Man City can be confident in their chances of winning against Sunderland, because they are unbeaten in all 14 home matches in the Premier League against the team from the Northeast of England (12 wins, 2 draws).
The last time they lost to Sunderland at home was in January 1998 (losing 0-1) at Maine Road.
Enzo Maresca could become the sixth coach to win all 5 of his first Premier League games when leading a club, after Carlo Ancelotti (Chelsea, 2009), Pep Guardiola (Man City, 2016), Craig Shakespeare (Leicester, 2017), Maurizio Sarri (Chelsea, 2018) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Man United, 2018-2019).
Meanwhile, Sunderland is still showing a very difficult playing style. Last round, they lost to Arsenal 0-2 in the context of missing a penalty kick. By midweek, they defeated AZ Alkmaar in a Europa League match.
Sunderland's attention will be focused on the Premier League, where they have 4 points after 4 matches. Sunderland has not won any away matches this season and will experience 3 consecutive away winless matches for the first time since January 2026 if they lose points against Man City.
The "Black Cats" have never won at the Etihad before. They lost 0-3 here in December last year.
They have also never won any match in the last 17 Premier League matches against teams in the top 2 (4 draws, 13 losses).
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