Saturday seventh February 2026Arsenal v Sunderland – Premier LeagueEmirates Stadium Kick-Off: 15:00Tickets & Match Protection
Tickets: Tickets are bought out.
TV/Stream: Full reside match protection is unavailable.
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Radio: Full reside match commentary obtainable by way of BBC Radio Newcastle (not on-line)
The build-up…
Nicely, we solely went and did it once more on Monday. We’ve misplaced six instances this season – all away from residence – and on every event we’ve adopted that up with a win on the Stadium of Gentle. This implies half of our 36-point complete to this point has come from bouncing again from a defeat on our travels.
What does the sample appear like after we performed that sport? – I hear you ask – nicely, it’s fairly fascinating due to these earlier 5 wins that show our bouncebackability (one for the older folks perhaps…), solely a kind of wins was adopted by a defeat, which was our final highway journey at West Ham.
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There have been three attracts in there (Brighton, Liverpool & Palace), however the different was a victory on the highway – our final one to be exact. We have been crushed at Outdated Trafford, and adopted it up with a win at Wolves, then went to Stamford Bridge and took all three factors. So there’s hope in spite of everything in the present day.
There was some deal with the away kind, however the mixture of opponents is fascinating. You would argue that our final virtually full efficiency away from residence got here at Liverpool, and since then, we’ve perhaps had just a little expectation on us to go and assault and take all three factors. However in journeys to Liverpool and Chelsea, this wasn’t the case – so it will likely be fascinating to see what Le Bris has up his sleeve in the present day.
Nicely, it doesn’t get a lot more durable than our fixture this weekend as we journey to Premier League leaders Arsenal.
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They’re on a mission to say their first league title since 2004, having completed runners-up for the earlier three seasons. They’ve additionally received all eight video games within the Champions League on their option to the final sixteen and reached the League Cup closing after navigating a tough semi-final second leg towards Chelsea in midweek, plus they’re because of tackle Wigan Athletic at residence within the fourth spherical of the FA Cup, so it may very well be a busy few months forward.
If that wasn’t all, by the best way, they’ve additionally conceded the fewest objectives within the Premier League and solely Citeh have scored extra, however regardless of all of that, you’ll suppose it was all going fallacious on the Emirates in case you pay attention too fastidiously to a whole lot of broadcasters and social media for the time being.
Paul Scholes was saying they’d find yourself being essentially the most boring facet to have ever received the Premier League, however would Arteta or the followers care? I very a lot doubt it. However they should go and do it now, as a result of in the event that they don’t and end second for a fourth time in a row, it should begin to get just a little foolish.
The betting…
The bookies have the Lads at 12/1 to win the sport, whereas Arsenal are priced at 2/9, and the draw is 5/1.
Face to face… at Arsenal
(All competitions)
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Final time we met… on the Emirates StadiumTuesday twenty first December 2021League Cup – Fifth Spherical
Emirates Stadium
Arsenal 5-1 Sunderland
[Nketiah 17’, 49’, 58’, Pepe 27’, Patino 90’ – Broadhead 31’]
Sunderland: Burge, Winchester, Wright, Flanagan, Doyle, Gooch (Evans), Neil, Embleton (O’Brien), Pritchard, Broadhead (Hume), Stewart (Kimpioka) Substitutes not used: Patterson, Cirkin, Xhemajli, Youthful, Dunne
Arsenal: Leno, Soares, Tavares, Elneny, White (Gabriel), Holding, Pepe, Odegaard (Martinelli), Nketiah, Smith-Rowe (Patino), Balogun (Xhaka) Substitutes not used: Ramsdale, Tierney, Partey, Saka, Lacazette
Attendance: 59,027
I reckon the lads will put in a superb shift – however they’re fairly good for the time being.