Premier League · Round 5
Etihad Stadium

Manchester City 5–3 Sunderland starting lineups

Manchester City Sunderland
5 - 3
Full time
Fernández 9' Cherki 29' Semenyo 43', 57' Haaland 81'
Brobbey 12', 33', 59'

Manchester City and Sunderland lineup images

Manchester City starting lineup vs Sunderland, 4-2-3-1: Donnarumma, Nunes, Dias, Guéhi, Gvardiol, Fernández, Anderson, Ndiaye, Cherki, Semenyo, Haaland. Premier League Round 5, Sunday, September 20, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Sunderland starting lineup vs Manchester City, 4-2-3-1: Roefs, Mukiele, Danso, Ballard, Méthalie, Xhaka, Sadiki, Meunier, Le Fée, Angulo, Brobbey. Premier League Round 5, Sunday, September 20, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

8'
Yellow cardMéthalie Yellow card
1 - 0Fernándezgoal
9'
12'
goalBrobbey1 - 1
2 - 1Cherkigoal
29'
33'
goalBrobbey2 - 2
3 - 2Semenyogoal
43'
Half time · 3 - 2
4 - 2Semenyogoal
57'
59'
goalBrobbey4 - 3
60'
substitutionFofana for Angulo
68'
substitutionIsidor for Sadiki
Doku for Ndiayesubstitution
75'
79'
substitutionHume for Meunier
5 - 3Haalandgoal
81'
O'Reilly for Cherkisubstitution
85'

Manchester City and Sunderland team sheets and player ratings

Manchester City shirt

Manchester City

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
1 Italy Donnarumma rating 6.5
27 Portugal Nunes rating 6.5
3 Portugal Dias rating 5.3
6 England Guéhi rating 7.4
24 Croatia Gvardiol rating 7.3
17 Argentina Fernández 1 goal rating 7.9
5 England Anderson rating 7.4
7 Senegal Ndiaye off 75' rating 7.5
10 France Cherki 1 goal off 85' rating 8.2
42 Ghana Semenyo 2 goals rating 9.3
9 Norway Haaland 1 goal rating 7.5
Substitutes
11 Belgium Doku on 75' rating 6.1
33 England O'Reilly on 85'
28 Argentina Rulli
45 Uzbekistan Khusanov
21 Algeria Ait Nouri
82 England Lewis
32 Morocco Bouaddi
8 Croatia Kovačić
37 Brazil Allan
Sunderland shirt

Sunderland

4-2-3-1
Starting XI
22 Netherlands Roefs rating 4.2
20 France Mukiele rating 5.6
4 Austria Danso rating 4.0
5 Northern Ireland Ballard rating 6.0
6 France Méthalie yellow card rating 5.1
34 Switzerland Xhaka rating 6.9
27 DR Congo Sadiki off 68' rating 6.0
12 Belgium Meunier off 79' rating 7.4
28 France Le Fée rating 7.9
10 Ecuador Angulo off 60' rating 7.5
9 Netherlands Brobbey 3 goals rating 9.7
Substitutes
39 Belgium Fofana on 60' rating 6.7
18 Haiti Isidor on 68' rating 6.1
32 Northern Ireland Hume on 79' rating 6.2
31 Sweden Ellborg
13 England O'Nien
15 Paraguay Alderete
11 England Rigg
29 DR Congo Ahoka
7 Morocco Talbi

Managers

Maresca4-2-3-1Manchester City
Le Bris4-2-3-1Sunderland
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Manchester City 5–3 Sunderland: match summary

Manchester City beat Sunderland 5–3 at Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday, September 20, 2026, in Round 5 of the Premier League. Enzo Fernández (9'), Rayan Cherki (29'), Antoine Semenyo (43', 57') and Erling Haaland (81') scored for Manchester City, Brian Brobbey (12', 33', 59') for Sunderland. The match ratings read 7.2 for Manchester City and 6.4 for Sunderland. Antoine Semenyo and Brian Brobbey tied for the highest player rating at 9.5, and Robin Roefs of Sunderland the lowest rated starter at 4.0. Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 under Maresca, Sunderland in a 4-2-3-1 under Le Bris. Dayann Méthalie was booked on 8 minutes, and nobody was sent off. The Premier League table taken on September 24, 2026 had Manchester City 1st on 15 points and Sunderland 14th on 4.

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