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title: "Manchester City vs Sunderland: Match Preview"
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author: "Chris Sparks"
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published: "2015-12-22T13:45:07Z"
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# Manchester City vs Sunderland: Match Preview

Sunderland travel to Manchester on boxing day hoping to cause an upset as the Black Cats look to close the gap on the relegation zone. Manchester City come off the back of a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Arsenal on Monday night, whilst Sunderland showed little fight as they lost 3-1 to the champions Chelsea on Saturday afternoon.

Manchester City won this fixture almost 12 months ago to the day as a Frank Lampard stole the three points after Adam Johnson and Jack Rodwell had clawed the Black Cats level in Manchester. The last meeting between these sides was a no contest as City dumped Sunderland out the Capital One Cup earlier this season with a 4-1 victory at the Stadium of Light.

**Kickoff –** Saturday 26th December @ 1500

**Venue –** The Etihad Stadium

**Last Season** – Manchester City 3-2 Sunderland

**Referee –** Anthony Taylor

**Potential Sunderland** **Squad** **–** Pantilimon, Mannone, Matthews, Jones, Brown, O’Shea, Kaboul, Yedlin, Coates, Van Aanholt, Cattermole, Lens, Gomez, Toivonen, M’Vila, Johnson, Borini, Graham, Watmore, Fletcher, Defoe.

**Injuries:** Cattermole (Hamstring), Larsson (Hamstring), Rodwell (Suspended).

**Potential Manchester City Squad:** Caballero, Hart, Mangala, Sagna, Kolarov, Iheanacho, Clichy, Navas, Fernandinho, Yaya Toure, Otamendi, Demichelis, Silva, De Bruyne, Sterling, Delph, Roberts, Bony, Aguero.

![Alex Livesey/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/https://media.readsunderland.com/readsunderland/2015/12/501101354.jpg)

**Injuries:** Kompany (calf, 29 Dec), Zabaleta (knee, 29 Dec), Fernando (2 Jan), Nasri (both hamstring, Apr)

**Read Sunderland’s Prediction:**

A good performance is all Sunderland fans ask, they don’t expect a victory on Saturday but could the Black Cats grind out a draw?

*Manchester City 2-0 Sunderland*