The lowdown on our second visit to Wearside this season...

Match detail:

Match: Sunderland (19th in Premier League) v City (2nd in Premier League)

Competition: Barclays Premier League

Date and time: Tuesday 2 February, 7:45pm (GMT)

Referee: Stuart Attwell (Nuneaton)

Last time: City 4-1 Sunderland, 26 December 2015

Head to head record:

Games: 142

Sunderland wins: 50

Draws: 25

City wins: 67

Out

Fabian Delph(Hamstring)

Fernando(Groin)

Doubtful

Gael Clichy will face a late fitness test after an ankle injury

Out

Thibaut Courtois(S

Doubtful

Oscar(Match fitness)



Form

Sunderland: DLWLWL

City: WWDWDW

Key Quotes

Manuel Pellegrini “It’s a tough game against a team fighting not to be relegated.

“I said before January that January was a key month to continue in all the competitions. We played two rounds of the FA Cup and the semi-final of the Capital One Cup and we had to close the ground on the leaders.”

Injury News

Sunderland: Larsson, Kaboul, Kirchoff

City: Nasri, Kompany, Bony, Mangala, De Bruyne, Delph