Manchester City – Sunderland. Forecast and announcement for the England Championship match

On Saturday, December 6, the match of the 15th round of the English Championship between “Manchester City” and “Sunderland” will take place. The game will start at 17:00 Kyiv time.

Manchester City

Now “Manchester City” is not as strong as it was 2-3 years ago. Nevertheless, in 14 matches of the Premier League this season, the club managed to score 28 points, which allowed it to occupy the 2nd step of the championship standings. The “townsmen” are 5 points behind the leader, “Arsenal”. In the English League Cup, the team knocked out “Huddersfield” and “Swansea”, thanks to which they qualified for the quarterfinals. There the team will meet with “Brentford”.

In the Champions League, the English have won 10 points in 5 games, thanks to which they are currently in 9th position in the overall table. However, even from the 2nd place, “MC” lags behind by 2 points.

Sunderland

The Premier League newcomer really mesmerizes the fans with his confident play in this one. After 14 rounds of the Premier League, the “black cats” have 23 points, which allows them to be on the 6th step of the tournament table. However, even Sunderland is only 2 points behind the place in the top 4.

The team was eliminated from the English League Cup by “Huddersfield” at the 1/32 final stage.

Personal meetings

The last time the clubs met was in March 2017 as part of the Premier League. Then “Manchester City” won a calm victory 0:2.

Interesting facts

• Manchester City have won 8/9 of their previous home matches.
• Sunderland have only 1 win in their last 5 games. The team also has 3 draws and 1 defeat.
• Manchester City have scored 32 goals in the current Premier League season, the best result of any team in the competition.

Forecast

I will bet on the total over 2.5 with odds of 1.5.