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.

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

Manchester City get the game underway.

The two team are out on the pitch and kick-off is imminent.

Martin Atkinson is the man with the whistle today.

Another one.

One positive omen for Sunderland - they have won four of their last six home league meetings with City.

When the two sides met on the opening day of the season City won 2-1 thanks to a Paddy McNair own-goal three minutes from time.

Two big-name strikers up against opponents they enjoy playing then.

Jermain Defoe is the only player in the Sunderland starting 11 with more than one Premier League goal this season.

Tottenham's win means Man City will go third should they avoid defeat.

With Chelsea so far ahead Manchester City’s focus should probably be on securing a Champions League spot for next season rather than the title. A win today would take them five points clear of Arsenal and six of Manchester United.

Sunderland will be in the relegation zone whatever happens here, but a positive result would draw them a bit closer to safety. With Leicester, Crystal Palace and Swansea all winning yesterday the Black Cats are now six points adrift.

He was offside, but nonetheless an iconic goal and probably the most famous to come from this fixture in recent times.

Manchester City have won seven of the last eight meetings between these two, with the other being a draw.

Pep Guardiola meanwhile was rolling out the cliches pre-game. “During the season, we have had some good moments, some not so good,” he said. “We are in a good moment now but we have to repeat it in every single game again and again. Every game will be a final, not just for the title contenders, for the teams playing for Champions League qualification, Europa League, relegation. Every game will be tough until the end of the season.” Some tougher than others though, you imagine.

David Moyes knows his side face a difficult task but can take heart from recent home draws versus some of Manchester City's top four rivals. “We know how tough it’s going to be; I was able to see a great game against Monaco so we know what they’re capable of, and I think everyone expected that at the start of the season,” he said. “They have top players but we need to make sure we do everything we can to nullify them and get something from the game. Against Liverpool and Tottenham we played well and I think the players did well, so we have to make sure we do well again."

Goater's goal the pick of the bunch for me, Clive.

David Moyes names an unchanged Sunderland team for the first time in the league this season while Pep Guardiola makes five changes to the side that beat Huddersfield in the FA Cup in midweek. Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane, Fernandinho, Gael Clichy and John Stones are the survivors.

AFC SUNDERLAND: Pickford, Jones, Kone, O'Shea, Oviedo, Januzaj, Gibson, Larsson, Ndong, Borini, Defoe. Subs: Mannone, Honeyman, Love, Manquillo, Rodwell, Djilobodji, Khazri. /// MANCHESTER CITY: Caballero, Sagna, Stones, Kolarov, Clichy, Toure, Fernandinho, Silva, Sterling, Sane, Aguero. Subs: Bravo, Otamendi, Fernando, Nolito, Iheanacho, Delph, De Bruyne.