Manchester Metropolis and Sunderland have confirmed their beginning groups for his or her assembly on the Etihad Stadium within the Premier League on Sunday.
Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday means the Cityzens can transfer three factors clear on the high of the table with victory of their closing sport earlier than the worldwide break.
Enzo Maresca’s facet have received all 4 of their league video games and thrashed Championship guests Manchester Metropolis 5-0 within the EFL Cup on Wednesday.
Sunderland earned a momentous 1-0 win at dwelling to AZ on their Europa League debut on Thursday and are on 4 factors, having suffered their solely defeat of their final 5 matches in all competitions with a 2-0 loss at dwelling to Arsenal eight days in the past.
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Man Metropolis confirmed crew vs Sunderland
Metropolis make 10 modifications from their win over Norwich, with their solely change from their 1-0 win at Manchester United per week in the past an enforced one.
Phil Foden’s purple card in that sport means the playmaker is changed by winger Iliman Ndiaye. Wideman Jeremy Doku options in a Premier League squad for the primary time this season following damage, beginning on the bench.
Manchester Metropolis: Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Ruben Dias, Marc Guehi, Josko Gvardiol, Elliot Anderson, Enzo Fernandez, Iliman Ndiaye, Rayan Cherki, Antoine Semenyo, Erling Haaland
Substitutes: Geronimo Rulli, Mateo Kovacic, Jeremy Doku, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Ayyoub Bouaddi, Nico O’Reilly, Allan, Abdukodir Khusanov, Rico Lewis
Sunderland full line up vs Manchester Metropolis
Sunderland make 5 modifications to their beginning facet from the win over AZ, bringing in Thomas Meunier, Dayann Methalie, Dan Ballard, Nilson Angulo and Brian Brobbey.
Left-back Reinildo can be banned, with France Beneath-21 worldwide Methalie making his first Premier League begin. Romaine Mundle (knee) and Habib Diarra (hamstring) are sidelined.
Wilson Isidor, Omar Alderete, Reinildo, Trai Hume and Malick Fofana transfer to the bench.
Sunderland: Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Kevin Danso, Dan Ballard, Dayann Methalie, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Thomas Meunier, Enzo Le Payment, Nilson Angulo, Brian Brobbey
Substitutes: Melker Ellborg, Trai Hume, Luke O’Nien, Omar Alderete, Jules Ahoka, Chris Rigg, Chemsdine Talbi, Malick Fofana, Wilson Isidor
The place to observe Man Metropolis vs Sunderland: TV channel, dwell on-line streams
Kick-off on Sunday is at 14:00 BST (09:00 ET / 06:00 PT). Within the UK, dwell TV protection is on Sky Sports activities Premier League and Sky Sports activities Extremely.
Streaming is through Sky Go, which is on the market on an unlimited number of gadgets for viewing on the transfer.
Through Now TV, Sky Sports activities prices £14.99 for a day membership, £27.99 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.
Right here’s the total record of Premier League broadcasters in numerous territories.
Manchester Metropolis vs Sunderland stats
- Metropolis are unbeaten in all 14 of their Premier League dwelling video games in opposition to Sunderland (W12 D2), with their final such league defeat in opposition to the Black Cats within the second tier in January 1998 (1-0)
- They’ve beforehand began a top-flight season with 5 straight wins in 1912/13 (as a part of a run of 5 victories), 2015/16 (5), 2016/17 (6) and 2023/24 (6)
- Regardless of shedding Foden throughout the first half, Metropolis received 1-0 in opposition to Man Utd on matchday 4 final Sunday for his or her twenty fourth Premier League win regardless of receiving a purple card, with solely Arsenal (38) and Man Utd (25) attaining the feat extra instances
- Maresca may develop into the sixth supervisor to win his first 5 Premier League video games accountable for a membership, after Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea (6), Pep Guardiola at Man Metropolis (6), Craig Shakespeare at Leicester (5), Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea (5) and Ole Gunnar Solskjær at Man United (6)
- With two defeats of their final 30 Premier League matches (W20 D8), Metropolis’s whole of 68 factors is the joint-most of any facet because the begin of that run on 29 November final yr, degree with Arsenal
- Sunderland are winless in 9 Premier League video games in opposition to Manchester Metropolis (D2 L7) since a 1-0 dwelling win in November 2013 below Gus Poyet
- They’ve scored in every of their final eight away Premier League matches, which is their greatest run of scoring away from dwelling within the high flight since a run of eight between November and February within the 2015/16 season, final having an extended run between April and October 1956 (10)
- Since a 2-1 win at Chelsea in April 2014, Sunderland are winless in 17 Premier League video games in opposition to groups beginning the day within the top-two (D4 L13)
- Erling Haaland has scored in eight of his final 9 appearances for a complete of 9 targets however Sunderland stay the one crew he hasn’t scored in opposition to within the Premier League, having three photographs with an anticipated targets whole of 0.75 with out discovering the web in two video games in opposition to the Black Cats
- Enzo Le Payment has six targets, six assists and has taken six penalties within the Premier League for Sunderland, making the midfielder one in every of two gamers to have scored greater than as soon as within the competitors and have the identical totals for targets, assists and penalties, together with Gary McSheffrey (3 every)
