Arsenal 4-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 February 2014

Result

Arsenal 4-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 22 February 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Arsenal 4-1 Sunderland: match report

Arsenal defeated Sunderland 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 February 2014. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Olivier Giroud (5'), Olivier Giroud (31'), Tomáš Rosický (42') and Laurent Koscielny (57'). Sunderland scored through E. Giaccherini (81').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 58 points from 26 and Sunderland 15th on 27 points from 25. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Sunderland 10th with 45.

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

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 D-L-W-W-W and Sunderland's L-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 2-0
  • 42'Goal · Tomáš RosickýArsenal · 3-0
  • 53'Yellow card · E. GiaccheriniSunderland
  • 53'Yellow card · Emanuele GiaccheriniSunderland
  • 57'Goal · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal · 4-0
  • 81'Goal · E. GiaccheriniSunderland · 4-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Arsenal expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Laurent Koscielny, Per Mertesacker, Bacary Sagna, Mesut Özil, Santi Cazorla, J. Wilshere, Mathieu Flamini, Mikel Arteta

Sunderland line-up (4-3-3)

Vito Mannone, Phil Bardsley, Santiago Vergini, John O'Shea, Marcos Alonso, Sung-yueng Ki, Liam Bridcutt, Jack Colback, Adam Johnson, Jozy Altidore, Fabio Borini