Manchester City 5-3 Sunderland · Premier League
Manchester City beat Sunderland 5-3 in the Premier League. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Manchester City and Sunderland met in the Premier League at Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday, 20 September 2026.
Goalscorers
Manchester City: E. Fernández 9'; R. Cherki 29'; A. Semenyo 43', 57'; E. Haaland 81'. Sunderland: B. Brobbey 12', 33', 59'.
How the match went
Manchester City saw more of the ball, 55% of it. Manchester City had 16 shots with 6 on target, Sunderland 17 with 9 on target. There were 11 corners in total, 6 to Manchester City and 5 to Sunderland. Manchester City conceded 14 fouls, Sunderland 14. The referee showed 1 yellow card (0 for Manchester City, 1 for Sunderland).
Line-ups
Manchester City started in a 4-2-3-1: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Marc Guéhi, Joško Gvardiol, Enzo Fernández, Elliot Anderson, Iliman Ndiaye, Rayan Cherki, Antoine Semenyo, Erling Haaland.
Sunderland started in a 4-2-3-1: Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Kevin Danso, Daniel Ballard, Dayann Methalie, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Thomas Meunier, Enzo Le Fée, Nilson Angulo, Brian Brobbey.
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