Sunderland Arsenal have confirmed their starting XI for Saturday’s Premier League match at the Stadium of Light.
Mikel Arteta’s side have won all four of their games this season 1-0 Napoli in the Champions League on Wednesday.
The Gunners start the match level with top-of-the-table Manchester City, who travel to Manchester United on Sunday (16:30 BST).
Sunderland After a 1-1 draw with Brentford on Saturday, they have taken four points from their first three games.
Right there.
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Sunderland confirm starting line-up vs Arsenal
Sunderland’s draw with the Bees remains unchanged.
Sunderland starting lineup: Rovers, Mandawa, Ballard, Denso, Mukiel, Sadiki, Zaka, Angulo, Le Fay, Meunier, Brobi
Sunderland Alternatives: Alberg, Hume, O’Nien, Alderet, Metaly, Talbi, Rigg, Fofana, Isidor.
Arsenal vs Sunderland full squad
Arsenal made four changes after beating Napoli, bringing in Kai Havertz, Christo Zolis, Ricardo Calafiore and Miles-Lewis Skelly.
arsenal Starting elevenStarring: David Raya / Riccardo Calafiore / Gabriel / Ezri Konsa / Ben White / Miles Lewis Skelly / Declan Rice / Christo Zolis / Martin Odegaard / Bukayo Saka / Kai Havertz
arsenal Alternatives: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Piero Hincapi, Urien Timber, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Bruno Guimarães, Eberechi Eze, Noni Maduk, Victor Chokres
Where to watch Sunderland vs Arsenal: TV channels, online live streaming
Kick-off time on Saturday is 20:00 BST (15:00 ET/12:00 PT). Live television coverage in the UK is provided by TNT Sports 1.
Streaming on a variety of devices is available through the HBO Max app. Subscriptions start at £30.99 per month.
This is the complete list English Premier League International Broadcaster.
Sunderland vs Arsenal stats, Premier League format
- Sunderland have won one of their last 29 Premier League games against Arsenal (10 draws, 18 losses) and have gone 17 games without a win (6 draws, 11 losses) since a 1-0 home victory through Darren Bent’s goal in November 2009.
- Playing at home against Arsenal in the league, Sunderland have won just one of their last 14 games (D5-D8), but have lost five of their last seven games (D2), although this match ended in 2-2 last season
- All four of the Black Cats’ home wins against the reigning Premier League champions have come against different teams (Manchester United 1996/97, Manchester City 2012/13, Chelsea 2015/16, Leicester City 2016/17)
- They have won their last two home Premier League games – against London sides Chelsea and Fulham – and won three consecutive games at the Stadium of Light in January/February 2012, all against Manchester City sides (Manchester, Swansea, Norwich)
- Granit Xhaka leads all Sunderland players in touches (243) and chances created (7) in the Premier League this season
- The playmaker also leads the league in passes into the paint (26), fouls won (eight) and successful passes (163).
- This is the second time Arsenal has faced defending champion Sunderland in the Premier League, having previously defeated Sunderland 3-1 at home and 4-0 away in the 2002/03 season.
- Arsenal look to win their first four games in the top flight for just the sixth time in their history
- They won the league the first three times (1930/31, 1947/48, 2003/04) and finished second after the last two (2004/05, 2022/23)
- The Gunners have the lowest expected goals total against any Premier League side this season (0.93), while only Sunderland (5) have had fewer shots on goal than them (6)
- Kai Havertz has sprinted more distance (32.9km) than any other forward in the Premier League this season, with only Gonzalo Garcia (52km) among the forwards doing more sprints than the German (50km)
- Only Chelsea’s Morgan Rodgers (9) has created more chances in the air this season in the Premier League than Arsenal’s Christos Zolis (8), with the Greek winger providing his first assist of the season in the last game against Chelsea