Arsenal 3-2 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 7 October 2007

Result

Arsenal 3-2 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 7 October 2007, 11:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Arsenal 3-2 Sunderland: match report

Arsenal won against Sunderland 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 October 2007. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (7'), Philippe Senderos (14') and Robin van Persie (80'). Sunderland scored through Ross Wallace (25') and K. Jones (48').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 19 points from 7 and Sunderland 15th on 8 points from 8. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Sunderland's L-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · K. JonesSunderland
  • 7'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Philippe SenderosArsenal · 2-0
  • 25'Goal · Ross WallaceSunderland · 2-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Michael ChopraSunderland
  • 48'Goal · K. JonesSunderland · 2-2
  • 80'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 3-2
  • 90'Red card · P. McShaneSunderland

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 2, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, Philippe Senderos, Gaël Clichy, Abou Diaby, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor

Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)

Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Paul McShane, Danny Higginbotham, Danny Collins, Liam Miller, Grant Leadbitter, Ross Wallace, Michael Chopra, Kenwyne Jones, Dwight Yorke