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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Arsenal at Highbury on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Black Cats will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Highbury was within the last three years, in November 2002, with Sunderland inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Gunners in a League Cup match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 30 Dec | Arsenal | 2 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. During these games, Gunners have smashed 13 goals past the opposition and conceded a paltry 2.
Sunderland have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. The Black Cats's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Arsenal's 17 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Sunderland find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 11 games have yielded only 5 points.
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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 13 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
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. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Sunderland | 7 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |