Sunderland Vs Arsenal Match Thread : LIVE

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After a difficult start to the campaign, losing 3-1 to Aston Villa at the Emirates, we bounced back with 4 successive wins including against rivals Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur. Giroud has currently scored 4 goals this season following Ramsey with 3 and Podolski with 2. Making his debut today is £42.4 million man, Ozil, who is expected to do great things at Arsenal. The players to watch today are Ozil and danger man Giroud.

Line Ups:

Arsenal : Szczesny, Jenkinson, Sagna, Koscielny, Gibbs, Flamini, Ramsey, Wilshere, Ozil, Walcott, Giroud .

Subs : Substitutes: Fabianski, Vermaelen, Monreal, Frimpong, Ryo, Gnabry, Akpom

Sunderland : Westwood, Celustka, Colback, Roberge, Diakite, Vaughan, Mavrias, Ki, Johnson (c), Fletcher, Altidore.

Subs : Mannone, Brown, Larsson, Gardner, Wickham, Cuellar, Borini.

MATCH FACTS:

Head-to-head:

•Sunderland's only win in their last 19 league meetings with Arsenal came at the Stadium of Light in November 2009, when Darren Bent scored the decisive goal.
•The Black Cats have only scored two first-half goals in the 24 Premier League meetings between the clubs and have never been ahead at the interval.
•However, they did beat Arsenal 2-0 in the fifth round of the FA Cup in February 2012.

Sunderland:

•Sunderland's two Premier League goals this term have both been headers, meaning they have already matched their tally of headed goals in the 2012-13 season.
•The Black Cats won two of their first three games under Paolo Di Canio, but since then have claimed three points from seven league matches (D3, L4).
•They have won only two Premier League games at the Stadium of Light in 2013 (against West Ham in January and Everton in April).
•After taking on Arsenal, Sunderland have home games against Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle, Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham. Last season the Black Cats collected five points from those corresponding seven fixtures.

Arsenal:

•The Gunners have won six successive Premier League away games for only the second time. It is their best form since winning their final eight away matches in the 2001-02 season.
•Olivier Giroud has yet score a Premier League goal outside of London, with 12 of his 14 strikes netted at the Emirates Stadium.
•Only Fulham (21) have allowed their opponents more shots on target in the Premier League this season than Arsenal (17).
•The Gunners have conceded two goals in the final 15 minutes of Premier League games this season - as many as they let in during the entire 2012-13 season.

Venue : Stadium of Light

Referee : Atkinson.

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