Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2009

Result

Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland: match report

Arsenal drew with Sunderland 0-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 February 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Neither side found the net.

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 44 points from 25 and Sunderland 11th on 30 points from 25. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.

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 7 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 0 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 39'Yellow card · Samir NasriArsenal
  • 71'Yellow card · Gaël ClichyArsenal
  • 80'Yellow card · George McCartneySunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 3, Sunderland 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner

Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)

Marton Fulop, George McCartney, Kieran Richardson, Tal Ben Haim, Danny Collins, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Kenwyne Jones, Teemu Tainio