Manchester City 5-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 3 April 2011
Result
Manchester City 5-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Sunday 3 April 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester City 5-0 Sunderland: match report
Manchester City beat Sunderland 5-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 April 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Adam Johnson opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Adam Johnson (9'), C. Tevez (15', penalty), David Silva (63'), Patrick Vieira (67') and Yaya Touré (73'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 53 points from 30 and Sunderland 12th on 38 points from 30. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Sunderland 10th with 47.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-5-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-W-D-L-W and Sunderland's L-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Adam Johnson
- 14'Yellow card · Phil Bardsley
- 15'Penalty goal · C. Tevez
- 31'Yellow card · John Mensah
- 36'Yellow card · Aleksandar Kolarov
- 63'Goal · David Silva
- 67'Goal · Patrick Vieira
- 73'Goal · Yaya Touré
- 85'Yellow card · Patrick Vieira
- 90+2'Yellow card · Michael Turner
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City expected line-up (4-5-1)
Wayne Bridge, Nigel de Jong, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gareth Barry, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, John Mensah, Anton Ferdinand, Lee Cattermole, Jordan Henderson, Sulley Muntari, Stéphane Sessègnon, Danny Welbeck, Asamoah Gyan