English Premier League

FT Sunday, September 20, 2026
Sunderland WDWLW 3
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Manchester City WWWWW 5
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MNC325
Etihad Stadium · Peacock

Match Report

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Man City down Sunderland in eight-goal thriller

Brian Brobbey scored a hat trick in a losing cause as Manchester City maintained their 100% Premier League start with a frantic 5-3 win over Sunderland.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
4
45
Possession
55
17
SHOTS
16
9
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
312
Accurate Passes
403
384
Passes
470
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
40
27
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
3
18
Tackles
6
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
7
21
Effective Clearances
28
21
Clearances
28

Highlights

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Head to Head

MNC leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 6Marc GuéhiCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 24Josko GvardiolLB
  5. 27Matheus NunesRB
  6. 10Rayan CherkiAM
  7. 5Elliot AndersonLM
  8. 17Enzo FernándezRM
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 42Antoine SemenyoAM-L
  11. 7Iliman NdiayeAM-R

SUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Robin RoefsG
  2. 5Danny BallardCD-L
  3. 4Kevin DansoCD-R
  4. 6Dayann MethalieLB
  5. 20Nordi MukieleRB
  6. 28Enzo Le FéeAM
  7. 27Noah SadikiLM
  8. 34Granit XhakaRM
  9. 9Brian BrobbeyF
  10. 10Nilson AnguloAM-L
  11. 12Thomas MeunierAM-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Dayann Méthalie (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 9' Goal! Manchester City 1, Sunderland 0. Enzo Fernández (Manchester City) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  3. 12' Goal! Manchester City 1, Sunderland 1. Brian Brobbey (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Enzo Le Fée with a through ball.
  4. 29' Goal! Manchester City 2, Sunderland 1. Rayan Cherki (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antoine Semenyo.
  5. 33' Goal! Manchester City 2, Sunderland 2. Brian Brobbey (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Meunier.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  6. 33'
  7. 37'
  8. 43' Goal! Manchester City 3, Sunderland 2. Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marc Guéhi following a corner.
  9. 57' Goal! Manchester City 4, Sunderland 2. Antoine Semenyo (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  10. 59' Goal! Manchester City 4, Sunderland 3. Brian Brobbey (Sunderland) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nilson Angulo.
  11. 60' Substitution, Sunderland. Malick Fofana replaces Nilson Angulo.
  12. 68' Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Noah Sadiki.
  13. 75' Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Iliman Ndiaye.
  14. 79' Substitution, Sunderland. Trai Hume replaces Thomas Meunier.
  15. 81' Goal! Manchester City 5, Sunderland 3. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josko Gvardiol.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  16. 83'
  17. 83'
  18. 85' Substitution, Manchester City. Nico O'Reilly replaces Rayan Cherki.

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