📊 Form Guide

Arsenal

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Arsenal will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 1-0 EFL Cup triumph versus Chelsea.

In that game, Arsenal had 44% possession and 5 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Arsenal was Kai Havertz (90'). At the other end, Chelsea got 14 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

In their prior 6 fixtures, Mikel Arteta's Arsenal have managed to score 13 times, with that being an average number of goals per match equal to 2.17.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Arsenal:

• have not been beaten in the league by Sunderland in their last 16 matches. It's quite some record.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Sunderland

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Sunderland will go into the game following a 3-0 Premier League win with the downing of Burnley in their most recent game.

In that game, Sunderland managed 44% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Sunderland, the goalscorers were Habib Diarra (32') and Chemsdine Talbi (72'). Burnley got 5 shots at goal with 0 of them on target. Axel Tuanzebe (9' Own goal) scored for Burnley.

The numbers tell their own story, and Sunderland have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 9 goals overall. At the back, Sunderland have not been doing too well. Historical results aside, we must now wait to see if the trend shall persist in this next game or not.

Going into this encounter, Sunderland are without a win away from home in their last 7 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

An inspection of past results between these clubs stretching back to 09/01/2016 reveals that these encounters have been a source of anguish for Sunderland. They have not been able to get themselves any victories whatsoever while Arsenal have just been stronger than them, finishing as winners in 67 per cent of those ties.

A combined total of 21 goals were produced between them in this period, with 16 of them for The Gunners and 5 for The Black Cats. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The last league match featuring the two was Premier League match day 11 on 08/11/2025 when the final score was Sunderland 2-2 Arsenal.

On that occasion, Sunderland managed 35% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. The goals were scored by Daniel Ballard (36') and Brian Brobbey (94').

For their opponents, Arsenal had 17 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Bukayo Saka (54') and Leandro Trossard (74') scored.

The match was refereed by Craig Pawson.

📰 Team News: Arsenal

We think that The Gunners will possibly employ a 4-3-3 system in the match, handing starts to David Raya, Jurrien Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhães, Piero Hincapié, Kai Havertz, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyokeres and Leandro Trossard.

🗞️ Team News: Sunderland

There’s a good chance that The Black Cats seem likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup, starting Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Omar Alderete, Daniel Ballard, Reinildo Mandava, Trai Hume, Noah Sadiki, Eliezer Mayenda, Romaine Mundle, Enzo Le Fée and Brian Brobbey.

🔮 Prediction

Our assessment is that Arsenal certainly have the ability to score more than once when they come up against Sunderland, who may well find it hard to break down their defence.

We can therefore see a decent 2-0 victory for Arsenal at the end of this one.

Andre Moura, 02:01 04/02/2026