Manchester City 2-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 5 March 2006
Result
Manchester City 2-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Sunday 5 March 2006, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Manchester City 2-1 Sunderland: match report
Manchester City won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 March 2006. The half-time score was 2-1.
Georgios Samaras opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Georgios Samaras (9') and Georgios Samaras (10'). Sunderland scored through Kevin Kyle (25').
Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 11th on 37 points from 27 and Sunderland 20th on 10 points from 27. Manchester City went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Sunderland 20th with 15.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Sunderland's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Georgios Samaras
- 10'Goal · Georgios Samaras
- 25'Goal · Kevin Kyle
- 35'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
- 39'Yellow card · Riera
- 51'Yellow card · Rory Delap
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up
Sylvain Distin, Richard Dunne, Stephen Jordan, Micah Richards, Claudio Reyna, Kizito Kiki Musampa, Albert Riera, Trevor Sinclair, Darius Vassell, Georgios Samaras, David James
Sunderland line-up
George McCartney, Gary Breen, Nyron Nosworthy, Danny Collins, Dean Whitehead, Grant Leadbitter, Julio Arca, Stephen Elliott, Kevin Kyle, Kelvin Davis, Rory Delap