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Arsenal face a trip to Sunderland at Stadium Of Light at tea-time on Monday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 63 games played, Gunners have recorded 13 wins, and Sunderland have come away with 30 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 27 Oct | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Sunderland's home form is most definitely relegation standard, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Black Cats have conceded a disappointing 12 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 3 of their own chances.
Arsenal's away form is none too clever either, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Gunners's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 4 against.
Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 35 games have yielded only 12 points. Arsenal find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 58 points they have accumulated from 35 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sunderland | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Although Arsenal have been far from successful in recent away games, I can see nothing other than an easy victory for them against Sunderland. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sunderland | Been beaten in each of their previous 3 home matches. Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 14 most recent games. |
| Arsenal | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 4 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |