Sunderland v Manchester City - preview

Sunderland have won five Premier League home games against Manchester City - only versus Stoke City (6) have they won more often.

Manchester City's 4-1 win at the Stadium of Light last season ended a run of four consecutive 0-1 away defeats against Sunderland in the Barclays Premier League.

Wilfried Bony has scored in three of his four Premier League appearances against Sunderland (three goals).

Manchester City have scored a league-high 11 goals from outside the box in the Premier League this season.

Former Manchester City player Adam Johnson has more Premier League assists than any other player in 2016 so far (3).

On average, Man City complete a league-high 149 passes per game in the final third of the pitch this season while Sunderland complete the lowest on average (57 per game).

Of all current Premier League teams, Sunderland have the lowest points per game record in the month of February (0.64 - P47 W6 D12 L29).

Jermain Defoe has scored 30% of his shots (excl. blocked) in the Premier League this season (9/30); double his ratio in 2014-15 (15% - 4/26).

Sergio Aguero has scored 11 goals in his last nine Premier League appearances, including four goals in his last two games.

These two sides have made the most changes to their starting XI overall in the Premier League so far in 2015-16 (60 changes each).