Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2008

Result

Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 4 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal: match report

Sunderland drew with Arsenal 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 October 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Grant Leadbitter opened the scoring in the 86th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Grant Leadbitter (86'). Arsenal scored through Cesc Fàbregas (90').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 13th on 7 points from 6 and Arsenal 4th on 12 points from 6. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Arsenal 4th with 72.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 2 draws and 7 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Gaël ClichyArsenal
  • 41'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadSunderland
  • 61'Yellow card · Kolo TouréArsenal
  • 65'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 73'Yellow card · Dwight YorkeSunderland
  • 78'Yellow card · Alex SongArsenal
  • 86'Goal · Grant LeadbitterSunderland · 1-0
  • 90'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Emmanuel AdebayorArsenal
  • 90'Yellow card · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 2, Arsenal 7.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)

Craig Gordon, George McCartney, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Pascal Chimbonda, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Djibril Cissé, Dwight Yorke

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

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Denílson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Emmanuel Adebayor