Sunderland 1-4 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2016

Result

Sunderland 1-4 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sunderland 1-4 Arsenal: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Arsenal 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 October 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

A. Sánchez opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Jermain Defoe (65', penalty). Arsenal scored through A. Sánchez (19'), Olivier Giroud (71'), Olivier Giroud (76') and A. Sánchez (78').

Discipline: Sunderland received 4 yellow cards; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 2 points from 9 and Arsenal 2nd on 20 points from 9. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 24 points, and Arsenal 5th with 75.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-5-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Arsenal (9.2), ahead of Olivier Giroud (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 7 for Arsenal.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · A. SánchezArsenal · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Wahbi KhazriSunderland
  • 33'Yellow card · Didier NdongSunderland
  • 41'Yellow card · Steven PienaarSunderland
  • 48'Yellow card · Papy DjilobodjiSunderland
  • 64'Yellow card · Petr ČechArsenal
  • 65'Penalty goal · Jermain DefoeSunderland · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · A. SánchezArsenal
  • 71'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 1-2
  • 76'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 1-3
  • 78'Goal · A. SánchezArsenal · 1-4
  • 80'Yellow card · K. GibbsArsenal

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 0, draws 3, Arsenal 7.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)

Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, Lamine Koné, John O'Shea, Patrick van Aanholt, Wahbi Khazri, Didier Ndong, Jack Rodwell, Steven Pienaar, Duncan Watmore, Jermain Defoe

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

Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Francis Coquelin, Mohamed Elneny, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mesut Özil, Alex Iwobi, Alexis Sánchez