English Premier League

FT Thursday, January 1, 2026
Manchester City WWWWW 0
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Sunderland DLWDD 0
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Stadium of Light · 46,920 att. · USA Net

Match Report

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Sunderland extend unbeaten home run in goalless draw vs. Man City

Sunderland extended their unbeaten Premier League home record to 10 games after holding Manchester City to a goalless draw.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
4
67.7
Possession
32.3
14
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
548
Accurate Passes
221
640
Passes
304
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
52
21
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
2
17
Effective Tackles
15
23
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
12
Interceptions
17
21
Effective Clearances
31
21
Clearances
31

Highlights

01:19 Have Man City got what it takes to catch Arsenal? Watch on ESPN 00:57 Pep Guardiola: We tried everything to win but couldn't vs. Sunderland Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MNC leads series 5-0

Lineups

SUN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Robin RoefsG
  2. 15Omar AldereteCD-L
  3. 20Nordi MukieleCD-R
  4. 3Dennis CirkinLB
  5. 32Trai HumeRB
  6. 28Enzo Le FéeAM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 6Lutsharel GeertruidaRM
  9. 9Brian BrobbeyF
  10. 24Simon AdingraAM-L
  11. 12Eliezer MayendaAM-R

MNC · 4-3-2-1

  1. 25Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 33Nico O'ReillyLB
  5. 27Matheus NunesRB
  6. 14Nico GonzálezCM
  7. 47Phil FodenCM-L
  8. 20Bernardo SilvaCM-R
  9. 9Erling HaalandF
  10. 26SávioCF-L
  11. 10Rayan CherkiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45'+5' Simon Adingra (Sunderland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Substitution, Manchester City. Rodri replaces Nico González because of an injury.
  3. 51' Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Savinho because of an injury.
  4. 57' Substitution, Manchester City. Josko Gvardiol replaces Nico O'Reilly.
  5. 58' Substitution, Sunderland. Wilson Isidor replaces Brian Brobbey.
  6. 72' Substitution, Sunderland. Romaine Mundle replaces Simon Adingra.
  7. 77' Nathan Aké (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 85' Substitution, Manchester City. Tijjani Reijnders replaces Bernardo Silva.

Premier League News

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