Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2026
Result
Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2026, 19:00 UTC · Stadium of Light, Sunderland · half-time 0-0
Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal: match report
Sunderland were beaten by Arsenal 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 September 2026 at Stadium of Light. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Bruno Guimarães opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Sunderland did not score. Arsenal scored through Bruno Guimarães (58') and Bukayo Saka (90+7', penalty).
Discipline: Sunderland received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Arsenal received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 14th on 4 points from 3 and Arsenal 2nd on 9 points from 3. In the current table Sunderland are 20th on 5 points and Arsenal are 1st on 24 points.
Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bukayo Saka of Arsenal (7.8), ahead of Declan Rice (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 3 draws and 7 for Arsenal.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Reinildo Mandava
- 39'Yellow card · Mikel Arteta
- 56'Missed penalty · Enzo Le Fée
- 58'Goal · Bruno Guimarães
- 66'Yellow card · Dan Ballard
- 69'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
- 81'Yellow card · Brian Brobbey
- 90+1'Yellow card · Gabriel
- 90+1'Yellow card · Nordi Mukiele
- 90+3'Yellow card · Kai Havertz
- 90+6'Second yellow · Reinildo Mandava
- 90+7'Penalty goal · Bukayo Saka
Form and table
- SunderlandLast five: L W D
- ArsenalLast five: W W W W
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 24 | LWWWW |
| 20 | Sunderland | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 5 | LLLDL |
Head-to-head
Team news
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Sunderland line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robin Roefs, Nordi Mukiele, Kevin Danso, Dan Ballard, Reinildo Mandava, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Thomas Meunier, Enzo Le Fée, Nilson Angulo, Brian Brobbey
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
David Raya, Ben White, Ezri Konsa, Gabriel, Riccardo Calafiori, Declan Rice, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Christos Tzolis, Kai Havertz
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