Manchester City vs Sunderland — preview

Coaches

Enzo Maresca

Régis Le Bris

Injuries & suspensions

Manchester City

P. Foden

Unavailable

injured

Sunderland

H. Diarra

Hamstring Injury · back 2026-10-31

injured

R. Mundle

Knee Injury · back 2027-01-10

injured

Recent form

Manchester City

WAManchester United1-0

WAFC Porto2-0

WHCoventry City1-0

WACrystal Palace4-1

WHBournemouth2-1

Sunderland

LHArsenal0-2

WHHull City1-0

DABrentford1-1

WHFulham1-0

LAIpswich Town1-2

Where to watch

Sky Sports Premier League

Match facts

Stadium

Etihad Stadium

City

Manchester

Kickoff

20 Sep, 13:00 UTC

Competition

Premier League

🔮 AI-predicted lineup · 59% confidence — confirmed XI drops ~1h before kickoff

Manchester City 4-2-3-1 · 4-2-3-1 Sunderland

1 G. Donnarumma 7.3 24 J. Gvardiol 7.1 3 R. Dias 7.2 6 M. Guéhi 7.4 27 M. Nunes 7.1 5 E. Anderson 7.5 17 E. Fernández 7.1 42 A. Semenyo 7.0 10 R. Cherki 7.1 56 R. McAidoo 6.7 9 E. Haaland 7.8 22 R. Roefs 6.8 17 R. Mandava 6.6 5 D. Ballard 6.7 13 L. O'Nien 6.7 12 T. Meunier 6.7 34 G. Xhaka 7.6 28 E. Le Fée 6.9 10 N. Angulo 6.8 27 N. Sadiki 6.8 37 J. T. Bi 7.0 9 B. Brobbey 6.3

Forecast BSD engine

Man City 66%

21%

Sunderland 13%

Who winsMan City to win (DNB) 83%

1X2Man City to win 66%

CornersOver 9.5 corners 51%

CornersOver 8.5 corners 63%

BTTSBTTS: No 52%

GoalsOver 2.5 goals 51%

GoalsUnder 3.5 goals 72%

GoalsOver 1.5 goals 75%

1X2Draw 21%

CornersUnder 10.5 corners 60%

1X2Sunderland to win 13%

Full odds via API →

Everything we are at least 80% sure of for this match. We publish nothing below that — across all fixtures, 86.7% of these turn out right.

Manchester City to win or draw

87%

Manchester City to avoid defeat

83%

A confidence, not a tip. We do not claim these beat the bookmakers' price — the odds are short precisely because the outcome is likely.

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