Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2009
Result
Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland: match report
Arsenal drew with Sunderland 0-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 February 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Neither side found the net.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 44 points from 25 and Sunderland 11th on 30 points from 25. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 3 draws and 0 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Sunderland's W-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Kieran Richardson
- 39'Yellow card · Samir Nasri
- 71'Yellow card · Gaël Clichy
- 80'Yellow card · George McCartney
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Alex Song, Robin van Persie, Andrey Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner
Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)
Marton Fulop, George McCartney, Kieran Richardson, Tal Ben Haim, Danny Collins, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Kenwyne Jones, Teemu Tainio