Manchester City 5-3 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 20 September 2026

Result

Manchester City 5-3 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 20 September 2026, 13:00 UTC · Etihad Stadium, Manchester · half-time 3-2

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Manchester City 5-3 Sunderland: match report

Manchester City beat Sunderland 5-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 September 2026 at Etihad Stadium. It was 3-2 at half-time.

Enzo Fernández opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Enzo Fernández (9'), Rayan Cherki (29'), Antoine Semenyo (43'), Antoine Semenyo (57') and Erling Haaland (81'). Sunderland scored through Brian Brobbey (12'), Brian Brobbey (33') and Brian Brobbey (59').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 12 points from 4 and Sunderland 14th on 4 points from 4. In the current table Manchester City are 2nd on 21 points and Sunderland are 20th on 5 points.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Brian Brobbey of Sunderland (10.0), ahead of Antoine Semenyo (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Sunderland.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Dayann MéthalieSunderland
  • 9'Goal · Enzo FernándezManchester City · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Brian BrobbeySunderland · 1-1
  • 29'Goal · Rayan CherkiManchester City · 2-1
  • 33'Goal · Brian BrobbeySunderland · 2-2
  • 43'Goal · Antoine SemenyoManchester City · 3-2
  • 57'Goal · Antoine SemenyoManchester City · 4-2
  • 59'Goal · Brian BrobbeySunderland · 4-3
  • 81'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 5-3

Form and table

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20Sunderland9126717-105LLLDL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 7, draws 1, Sunderland 2.

Team news

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

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Rúben Dias, Marc Guéhi, Josko Gvardiol, Enzo Fernández, Elliot Anderson, Iliman Ndiaye, Rayan Cherki, Antoine Semenyo, Erling Haaland

Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Kevin Danso, Dan Ballard, Dayann Methalie, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Thomas Meunier, Enzo Le Fée, Nilson Angulo, Brian Brobbey

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