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Sunderland face a trip to Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Saturday afternoon, 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 36 and win only 16 of the 66 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2007, as the Gunners edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 04 Oct | Sunderland | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 11 May | Sunderland | 0 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 07 Oct | Arsenal | 3 - 2 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Gunners have scored 10 and conceded 2 during this period.
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 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Arsenal find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 44 points they have accumulated from 25 games. Sunderland see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 30 points from their 25 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Gunners, as the The Black Cats have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arsenal | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. Unbeaten run of 12 matches. |
| Sunderland | Not won in previous 4 away matches. |