Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of Sunderland versus Manchester City. You have to go back 33 meetings to 1985 for the last time these two played out a goalless draw and with two porous defences on show again today, expect goals. Team news is on the way.

Premier League / Matchday 27

Stadium of Light / 05.03.2017

Sunderland

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Manchester City

S. Agüero(42')
L. Sané(59')

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ByTom Adams

Updated 05/03/2017 at 17:51 GMT

34'

Toure slips in Sterling with a delicious through ball but the forward is offside, and then forunate not to be booked for kicking the ball away.

31'

O'Shea trips Aguero on the halfway line and becomes the first played booked by referee Atkinson.

Yellow card

J. O'Shea

Sunderland

Yellow Cards1

Fouls1

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29'

Sane runs at Kone and the defender does well to get a toe on the ball and direct it back to Pickford.

28'

A prolonged spell of City possession in Sunderland's half comes to nothing but they soon win the ball back.

24'

Clichy penalised for a foul throw.

22'

Sane plays a one-two with Fernandinho and bursts into the box but ends uo running the ball out of play.

20'

So close for Sunderland! Defoe turns 25 yards from goal and smacks a bouncing shot into the post then Borini heads the rebound wide.

18'

Fantastic skill from Januzaj to skip past three Man City defenders but then he overhits a pass for Defoe. His career so far summed up in a few seconds.

17'

Borini looks to slide the overlapping Oviedo through on goal but Caballero is off his line quickly to gather.

14'

Kone and O'Shea both leave what looked like an aimless cross into the box and Sterling is ready to pounce but Pickford gathers at the last second. Almost a catastrophe.

13'

The resultant free-kick is disappointing and cleared.

12'

Larsson trips Silva midway inside the Sunderland half but escapes a booking.

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10'

Sunderland are trying to press the visitors whenever they can, but on this occasion Januzaj fouls Kolarov.

From a botched Man City corner, Kone leads the Sunderland counter by wastes a promising attack with a poor cross.

Jones beats Clichy by the corner flag but with his subsequent cross can't find a team-mate, while Kolarov is now receiving treatment having been winded blocking a Borini shot.

Kolarovplays a sensational cross-field pass from near his own penalty area to Sterling in the other box, but the winger is quickly dispossessed and Fernandinho lashes the loose ball over.

Both teams are in their home kits so that's red and white shirts for Sunderland and sky blue ones for the visitors.

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