Sunderland 1-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2012

Result

Sunderland 1-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sunderland 1-2 Arsenal: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 February 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

James McClean opened the scoring in the 70th minute. Sunderland's goal came from James McClean (70'). Arsenal scored through Aaron Ramsey (75') and Thierry Henry (90+1').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 8th on 33 points from 24 and Arsenal 6th on 40 points from 24. Sunderland went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 70.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 4 draws and 5 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonSunderland
  • 44'Yellow card · Fraizer CampbellSunderland
  • 70'Goal · James McCleanSunderland · 1-0
  • 75'Goal · Aaron RamseyArsenal · 1-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Tomáš RosickýArsenal
  • 90+1'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 4, Arsenal 5.

Team news

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Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Kieran Richardson, John O'Shea, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, Jack Colback, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Fraizer Campbell

Arsenal expected line-up (4-5-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Johan Djourou, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Samir Nasri, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen