Manchester City take on the visitors Sunderland in the first match of new season in English Premier League. The match will be played at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, August 13th.
Manchester City finished on fourth position in the standings last season with 66 points and 71-41 aggregate goal difference. Exactly the goal difference allowed them to qualify for the Champions League this season. The team appointed new manager, famous Spaniard Pep Guardiola, who replaced Manuel Pelligrini. The team played three friendlies under new manager and failed to impress in all of them, losing to Bayern Munich, 0-1, and Arsenal, 0-1 and drawing with Borussia Dortmund, 1-1. Despite all the problems in matches last season, the team is unbeaten in their last five matches at home since the end of the March.
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Sunderland avoided relegation from Premier League only due to impressive run in the end of the season when the team lost only one of their last 11 matches and gained 16 points. Such successful streak allowed the team to finish with 39 points and 48-62 overall goal difference, only two points ahead of relegated neighbors Newcastle. The manager, who saved the team, Sam Allardyce, took over the national team this summer and the club appointer David Moyes. The team played six sparrings with new manager this summer, taking four wins and two draws. On top of that, the team is on five-match undefeated run in away matches in the league.
Manchester City are successful in head-to-head with Sunderland, avoiding defeats in last seven clashed and taking wins in recent five matches. We can expect the hosts to take another win against low-level opponents but the spread shouldn’t be big.
Prediction for the match: Sunderland to win with +2.0 Asian handicap.
