Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 September 2010

Result

Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 18 September 2010, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal: match report

Sunderland drew with Arsenal 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 September 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Cesc Fàbregas opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Darren Bent (90'). Arsenal scored through Cesc Fàbregas (13').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 13th on 5 points from 4 and Arsenal 2nd on 10 points from 4. Sunderland went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Arsenal 4th with 68.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 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 D-W-L-D and Arsenal's W-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 0-1
  • 23'Yellow card · J. WilshereArsenal
  • 38'Yellow card · A. SongArsenal
  • 48'Yellow card · Danny WelbeckSunderland
  • 55'Second yellow · A. SongArsenal
  • 63'Yellow card · C. RiverosSunderland
  • 74'Missed penalty · Tomáš RosickýArsenal
  • 85'Yellow card · S. MalbranqueSunderland
  • 90'Goal · Darren BentSunderland · 1-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Simon Mignolet, Kieran Richardson, Nedum Onuoha, Titus Bramble, Anton Ferdinand, Steed Malbranque, Jordan Henderson, Cristian Riveros, Ahmed Eissa El Mohamady Abdel Fattah, Darren Bent, Danny Welbeck

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

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Sébastien Squillaci, Gaël Clichy, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Alex Song, J. Wilshere, Andrey Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh