📏 Form Guide

Arsenal

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Arsenal, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-0 EFL Cup triumph versus Chelsea.

In that game, Arsenal had 44% possession and 5 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Arsenal was Kai Havertz (97'). Chelsea got 14 shots on goal with 2 of them 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 go into this clash following a 3-0 Premier League win to beat Burnley in their most recent game.

In that match, Sunderland had 44% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Sunderland, the goals were scored by Habib Diarra (32') and Chemsdine Talbi (72'). On the other side, Burnley got 5 attempts on 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

Looking over their past head to head meetings stretching back to 09/01/2016 tells us that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Sunderland. They’ve not been able to get themselves any victories at all whereas Arsenal have dominated them, winning in 67 per cent of those ties.

In all, 21 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 16 for The Gunners and 5 belonging to The Black Cats. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

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

That day, Sunderland managed 35% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Goals were scored by Daniel Ballard (36') and Brian Brobbey (94').

Arsenal got 17 attempts on goal with 7 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 probably use the 4-2-3-1 formation this time and select David Raya, Jurrien Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel, Riccardo Calafiori, Martin Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard and Viktor Gyoekeres.

📰 Team News: Sunderland

From our viewpoint, The Black Cats seem likely to play in a 3-2-4-1 system, starting the game with Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Daniel Ballard, Omar Alderete, Trai Hume, Reinildo, Habib Diarra, Noah Sadiki, Enzo Le Fee, Chemsdine Talbi 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, 14:05 07/02/2026