Premier League

Manchester City 4-1 Sunderland

Manchester City vs Sunderland finished 4-1 in Premier League. Key event: 3' Wilfried Guemiand Bony (Yellow Card). Head to head: H2H last 2: 2-0-0. Home form: L W L W L; Away form: L L L W W. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 1.21 / 7.00 / 14.50; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

MCI 4 - 1 Finished

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Competition Premier League Season 2015/2016 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 26 Dec 2015, 19:00 Venue time 26 Dec 2015, 19:00 GMT

Match context 4 facts

Home form L W L W L 6 pts, goals 7-10, 1.40 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Away form L L L W W 6 pts, goals 5-7, 1.00 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Manchester City · season record 10 W · 2 D · 5 L 2015/2016: 17 recorded matches, goals 33–19; before 26 Dec 2015 UTC. Not official standings.

Sunderland · season record 3 W · 3 D · 11 L 2015/2016: 17 recorded matches, goals 18–33; before 26 Dec 2015 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 30 shots · 5 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Manchester City 19 shots · 3.55 xG · 4 goals

Sunderland 11 shots · 1.21 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Manchester City160 plotted of 314 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Sunderland160 plotted of 250 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Manchester City98 exact passer-recipient links

STE BRU HAR KOL SAG MAN

STERaheem Sterling13 passes
BRUKevin De Bruyne19 passes
HARJoe Hart8 passes
KOLAleksandar Kolarov21 passes
SAGBacary Sagna23 passes
MANEliaquim Mangala14 passes

Sunderland127 exact passer-recipient links

MAN O'' AAN BOR CAT JON LEN WAT JOH FLE GRA

MANVito Mannone16 passes
O''John O''Shea17 passes
AANPatrick van Aanholt28 passes
BORFabio Borini16 passes
CATLee Cattermole3 passes
JONBilly Jones10 passes
LENJeremain Lens3 passes
WATDuncan Watmore1 passes
JOHAdam Johnson21 passes
FLESteven Fletcher6 passes
GRADanny Graham6 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Manchester City314 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Sunderland250 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 20 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

Manchester CitySunderland

0–5′100–0
5–10′63–37
10–15′72–28
15–20′0–100
20–25′0–100
25–30′9–91
30–35′90–10
35–40′100–0
40–45′100–0
50–55′100–0
55–60′100–0
60–65′100–0
65–70′100–0
70–75′100–0
75–80′70–30
80–85′0–100
85–90′28–72
90–95′74–26

Timeline 58 events

3' Yellow Wilfried Guemiand Bony MCI Yellow Card

9' shot Aleksandar Kolarov MCI Open Play · Off T · xG 0.01

11' shot Raheem Sterling MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.12 · Open Play · location 93%, 56.5%

16' Goal Gnégnéri Yaya Touré 1–0 MCI Open Play · Goal

16' shot Yaya Touré MCI assist David Silva · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 76.2%, 49.3%

17' shot Steven Fletcher SUN assist Adam Johnson · xG 0.02 · Open Play · location 87.7%, 41.3%

17' Goal Yaya Touré 2–0 MCI assist David Silva

18' shot Yann Gérard M''Vila SUN Open Play · Off T · xG 0.01

18' shot Yann M'Vila SUN xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.5%, 34.7%

19' shot Danny Graham SUN assist Fabio Borini · xG 0.07 · Open Play · location 89.4%, 54.4%

21' Goal Wilfried Guemiand Bony 3–0 MCI Open Play · Goal

21' shot Wilfried Bony MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.01 · Set Piece · location 86.3%, 46%

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24' shot Wilfried Guemiand Bony MCI Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.06

24' shot Wilfried Bony MCI assist David Silva · xG 0.02 · Set Piece · location 86.3%, 58.1%

24' shot Eliaquim Mangala MCI assist Wilfried Bony · xG 0.55 · Set Piece · location 93.3%, 53.6%

29' shot Kevin De Bruyne MCI assist Aleksandar Kolarov · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 76.4%, 63.7%

30' shot Gnégnéri Yaya Touré MCI Open Play · Saved · xG 0.04

30' shot Yaya Touré MCI assist Raheem Sterling · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.3%, 51.5%

32' shot David Josué Jiménez Silva MCI Open Play · Off T · xG 0.08

32' shot Steven Fletcher SUN assist Patrick van Aanholt · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 53.4%

32' shot David Silva MCI xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.7%, 55.2%

34' shot Fabio Borini SUN assist Patrick van Aanholt · xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 93.3%, 68.2%

35' Yellow Billy Jones SUN Yellow Card

36' Yellow Billy Jones SUN

41' shot Nicolás Hernán Otamendi MCI Open Play · Wayward · xG 0.03

41' shot Nicolás Otamendi MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 88.6%, 39.1%

41' shot Eliaquim Mangala MCI assist Nicolás Otamendi · xG 0.45 · From Corner · location 92.7%, 51.5%

42' shot Steven Fletcher SUN assist Patrick van Aanholt · xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 90.3%, 56.1%

45' shot Wilfried Guemiand Bony MCI Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.08

45' shot Wilfried Bony MCI assist David Silva · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 62%

47' shot David Josué Jiménez Silva MCI Open Play · Saved · xG 0.09

47' shot David Silva MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.12 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.3%, 38.4%

50' shot Raheem Sterling MCI xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 77.8%, 38.2%

53' shot Kevin De Bruyne MCI xG 0.54 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.3%, 48%

55' Sub Lee Cattermole SUN on for Yann Gérard M''Vila · Tactical

58' shot Lee Cattermole SUN xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 78.5%, 28.5%

58' shot Fabio Borini SUN assist Lee Cattermole · xG 0.4 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 93.7%, 58.8%

58' shot Fabio Borini SUN xG 0.3 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 97.9%, 62.7%

59' Goal Fabio Borini 3–1SUN

61' Sub Jeremain Lens SUN on for Steven Fletcher · Tactical

61' Sub Fabian Delph MCI on for Gnégnéri Yaya Touré · Tactical

61' Sub Vincent Kompany MCI on for Nicolás Hernán Otamendi · Tactical

68' shot Wilfried Guemiand Bony MCI Penalty · Off T · xG 0.78

68' shot Wilfried Bony MCI xG 0.76 · Right Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

69' Goal Wilfried Bony 4–1MCI

70' Sub Duncan Watmore SUN on for Danny Graham · Tactical

70' Sub Martín Gastón Demichelis MCI on for Vincent Kompany · Tactical

72' shot Sebastián Coates Nión SUN Open Play · Off T · xG 0.07

72' shot Sebastián Coates SUN assist Adam Johnson · xG 0.1 · Set Piece · location 90.4%, 53.3%

75' shot David Josué Jiménez Silva MCI Open Play · Off T · xG 0.06

75' shot David Silva MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.6%, 33.6%

79' shot Wilfried Guemiand Bony MCI Open Play · Off T · xG 0.32

79' shot Kevin De Bruyne MCI assist Raheem Sterling · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.3%, 67.1%

79' shot Wilfried Bony MCI xG 0.51 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.5%, 43.3%

86' shot Wilfried Guemiand Bony MCI Open Play · Saved · xG 0.07

86' shot Wilfried Bony MCI assist Kevin De Bruyne · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.3%, 31.2%

88' shot Sebastián Coates Nión SUN Open Play · Saved · xG 0.21

88' shot Sebastián Coates SUN assist Jordi Gómez · xG 0.06 · Set Piece · location 92.3%, 50.6%

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Team statistics 8 metrics

3.52 Expected Goals 1.08

76% 23%

19 Total Shots 11

63% 36%

66% Ball Possession 34%

66% 34%

8 Shots on Goal 4

66% 33%

10 Fouls 11

47% 52%

5 Corner Kicks 1

83% 16%

Possession over time 4 recorded checkpoints · Exact checkpoints

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4 Shots off target 5

15 Crosses 16

Lineups

Manchester City

25 F Fernando Luiz Rosa LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

21 D David Josué Jiménez Silva CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

42 G Gnégnéri Yaya Touré RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

17 K Kevin De Bruyne RIGHT WING

30 N Nicolás Hernán Otamendi RIGHT CENTER BACK

7 R Raheem Sterling LEFT WING

1 J Joe Hart GK

20 E Eliaquim Mangala LEFT CENTER BACK

14 W Wilfried Guemiand Bony CENTER FORWARD

11 A Aleksandar Kolarov LEFT BACK

3 B Bacary Sagna RIGHT BACK

Sunderland

3 P Patrick van Aanholt LEFT BACK

19 D Danny Graham RIGHT WING

21 Y Yann Gérard M''Vila CENTER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

22 S Sebastián Coates Nión RIGHT CENTER BACK

9 F Fabio Borini LEFT WING

25 V Vito Mannone GK

26 S Steven Fletcher CENTER FORWARD

2 B Billy Jones RIGHT BACK

16 J John O''Shea LEFT CENTER BACK

11 A Adam Johnson RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

14 J Jordi Gómez García-Penche LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

Historical 1X2 odds

Home / Draw / Away1.21 / 7.00 / 14.50

Bookmaker samples7