Manchester City 3-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 October 2012

Result

Manchester City 3-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 6 October 2012, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Manchester City · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Manchester City 3-0 Sunderland: match report

Manchester City defeated Sunderland 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 October 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Aleksandar Kolarov opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Aleksandar Kolarov (5'), Sergio Agüero (60') and James Milner (89'). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 4th on 12 points from 6 and Sunderland 13th on 7 points from 5. Manchester City went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Sunderland 14th with 41.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-D-D-W-D and Sunderland's W-D-D-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Carlos CuéllarSunderland
  • 5'Goal · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City · 1-0
  • 60'Goal · Sergio AgüeroManchester City · 2-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Jack ColbackSunderland
  • 88'Yellow card · Craig GardnerSunderland
  • 89'Goal · James MilnerManchester City · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 6, draws 2, Sunderland 2.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Pablo Zabaleta, Joleon Lescott, James Milner, Gareth Barry, David Silva, Yaya Touré, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Mario Balotelli, Aleksandar Kolarov

Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)

Simon Mignolet, John O'Shea, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, Adam Johnson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, Danny Rose, Carlos Cuéllar