Manchester City
Premier League · 202630-second read
What the record shows
The retained record does not give either club a clear edge on the metrics that clear the gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
History
Head-to-head
Recent meetings between these teams.
Last 5 meetings
Season-opening preview
Current-season evidence is still building.
This competition's new season has only just started, so PitchMath does not yet hold enough completed matches for a current-season grade. The comparison below is last season's recorded data, shown as historical context.
1 / 2 matches toward the first current-season grade
Current season so far
Completed matches in the season being played. Kept separate from the historical block below.
- Manchester City2 matches
- Sunderland1 matches
Previous-season context
Recorded season totals from the source competition. Not current form.
Both clubs played the same competition and season, so these values are directly comparable.
Manchester City
- Competition
- Premier League
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 38 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 24 May 2026
- Goals scored2.03 goals/match
- Goals allowed0.92 goals/match
- Expected goals1.87 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.16 xG/match
- Shots15.7 shots/match
- Shots allowed9.71 shots/match
- Shots on target5.39 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed3.34 shots/match
- Possession60.6%
- Corners6.42 corners/match
- Corners allowed3.82 corners/match
- Cards1.83 cards/match
- Fouls9.68 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency42%
- Scoring frequency89%
Sunderland
- Competition
- Premier League
- Season
- 2025/26
- Sample
- 38 matches
- Profile grade
- A
- Data cutoff
- 24 May 2026
- Goals scored1.11 goals/match
- Goals allowed1.26 goals/match
- Expected goals1.01 xG/match
- Expected goals allowed1.41 xG/match
- Shots10.4 shots/match
- Shots allowed14.2 shots/match
- Shots on target3.42 shots/match
- Shots on target allowed4.45 shots/match
- Possession44.8%
- Corners3.63 corners/match
- Corners allowed5.13 corners/match
- Cards2.26 cards/match
- Fouls10.7 fouls/match
- Clean-sheet frequency29%
- Scoring frequency66%
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis
- At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
- At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
- At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.
- Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.
Known unknowns
- Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
- Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
- The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
- The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.
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