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Arsenal 2-1 Sunderland - October 16, 2011 / Premier League 2011/2012

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Premier League 2011/2012 - Round 8

Emirates Stadium - London - England

October 16, 2011 - 12:30

60 078

Arsenal

2 - 1

Sunderland

Assist by Gervinho (right foot) Robin van Persie

(free kick) Robin van Persie

83'

31'

Sebastian Larsson (free kick)

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1' - Goal Robin van Persie1

31' - Goal Sebastian Larsson

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51' - Substitution Kieran Gibbsis substituted by André Santos51

67' - Substitution Sebastian Larssonis substituted by Dong-won Ji

68' - Substitution Gervinhois substituted by Andrey Arshavin68

77' - Substitution Tomas Rosickyis substituted by Yossi Benayoun77

79' - Substitution Stéphane Sessègnonis substituted by Connor Wickham

83' - Goal Robin van Persie83

87' - Substitution Lee Cattermoleis substituted by Craig Gardner

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

2 - 1

Sunderland

Arsenal Sunderland

Team line-ups

Arsenal

13 Szczesny

Wojciech Szczesny

Poland

B.date18/04/1990

Age21 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

4 Mertesacker

Per Mertesacker

Germany

B.date29/09/1984

Age27 years

H1m98

positionRight central defender

6 Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

28 Gibbs51

Kieran Gibbs

England

B.date26/09/1989

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

25 Jenkinson

Carl Jenkinson

England

B.date08/01/1992

Age19 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

17 Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age24 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Arteta

Mikel Arteta

Spain

B.date26/03/1982

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

7 Rosicky77

Tomas Rosicky

Czech Republic

B.date04/10/1980

Age31 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

10 van Persie831

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

14 Walcott

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

27 Gervinho68

Gervinho

Ivory Coast

B.date27/05/1987

Age24 years

H1m79

positionLeft Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Wojciech Szczesny		21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Per Mertesacker		27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		26	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Kieran Gibbs	51	22	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Carl Jenkinson		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alexandre Song		24	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mikel Arteta		29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Tomas Rosicky	77	31	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Robin van Persie	831	28	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Theo Walcott		22	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Gervinho	68	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Sunderland

22 Mignolet

Simon Mignolet

Belgium

B.date06/03/1988

Age23 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

5 Brown

Wes Brown

England

B.date13/10/1979

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

4 Turner

Michael Turner

England

B.date09/11/1983

Age27 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

16 O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age30 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

11 Richardson

Kieran Richardson

England

B.date21/10/1984

Age26 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

27 El Mohamady

Ahmed El Mohamady

Egypt

B.date09/09/1987

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

6 Cattermole87

Lee Cattermole

England

B.date21/03/1988

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

14 Colback

Jack Colback

England

B.date24/10/1989

Age21 years

H1m77

positionLeft central midfielder

15 Vaughan

David Vaughan

Wales

B.date18/02/1983

Age28 years

H1m71

positionLeft central midfielder

28 Sessègnon79

Stéphane Sessègnon

Benin

B.date01/06/1984

Age27 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

7 Larsson3167

Sebastian Larsson

Sweden

B.date06/06/1985

Age26 years

H1m79

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Simon Mignolet		23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Wes Brown		32	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Michael Turner		27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	John O'Shea		30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Kieran Richardson		26	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Ahmed El Mohamady		24	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Lee Cattermole	87	23	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Jack Colback		21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	David Vaughan		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Stéphane Sessègnon	79	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Sebastian Larsson	3167	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
11	D	André Santos	51	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Andrey Arshavin	68	30	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Yossi Benayoun	77	31	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	D	Craig Gardner	87	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Dong-won Ji	67	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Connor Wickham	79	18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carl Jenkinson

Bacary Sagna

OUT

Laurent Koscielny

Aaron Ramsey

OUT

Tomas Rosicky

Francis Coquelin

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jack Colback

Craig Gardner

OUT

David Vaughan

Nicklas Bendtner

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

860

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Sunderland

12 victories

8 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on October 16, 2011

Wenger vs Bruce

13 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on October 16, 2011

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Bruce

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Bruce vs Arsenal

2 victories

4 draws

13 losses

Latest figure on October 16, 2011

Bruce vs Wenger

2 victories

4 draws

13 losses

Latest figure on October 16, 2011

Referee

Howard Webb

18 victories	8 draws	10 losses	Arsenal36 matches	General total	Sunderland24 matches	9 victories	6 draws	9 losses
3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal3 matches	Season total	Sunderland4 matches	0 victory	1 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on February 16, 2014					Latest figure on March 31, 2014

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Key figures

Michael Turner played his game number 50 in his professional career with

Robin van Persie scored 5 goals vs in Premier League

Only back at the time of Herbert Chapman head of (01/07/1925-06/01/1934), you can see a manager go over Arsène Wenger with 1.88 goals scored per game in Premier League (2.16).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 1-0 Udinese16/08/2011

LArsenal 0-2 Liverpool20/08/2011

VArsenal 1-0 Swansea10/09/2011

VArsenal 3-1 Shrewsbury Town20/09/2011

VArsenal 3-0 Bolton Wanderers24/09/2011

VArsenal 2-1 Olympiacos28/09/2011

Overall

DBorussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal13/09/2011

LBlackburn 4-3 Arsenal17/09/2011

VArsenal 3-1 Shrewsbury Town20/09/2011

VArsenal 3-0 Bolton Wanderers24/09/2011

VArsenal 2-1 Olympiacos28/09/2011

LTottenham 2-1 Arsenal02/10/2011

Current form

Away

VBolton Wanderers 1-2 Sunderland07/05/2011

VWest Ham 0-3 Sunderland22/05/2011

DLiverpool 1-1 Sunderland13/08/2011

LBrighton & Hove 1-0 Sunderland23/08/2011

DSwansea 0-0 Sunderland27/08/2011

LNorwich City 2-1 Sunderland26/09/2011

Overall

LBrighton & Hove 1-0 Sunderland23/08/2011

DSwansea 0-0 Sunderland27/08/2011

LSunderland 1-2 Chelsea10/09/2011

VSunderland 4-0 Stoke City18/09/2011

LNorwich City 2-1 Sunderland26/09/2011

DSunderland 2-2 West Bromwich Albion01/10/2011

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	5
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	2
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	4
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

13	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	148
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	13

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
4	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
2.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.14
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
0-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

15	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
3	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Robin van Persie	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Sebastian Larsson
Robin van Persie	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Kieran Richardson
Aaron Ramsey	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Nicklas Bendtner
Bacary Sagna	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Ahmed El Mohamady
Aaron Ramsey	1 goal, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 3 assists during the last 4 matches	Nicklas Bendtner

Historical head to head

Home

70 matches

37 v

16 d

17 l

137 gf

74 ga

Away

68 matches

15 v

22 d

31 l

83 gf

120 ga

Total

138 matches

52 v

38 d

48 l

220 gf

194 ga

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

31 v

22 d

15 l

120 gf

83 ga

Away

70 matches

17 v

16 d

37 l

74 gf

137 ga

Total

138 matches

48 v

38 d

52 l

194 gf

220 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 24, 1949
Home	5 - 0	December 24, 1949

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	September 12, 1953
Away	4 - 0	November 21, 1908

Latest head to head

March 05, 2011 - Premier League 2010/2011

Arsenal

0 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

September 18, 2010 - Premier League 2010/2011

Sunderland

1 - 1

Arsenal

February 20, 2010 - Premier League 2009/2010

Arsenal

2 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

November 21, 2009 - Premier League 2009/2010

Sunderland

1 - 0

Arsenal

February 21, 2009 - Premier League 2008/2009

Arsenal

0 - 0

Sunderland logo Sunderland

Best historical scorers against Sunderland

Thierry Henry	6 goals	2000 - 2006
Robin van Persie	5 goals	2005 - 2007
Jon Sammels	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Cesc Fàbregas	4 goals	2006 - 2010
Alan Skirton	3 goals	1966 - 1966
Patrick Vieira	3 goals	2000 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Gary Rowell	6 goals	1980 - 1984
Colin West	2 goals	1983 - 1983
Niall Quinn	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Charles Hurley	2 goals	1966 - 1968
Darren Bent	2 goals	2009 - 2010
Clive Walker	2 goals	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sunderland

John Radford	11 matches	1965 - 1970
Patrick Vieira	11 matches	1996 - 2002
Paul Davis	11 matches	1980 - 1991
David Seaman	11 matches	1990 - 2003
David O'Leary	11 matches	1976 - 1991
Peter Storey	11 matches	1966 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/10/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Jimmy Montgomery	12 matches	1966 - 1976
Michael Gray	11 matches	1996 - 2003
Shaun Elliott	11 matches	1977 - 1985
Darren Williams	10 matches	1997 - 2003
Len Ashurst	10 matches	1964 - 1970
Martin Harvey	10 matches	1964 - 1969