Arsenal 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 16 October 2011

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Sunday 16 October 2011, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 2-1 Sunderland: match report

Arsenal won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 October 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Robin van Persie opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Arsenal's goals came from Robin van Persie (1') and Robin van Persie (83'). Sunderland scored through Sebastian Larsson (31').

Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 15th on 7 points from 7 and Sunderland 17th on 6 points from 7. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Sebastian LarssonSunderland · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · D. VaughanSunderland
  • 55'Yellow card · Sebastian LarssonSunderland
  • 57'Yellow card · A. SongArsenal
  • 61'Yellow card · Wes BrownSunderland
  • 63'Yellow card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
  • 83'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Robin van PersieArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 4, Sunderland 1.

Team news

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Arsenal expected line-up (4-3-3)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Samir Nasri, Theo Walcott, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen

Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)

Simon Mignolet, Michael Turner, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, John O'Shea, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Jack Colback, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Stéphane Sessègnon, David Vaughan