Manchester City 3-2 Sunderland: result and report

Manchester City 3-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Thursday 1 January 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Manchester City · Sunderland · Premier League predictions

Manchester City beat Sunderland 3-2 in the Premier League on Thursday 1 January 2015. The half-time score was 0-0.

Yaya Touré opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Yaya Touré (57'), Stevan Jovetic (66') and Frank Lampard (73'). Sunderland scored through J. Rodwell (68') and Adam Johnson (71', penalty).

Discipline: Manchester City received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 43 points from 19 and Sunderland 14th on 20 points from 19. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Sunderland 17th with 38.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Sunderland.

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