Sunderland 0-3 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Monday 1 May 2006

Result

Sunderland 0-3 Arsenal

Premier League · Monday 1 May 2006, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Sunderland 0-3 Arsenal: match report

Sunderland lost to Arsenal 0-3 in the Premier League on Monday 1 May 2006. The half-time score was 0-3.

Sunderland did not score. Arsenal scored through an own goal by Danny Collins (29'), Cesc Fàbregas (40') and Thierry Henry (43').

Discipline: Sunderland received 3 yellow cards; Arsenal received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 12 points from 35 and Arsenal 5th on 58 points from 35. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 15 points, and Arsenal 4th with 67.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 2 draws and 4 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Own goal · Danny CollinsArsenal · 0-1
  • 40'Goal · Cesc FàbregasArsenal · 0-2
  • 43'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 0-3
  • 59'Yellow card · Kevin KyleSunderland
  • 87'Yellow card · George McCartneySunderland
  • 90'Yellow card · Daniel SmithSunderland

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 2, Arsenal 4.

Team news

Sunderland line-up

George McCartney, Gary Breen, Nyron Nosworthy, Danny Collins, Dean Whitehead, Jon Stead, Kevin Kyle, Chris Brown, Daryl Murphy, Kelvin Davis, Tommy Miller

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Kolo Touré, Abou Diaby, Robert Pirès, Cesc Fàbregas, Alex Song, Emmanuel Adebayor, Thierry Henry, Sulzeer Campbell