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Matches/Premier League/Regular Season - 8
Premier League 2011/12Match Finished

Arsenal vs Sunderland

16 Oct 2011 · 13:30 BST · Regular Season - 8

Arsenal

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2:1HT 1–1

Sunderland

AWAY
⚽ Bengt Larsson 31′
Emirates Stadium (London)Referee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Arsenal win 2–1

Match Finished in the regular season - 8 of the Premier League. 3 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES2 – 1
HALF-TIME1 – 1
MATCH COVERAGE

Know what’s in the report

LineupsAvailable
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

ArsenalSunderland

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Arsenal

Formation not supplied

Coach Not supplied

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 13
    Wojciech SzczęsnyProfile: Goalkeeper · 21 at kick-off
  2. 4
    Per MertesackerProfile: Defender · 27 at kick-off
  3. 28
    Kieran GibbsProfile: Defender · 22 at kick-off
    Off 51′
  4. 6
    Laurent KoscielnyProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
  5. 25
    Carl JenkinsonProfile: Defender · 19 at kick-off
  6. 7
    Tomáš RosickýProfile: Midfielder · 31 at kick-off
    Off 77′
  7. 8
    Mikel Arteta AmatriainProfile: Midfielder · 29 at kick-off
  8. 17
    Alexandre Song-BillongProfile: Midfielder · 24 at kick-off
  9. 10
    Robin van PersieProfile: Attacker · 28 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 1′Normal Goal 83′
  10. 14
    Theo WalcottProfile: Attacker · 22 at kick-off
  11. 27
    Gervais KouassiProfile: Attacker · 24 at kick-off
    Off 68′

Substitutes7

  1. 11
    André dos SantosProfile: Midfielder · 28 at kick-off
    On 51′
  2. 23
    Andrey ArshavinProfile: Attacker · 30 at kick-off
    On 68′
  3. 30
    Yossi BenayounProfile: Midfielder · 31 at kick-off
    On 77′
  4. 21
    Łukasz FabiańskiProfile: Goalkeeper · 26 at kick-off
  5. 9
    Park Chu-YoungProfile: Attacker · 26 at kick-off
  6. 20
    Johan Djourou-GbadjereProfile: Defender · 24 at kick-off
  7. 26
    Emmanuel FrimpongProfile: Midfielder · 19 at kick-off

Sunderland

Formation not supplied

Coach Not supplied

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI11

  1. 22
    Simon MignoletProfile: Goalkeeper · 23 at kick-off
  2. 5
    Wes BrownProfile: Defender · 32 at kick-off
  3. 16
    John O'SheaProfile: Defender · 30 at kick-off
  4. 11
    Kieran RichardsonProfile: Defender · 26 at kick-off
  5. 4
    Michael TurnerProfile: Defender · 27 at kick-off
  6. 28
    Stéphane SessègnonProfile: Midfielder · 27 at kick-off
    Off 79′
  7. 6
    Lee CattermoleProfile: Midfielder · 23 at kick-off
    Off 87′
  8. 7
    Bengt LarssonProfile: Midfielder · 26 at kick-off
    Normal Goal 31′Off 67′
  9. 27
    Ahmed El MohamadyProfile: Defender · 24 at kick-off
  10. 14
    Jack ColbackProfile: Midfielder · 21 at kick-off
  11. 15
    David VaughanProfile: Midfielder · 28 at kick-off

Substitutes7

  1. 17
    Ji Dong-WonProfile: Attacker · 20 at kick-off
    On 67′
  2. 10
    Connor WickhamProfile: Attacker · 18 at kick-off
    On 79′
  3. 8
    Craig GardnerProfile: Midfielder · 24 at kick-off
    On 87′
  4. 20
    Keiren WestwoodProfile: Goalkeeper · 26 at kick-off
  5. 18
    David MeylerProfile: Midfielder · 22 at kick-off
  6. 23
    James McCleanProfile: Midfielder · 22 at kick-off
  7. 40
    Louis LaingProfile: Defender · 18 at kick-off
04
FOLLOW THE MATCH

Events & commentary

Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

  1. Normal GoalArsenal

    Robin van Persie · Assist: Gervais Kouassi

  2. Normal GoalSunderland

    Bengt Larsson

  3. SubstitutionArsenal

    Off Kieran Gibbs On André dos Santos

  4. SubstitutionSunderland

    Off Bengt Larsson On Ji Dong-Won

  5. SubstitutionArsenal

    Off Gervais Kouassi On Andrey Arshavin

  6. SubstitutionArsenal

    Off Tomáš Rosický On Yossi Benayoun

  7. SubstitutionSunderland

    Off Stéphane Sessègnon On Connor Wickham

  8. Normal GoalArsenal

    Robin van Persie

  9. SubstitutionSunderland

    Off Lee Cattermole On Craig Gardner

05
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Player performance

No individual performance data supplied

Ratings, minutes, shots, passes, tackles, duels and goalkeeper saves need a detailed player feed. Explore profiles and recorded involvement through the lineups above.

06
THE BIGGER PICTURE

Recent form & meetings

Previous matches in this 2011/12 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

Arsenal

LTottenham vs Arsenal2 Oct 2011 · Regular Season - 72 – 1WArsenal vs Bolton24 Sept 2011 · Regular Season - 63 – 0LBlackburn vs Arsenal17 Sept 2011 · Regular Season - 54 – 3WArsenal vs Swansea10 Sept 2011 · Regular Season - 41 – 0LManchester United vs Arsenal28 Aug 2011 · Regular Season - 38 – 2

Sunderland

DSunderland vs West Brom1 Oct 2011 · Regular Season - 72 – 2LNorwich vs Sunderland26 Sept 2011 · Regular Season - 62 – 1WSunderland vs Stoke City18 Sept 2011 · Regular Season - 54 – 0LSunderland vs Chelsea10 Sept 2011 · Regular Season - 41 – 2DSwansea vs Sunderland27 Aug 2011 · Regular Season - 30 – 0
Previous meetings Within this cup import

No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

Source & coverage
API-Football · Retrieved 19 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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