Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 February 2010

Result

Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 20 February 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland: match report

Arsenal beat Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 February 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Nicklas Bendtner opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Nicklas Bendtner (27') and Cesc Fàbregas (90', penalty). Sunderland did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 52 points from 26 and Sunderland 13th on 26 points from 25. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Sunderland 13th with 44.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Sunderland in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-L-L-D-W and Sunderland's D-D-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Lorik CanaSunderland
  • 44'Yellow card · Michael TurnerSunderland
  • 50'Yellow card · Cesc FàbregasArsenal
  • 59'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 71'Yellow card · John MensahSunderland
  • 90'Penalty goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 2-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Anton FerdinandSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 7, draws 2, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-1-4-1)

Almunia, Mikaël Silvestre, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Samir Nasri, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner, Thomas Vermaelen

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, George McCartney, Michael Turner, Anton Ferdinand, Alan Hutton, Kieran Richardson, John Mensah, Lorik Cana, Darren Bent, Kenwyne Jones, Fraizer Campbell