Arsenal 3-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2015

Result

Arsenal 3-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 3-1 Sunderland: match report

Arsenal won against Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.

Joel Campbell opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Joel Campbell (33'), Olivier Giroud (63') and Aaron Ramsey (90+3'). Sunderland scored through an own goal by Olivier Giroud (45').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 2nd on 27 points from 14 and Sunderland 17th on 12 points from 14. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Sunderland 17th with 37.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sunderland in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 0 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Joel CampbellArsenal · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal
  • 45'Own goal · Olivier GiroudSunderland · 1-1
  • 63'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · DeAndre YedlinSunderland
  • 90+3'Goal · Aaron RamseyArsenal · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 6, draws 4, Sunderland 0.

Team news

Arsenal expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Nacho Monreal, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Héctor Bellerín, Mesut Özil, Santi Cazorla, Alexis Sánchez, Francis Coquelin, Joel Campbell, Olivier Giroud

Sunderland expected line-up (3-5-2)

Costel Pantilimon, Sebastián Coates, Younès Kaboul, Billy Jones, Yann M'Vila, DeAndre Yedlin, Lee Cattermole, Patrick van Aanholt, Steven Fletcher, Jermain Defoe