Arsenal 3-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2005
Result
Arsenal 3-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Arsenal 3-1 Sunderland: match report
Arsenal defeated Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 November 2005. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (12'), Thierry Henry (36') and Thierry Henry (82'). Sunderland scored through Alan Stubbs (75').
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 8th on 17 points from 10 and Sunderland 20th on 5 points from 11. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Sunderland 20th with 15.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Sunderland's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 36'Goal · Thierry Henry
- 75'Goal · Alan Stubbs
- 80'Yellow card · Gary Breen
- 82'Goal · Thierry Henry
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up
Jens Lehmann, Laurén, Gaël Clichy, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, José Antonio Reyes, Cesc Fàbregas, Gilberto Silva, Robin van Persie, Thierry Henry, Sulzeer Campbell
Sunderland line-up
Ben Alnwick, Gary Breen, Steven Caldwell, Nyron Nosworthy, Danny Collins, Dean Whitehead, Jon Stead, Andy Gray, Daryl Murphy, Carl Robinson, Alan Stubbs