Manchester City vs. Sunderland: Prediction, date, venue, and how to watch Premier League match

A pair of top six sides in the Premier League square off Saturday as Manchester City host Sunderland.

Man City have re-established themselves as Arsenal's main challengers in the league title race amid four wins in their last five matches. The Sky Blues have the most potent attack in the league and they will look to continue a goals outburst that had them scoring eight times over their past two matches.

That includes Tuesday's wild 5-4 win at Fulham, which pushed Man City to 32 goals on the season so far.

As for Sunderland, they have hung around the upper reaches of the Premier League all season long, although a dip in form has dropped them down to sixth place entering the weekend. The Black Cats have won just one league match of their past five, and they are coming off a 1-1 draw at Liverpool.

DAZN News has all the information for Manchester City vs. Sunderland.

Manchester City vs. Sunderland kick-off, date

Manchester City vs. Sunderland will take place at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, December 6 at 3pm GMT in the Premier League.

That means that fans watching in North America's Eastern time zone will be able to watch at 10am ET while kick-off on the West Coast is at 7am PT.

• Date: Saturday, December 6
• Kick-off: 3pm GMT / 10am ET / 7am PT
• Venue: Etihad Stadium 

Where to watch Manchester City vs. Sunderland: TV channel, live stream

• Canada: Fubo Sports on DAZN
• United Kingdom: —
• United States: Fubo

Manchester City vs. Sunderland: What the managers are saying

Pep Guardiola, Manchester City

(via Man City)

“[We scored] three goals versus Leeds and five versus Fulham,” said Pep.

“We also did many good things. How many shots on target had Leeds? [Four] and two [goals]?

“Fulham had maybe five or six [shots on target] and the average they shot and we conceded is high, so we need to improve.

“On the edge of the box, we didn’t have players there. We will talk to the players.

“Fulham had [qualities], but different, Sunderland’s physicality is impressive.

“I don’t like to concede goals, and we have to build from that.

“To fix these things we can do better, [but we want to] create chances and score goals.

“Conceding four or three goals in games, it will be difficult [to win] and [we must] be more solid.

“That belongs to everyone. I had the feeling after the games [against Leeds and Fulham] what we have to do, and the players will know after today.”

Régis Le Bris, Sunderland

(via Sunderland)

“We are building our confidence through different experiences like our collective knowledge, which is positive.

“Manchester City is probably one of the best teams in this league with the ball so we know that the pitch is big and that we’ll face one of the toughest challenges this season.

“This league is like that. You don’t have time to recover. We switch on and we go again. But we are looking forward to playing this game.”

Manchester City vs. Sunderland prediction

The Sky Blues have hit their stride lately although they have showed susceptibility on the defensive end, which Sunderland will look to exploit.

However, the Black Cats have hardly impressed over the past few weeks, and they look the lesser of the two sides at this stage of the season.

Prediction: Manchester City 2-1 Sunderland

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