998
Man City
Sunderland
Goals: Scored
40
16
Games: Scored
14 / 15
9 / 15
Clean sheets
6 / 15
1 / 15
SUN
1
D
2
MCI
12
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Man City
Man City3 - 0
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
Goal Statistics
Sunderland 8th Man City 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Sunderland will score 1 or more goals
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Man City will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-16
Sunderland have scored 16% fewer goals at home than predicted
+4
Man City’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2025/2026 season
Sunderland
PG (predicted goals)
Man City
1.4
1.4
Attack rating
SUN
MCI
39%
better
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Games scored11
14
Failed to score5
2
Scored first6
13
Goals scored19
38
Avg. goals scored1.2
2.4
Avg. shots per game7
10
Avg. shots per goal6
4
Conversion rate for18
23
Avg. XG for1
1.8
KickOff rating
+39%
Defence rating
SUN
MCI
12%
better
view stats
Games conceded11
9
Clean sheets5
7
Conceded first9
3
Goals conceded17
16
Avg. goals conceded1.1
1
Avg. shots/game conceded10
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded10
7
Conversion rate against10%
15%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+12%

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

Sunderland Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
16445
R RoefsW IsidorG XhakaR Mandava
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Roefs GLK16
2
-
T Hume DEF161
3
-
G Xhaka MID1614
4
-
N Sadiki MID16
4
-
W Isidor FWD164
1
-
C Talbi FWD1621
-
E Fée MID1523
3
-
N Mukiele DEF1411
3
-
D Ballard DEF1421
1
-
L Geertruida DEF12
-
O Alderete DEF1211
2
-
R Mandava DEF12
4
1
B Brobbey FWD1121
1
-
B Traoré FWD101
1
-
S Adingra FWD91
1
-
E Mayenda FWD81
-
C Rigg MID6
-
H Diarra MID4
1
-
A Masuaku DEF3
1
-
R Mundle FWD3
1
-
L O'Nien DEF2
1
D Neil MID2
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Man City Premier League squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
161764
E HaalandE HaalandR CherkiB Silva
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Dias DEF162
-
B Silva MID162
4
-
E Haaland FWD16173
-
N. O'Reilly DEF1513
2
-
N González  MID151
3
-
T Reijnders MID1522
2
-
J Doku FWD1514
-
M Nunes DEF1413
2
-
P Foden FWD1472
3
-
G Donnarumma GLK13
4
-
J Gvardiol DEF1221
2
-
S Sávio FWD121
1
-
R Cherki MID1116
1
-
O Marmoush FWD101
-
O Bobb FWD91
1
-
J Stones DEF7
-
R Lewis DEF71
-
N Aké  DEF7
-
Rodri MID6
-
R Nouri DEF5
1
-
A. Khusanov DEF4
1
-
J Trafford GLK3
-
M Kovacic MID1
-