Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2012
Result
Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City: match report
Sunderland defeated Manchester City 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Adam Johnson of Sunderland in the 53rd minute.
Discipline: Sunderland received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 14th on 20 points from 18 and Manchester City 2nd on 39 points from 18. Sunderland went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 74.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sunderland wins, 2 draws and 6 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read W-L-W-L-L and Manchester City's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 40'Yellow card · Jack Colback
- 43'Yellow card · Vincent Kompany
- 45'Yellow card · Yaya Touré
- 53'Goal · Adam Johnson
- 58'Yellow card · Matija Nastasić
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)
Craig Gardner, Carlos Cuéllar, Jack Colback, Sebastian Larsson, Simon Mignolet, Matthew Kilgallon, Adam Johnson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Steven Fletcher, Danny Rose
Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, Matija Nastasić, Pablo Zabaleta, Yaya Touré, Javi García, David Silva, James Milner, Sergio Agüero, Kolo Touré, Carlos Alberto Tevez