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Manchester City 3-0 Sunderland - April 21, 2003 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 35

Maine Road - Manchester - England

April 21, 2003

34 357

3 - 0

Sunderland

Marc-Vivien Foé

36'

Robbie Fowler

38'

Marc-Vivien Foé

80'

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36' - Goal Marc-Vivien Foé36

38' - Goal Robbie Fowler38

40' - Substitution Richard Dunneis substituted by Djamel Belmadi40

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46' - Substitution Julio Arcais substituted by Jonjo Dickman

61' - Substitution Kevin Kyleis substituted by Michael Proctor photo Tore André Flo

61' - Substitution Marcus Stewartis substituted by Tore André Flo

80' - Goal Marc-Vivien Foé80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Manchester City

3 - 0

Sunderland

Manchester City Sunderland

Team line-ups

Manchester City

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age39 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Dunne40

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Sommeil

David Sommeil

Guadeloupe

B.date10/08/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Jensen

Niclas Jensen

Denmark

B.date17/08/1974

Age28 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Foé8036

Marc-Vivien Foé

Cameroon

B.date01/05/1975

Age27 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

Barton

Joey Barton

England

B.date02/09/1982

Age20 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Benarbia

Ali Benarbia

Algeria

B.date08/10/1968

Age34 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Wright-Phillips

Shaun Wright-Phillips

England

B.date25/10/1981

Age21 years

H1m66

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Fowler38

Robbie Fowler

England

B.date09/04/1975

Age28 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Anelka

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		39	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Dunne	40	23	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sylvain Distin		25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Sommeil		28	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Niclas Jensen		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc-Vivien Foé	8036	27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joey Barton		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ali Benarbia		34	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Wright-Phillips		21	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Robbie Fowler	38	28	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sunderland

Poom

Mart Poom

Estonia

B.date03/02/1972

Age31 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Craddock

Jody Craddock

England

B.date25/07/1975

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Williams

Darren Williams

England

B.date28/04/1977

Age25 years

H1m72

positionCentral defender

McCartney

George McCartney

Northern Ireland

B.date29/04/1981

Age21 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Kilbane

Kevin Kilbane

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/02/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Arca46

Julio Arca

Argentina

B.date31/01/1981

Age22 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Thornton

Sean Thornton

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/05/1983

Age19 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Gray

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age28 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

Kyle61

Kevin Kyle

Scotland

B.date07/06/1981

Age21 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Stewart61

Marcus Stewart

England

B.date07/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Phillips

Kevin Phillips

England

B.date25/07/1973

Age29 years

H1m71

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mart Poom		31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jody Craddock		27	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Williams		25	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George McCartney		21	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Kilbane		26	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julio Arca	46	22	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Thornton		19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Gray		28	209	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Kyle	61	21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marcus Stewart	61	30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kevin Phillips		29	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Djamel Belmadi	40	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Jonjo Dickman	46	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Proctor	61	22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tore André Flo	61	29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Julio Arca

Gavin McCann

OUT

George McCartney

Talal El Karkouri

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Keegan

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Keegan vs Sunderland

6 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Keegan vs McCarthy

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

McCarthy vs Manchester City

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

McCarthy vs Keegan

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Referee

Graham Barber

2 victories	2 draws	3 losses	Manchester City7 matches	General total	Sunderland12 matches	3 victories	5 draws	4 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Manchester City3 matches	Season total	Sunderland2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on April 17, 2004					Latest figure on February 14, 2004

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Key figures

Manchester City keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 16/03/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 13/10/2001-15/09/2002 time period (21 matches).

Manchester City keeps its 9 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Sunderland at home running (since 30/03/1912). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 01/09/1908 (2 matches)

The last time Marc-Vivien Foé scored at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with , it was on the 26/12/2002 (avec vs )

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester City 2-1 Leeds United11/01/2003

VManchester City 4-1 Fulham29/01/2003

LManchester City 1-2 West Bromwich Albion01/02/2003

LManchester City 1-5 Arsenal22/02/2003

VManchester City 1-0 Birmingham City16/03/2003

DManchester City 0-0 Middlesbrough12/04/2003

Overall

LBlackburn 1-0 Manchester City01/03/2003

VManchester City 1-0 Birmingham City16/03/2003

LChelsea 5-0 Manchester City22/03/2003

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester City05/04/2003

DManchester City 0-0 Middlesbrough12/04/2003

VTottenham 0-2 Manchester City18/04/2003

Current form

Away

LEverton 2-1 Sunderland18/01/2003

DBlackburn 3-3 Sunderland25/01/2003

LTottenham 4-1 Sunderland08/02/2003

LFulham 1-0 Sunderland01/03/2003

LWest Ham 2-0 Sunderland22/03/2003

LBirmingham City 2-0 Sunderland12/04/2003

Overall

LFulham 1-0 Sunderland01/03/2003

LSunderland 0-2 Bolton Wanderers15/03/2003

LWest Ham 2-0 Sunderland22/03/2003

LSunderland 1-2 Chelsea05/04/2003

LBirmingham City 2-0 Sunderland12/04/2003

LSunderland 1-2 West Bromwich Albion19/04/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	4	9
Winless streak	13	14
Drawless streak	4	9
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	3	0
Conceding streak	12	14

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

34	Number of games (Competition total)	34
16	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
13	Victories (Competition total)	4
8	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	7
2	Draws (Home / Away)	5
15	Losses (Competition total)	23
6	Losses (Home / Away)	11

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	21
25	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
51	Goals conceded (Competition total)	56
24	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	30
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.62
1.56	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.59
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.65
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.76

Betting aid

19	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	16
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
12	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	16
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	8
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (3 times)

Bookings

49	Yellow cards (Competition total)	52
16	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	30
5	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Nicolas Anelka	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Kevin Phillips
Nicolas Anelka	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Kevin Phillips
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Kevin Phillips
David Sommeil	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Marcus Stewart

Historical head to head

Home

60 matches

36 v

12 d

12 l

113 gf

74 ga

Away

58 matches

14 v

11 d

33 l

81 gf

107 ga

Total

118 matches

50 v

23 d

45 l

194 gf

181 ga

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

33 v

11 d

14 l

107 gf

81 ga

Away

60 matches

12 v

12 d

36 l

74 gf

113 ga

Total

118 matches

45 v

23 d

50 l

181 gf

194 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 27, 1969
Home	5 - 1	April 21, 1906

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 20, 1980
Away	4 - 0	August 20, 1980

Latest head to head

December 09, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Sunderland

0 - 3

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 23, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Sunderland

1 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

August 23, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Manchester City

4 - 2

Sunderland logo Sunderland

January 17, 1998 - First Division 1997/1998

Manchester City

0 - 1

Sunderland logo Sunderland

August 15, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Sunderland

3 - 1

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Francis Lee	4 goals	1968 - 1973
Paulo Wanchope	3 goals	2000 - 2000
Dennis Tueart	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Alan Oakes	2 goals	1966 - 1969
Colin Bell	2 goals	1968 - 1969
David White	2 goals	1990 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

John Hawley	3 goals	1980 - 1980
Gary Rowell	3 goals	1981 - 1983
Billy Hughes	3 goals	1973 - 1973
Mick Buckley	2 goals	1982 - 1982
Stan Cummins	2 goals	1980 - 1981
Kevin Arnott	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

Joe Corrigan	14 matches	1969 - 1983
Michael Doyle	9 matches	1968 - 1977
Colin Bell	9 matches	1966 - 1973
Tony Book	9 matches	1966 - 1973
Alan Oakes	8 matches	1966 - 1970
Paul Power	7 matches	1976 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/08/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Jimmy Montgomery	11 matches	1966 - 1976
Billy Hughes	7 matches	1968 - 1976
Gary Rowell	7 matches	1976 - 1983
Colin Todd	7 matches	1966 - 1970
Stan Cummins	6 matches	1980 - 1983
Martin Harvey	6 matches	1966 - 1970