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Sunderland face a trip to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium at lunchtime on Sunday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Black Cats will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 35 and win only 16 of the 65 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in November 2005, with Arsenal running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Mon 01 May | Sunderland | 0 - 3 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 05 Nov | Arsenal | 3 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 25 Oct | Sunderland | 0 - 3 | Arsenal | LGEC |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 11 May | Sunderland | 0 - 4 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 06 Nov | Arsenal | 2 - 3 | Sunderland | LGEC |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 06 Oct | Arsenal | 3 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Gunners have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 1.
In complete contrast to Arsenal, Sunderland are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The The Black Cats's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
Arsenal are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 19 points from the 7 games played. Sunderland find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 8 points from their 8 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 18 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Black Cats are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Arsenal. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arsenal | Won 7 successive home games. 8 games since last home draw. Won their latest 9 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Sunderland | Not won in previous 5 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |