Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 16 May 2017
Result
Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland
Premier League · Tuesday 16 May 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland: match report
Arsenal won against Sunderland 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 16 May 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
A. Sánchez opened the scoring in the 72nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from A. Sánchez (72') and A. Sánchez (81'). Sunderland did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 4 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 69 points from 36 and Sunderland 20th on 24 points from 36. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Sunderland 20th with 24.
Arsenal lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Sunderland in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mesut Özil of Arsenal (9.5), ahead of Jordan Pickford (9.0).
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 W-W-W-L-W and Sunderland's L-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Héctor Bellerín
- 54'Yellow card · Nacho Monreal
- 55'Yellow card · M. Özil
- 56'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 72'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 74'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 81'Goal · A. Sánchez
- 90+2'Yellow card · Nurgzay Khayrulin
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (3-4-2-1)
Petr Čech, Rob Holding, Shkodran Mustafi, Nacho Monreal, Héctor Bellerín, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Kieran Gibbs, Mesut Özil, Alexis Sánchez, Olivier Giroud
Sunderland line-up (3-5-2)
Jordan Pickford, Billy Jones, John O'Shea, Lamine Koné, Javier Manquillo, Didier Ndong, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Bryan Oviedo, Fabio Borini, Jermain Defoe