Manchester City 3-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2025

Result

Manchester City 3-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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 December 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Rúben Dias opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Manchester City's goals came from Rúben Dias (31'), Josko Gvardiol (35') and Phil Foden (65'). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 28 points from 14 and Sunderland 6th on 23 points from 14. Manchester City went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Sunderland 7th with 54.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Sunderland in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rayan Cherki of Manchester City (9.0), ahead of Rúben Dias (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester City wins, 0 draws and 3 for Sunderland.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Rúben DiasManchester City · 1-0
  • 35'Goal · Josko GvardiolManchester City · 2-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Josko GvardiolManchester City
  • 65'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 3-0
  • 90+5'Red card · Luke O'NienSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 7, draws 0, Sunderland 3.

Team news

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

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Josko Gvardiol, Nico O'Reilly, Bernardo Silva, Nico González, Phil Foden, Rayan Cherki, Jérémy Doku, Erling Haaland

Sunderland line-up (5-4-1)

Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Lutsharel Geertruida, Dan Ballard, Omar Alderete, Trai Hume, Bertrand Traoré, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Enzo Le Fée, Wilson Isidor