Manchester City will look to extend their winning start to the season to five Premier League games when they welcome Sunderland to the Etihad this afternoon. City, who have also won in the Champions League and EFL Cup in an impressive start, will be expected to overcome the Wearsiders but boss Enzo Maresca was sounding a cautious tone beforehand.I watched them the last two days, three or four games. I know them, how strong they are, and have the feeling we need a top performance to beat them, be 100% to win. I watched the game live against Arsenal [in last Saturdays 2-0 defeat], then again the last two days. If you watch, you can realise how strong they are. I think personally that they didnt deserve to lose that game, he said.They are very strong, very well coached. They already have time together, you see what they want to do on and off the ball. My feeling is on Sunday it will be the toughest game since the start of the season. If you watch them, you are not surprised [at how well they have done], because you will realise how good they are, on the ball, off the ball, how aggressive they are, the amount of duels that they win every game.Sunderland will make the trip in confident mood after the euphoria of their successful return to Europe in midweek. And boss Regis Le Bris, whose side beat AZ Alkmaar 1-0, was eager to stress the quality of his squad rather than worry too much about their expensively assembled opponents.Manchester City have players everywhere, smiled the Frenchman. So if we start looking at their strength, we cant play. Its better to focus on us, how can we manage their threat and how we can create threat as well? I think we are getting better in this area.Table of ContentsRecent Form & Stats for Manchester City v SunderlandWhere to Watch Manchester City v Sunderland: TV and online streamsRecent Form & Stats for Manchester City v SunderlandCity striker Erling Haaland has faced 25 Premier League teams and scored against 24 of them. Sunderland are the odd one out.City have kept a clean sheet in each of their last four matches in all competitionsCity have lost just two of their last 30 Premier League gamesSunderland have not won any of their 14 Premier League trips to Manchester CityCity won the corresponding fixture last season 3-0 Recent Results : Manchester City League Cup Manchester City MCI W 5 0 2026-09-17 Norwich NOR Premier League Manchester United MUN W 0 1 2026-09-13 Manchester City MCI UEFA Champions League FC Porto POR W 0 2 2026-09-08 Manchester City MCI Premier League Manchester City MCI W 1 0 2026-09-05 Coventry COV Premier League Crystal Palace CRY W 1 4 2026-08-28 Manchester City MCI Recent Results : Sunderland UEFA Europa League Sunderland SUN W 1 0 2026-09-16 AZ Alkmaar ALK Premier League Sunderland SUN L 0 2 2026-09-12 Arsenal ARS League Cup Sunderland SUN W 1 0 2026-09-08 Hull City HUL Premier League Brentford BRE D 1 1 2026-09-05 Sunderland SUN Premier League Sunderland SUN W 1 0 2026-08-30 Fulham FUL Where to Watch Manchester City v Sunderland: TV and online streamsManchester City versus Sunderland kicks off at 2pm on Sunday afternoon. You can watch the game as part of Sky Sports Super Sunday and stream via the Sky Go app.Global broadcast details can be found atpremierleague.com. Topics Brian Brobbey Enzo Maresca Erling Haaland Jeremy Doku Manchester City F.C. Premier League Sunderland A.F.C. Add us as a preferred source on Google If you enjoy reading this article, you can help support our independent football journalism by adding 101 Great Goals as a preferred source You Should Also Read Bournemouth v Liverpool LIVE: Commentary, updates, goals and stats Jon Fisher 20th September, 2026 Man City vs Sunderland live: Confirmed teams and full line ups Ben Miller 20th September, 2026 Bournemouth vs Liverpool live: Confirmed teams and full line ups Ben Miller 20th September, 2026 Xabi Alonso admits we must do better after dismal Chelsea thrashed by Brentford Jon Fisher 18th September, 2026 Brentford 3-0 Chelsea: Igor Thiago among the goals as sorry Blues crushed on woeful night for Xabi Alonso Jon Fisher 18th September, 2026 Brentford 0-0 Chelsea: No breakthrough in cagey opening 45 minutes Jon Fisher 18th September, 2026
