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Manchester City

5 — 3 Sep 20, 2026 · 06:30 PM IST

Sunderland

Premier League · Round 5

Venue Etihad Stadium, Manchester

Referee Robert Jones

Player of the Match Brian Brobbey 9.7 90' played

Match Events

8' Away Dayann Méthalie

9' Home ⚽ Enzo Fernández — 1-0

12' Away ⚽ Brian Brobbey — 1-1

29' Home ⚽ Rayan Cherki — 2-1

33' Away ⚽ Brian Brobbey — 2-2

43' Home ⚽ Antoine Semenyo — 3-2

HT

57' Home ⚽ Antoine Semenyo — 4-2

59' Away ⚽ Brian Brobbey — 4-3

60' Away ↔ Malick Fofana → Nilson Angulo

68' Away ↔ Wilson Isidor → Noah Sadiki

75' Home ↔ Jérémy Doku → Iliman Ndiaye

79' Away ↔ Trai Hume → Thomas Meunier

81' Home ⚽ Erling Haaland — 5-3

85' Home ↔ Nico O'Reilly → Rayan Cherki

FT

Match Stats

55 45

Ball possession

2.72 4.15

Expected goals (xG)

16 17

Total shots

6 9

Shots on target

34 28

Touches in opposition box

3 8

Big chances

2 5

Big chances missed

403 (86%) 312 (81%)

Accurate passes

0 1

Yellow cards

6 5

Corners

Lineups

Manchester City (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Enzo Maresca

Starting XI

1 Gianluigi Donnarumma 6.8

27 Matheus Nunes 6.3

3 Rúben Dias 5.3

6 Marc Guéhi 7.2

24 Joško Gvardiol 7.4

17 Enzo Fernández 7.9

5 Elliot Anderson 7.4

7 Iliman Ndiaye 7.5

10 Rayan Cherki 8.2

42 Antoine Semenyo 9.3

9 Erling Haaland 7.5

Substitutes

11 Jérémy Doku 6.1

33 Nico O'Reilly

28 Gerónimo Rulli

45 Abdukodir Khusanov

21 Rayan Aït-Nouri

82 Rico Lewis

32 Ayyoub Bouaddi

8 Mateo Kovačić

37 Allan ↗

Sunderland (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Régis Le Bris

Starting XI

22 Robin Roefs 4.2

20 Nordi Mukiele 5.4

4 Kevin Danso 4.1

5 Daniel Ballard 5.9

6 Dayann Méthalie 5.1

34 Granit Xhaka 6.6

27 Noah Sadiki 6

12 Thomas Meunier 7.4

28 Enzo Le Fée 7.9

10 Nilson Angulo 7.6

9 Brian Brobbey 9.7

Substitutes

39 Malick Fofana 6.7

18 Wilson Isidor 6.1

32 Trai Hume 6.2

31 Melker Ellborg

13 Luke O'Nien

15 Omar Alderete

11 Chris Rigg

29 Jules Ahoka

7 Chemsdine Talbi