🕟 Kick Off: 17:30 GMT 🏟️ Venue: Stadium of Light 📺 UK Broadcaster: Sky Sports 🙎🏻♂️ Referee: Craig Pawson 📹 VAR: James Bell 🔴 Arsenal Team News: Viktor Gyokeres: Out with a muscle injury (hamstring), unlikely to feature against Sunderland this weekend, and has been omitted from Sweden’s World Cup qualifying squad due to the injury. Gabriel Martinelli: Has a suspected muscular issue sustained in late October; nearing a comeback but has missed the last three matches, not expected to play this weekend. Martin Ødegaard: Out with a knee injury (medial ligament), expected to return around late November. Kai Havertz: Also sidelined with a knee issue, aiming for a late November return. Noni Madueke: Out with knee troubles, expected back by late November. Gabriel Jesus: Long-term absence due to ACL knee injury sustained in January. Recently returned to on-grass training. ⚽ Arsenal Form: 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟥 Sunderland Team News: Aji Alese: Out with a shoulder injury, expected to return after the November international break, so will not feature against Arsenal this weekend. Dennis Cirkin: Sidelined due to complications from a severe wrist injury and a knee issue; his absence has lasted six months and his return isn’t expected until after the international break. Romaine Mundle: Out with a hamstring injury, not set to return until after the international break. Leo Fuhr Hjelde: Long-term Achilles injury, unavailable for this fixture. Habib Diarra: Out with a groin injury since early October, still not back to full fitness. Omar Alderete: Doubtful for the weekend due to concussion sustained last match. ⚽ Sunderland Form: 🟧🟩🟩🟥🟩 ⚔️ Head-to-Head: Arsenal 5-1 Sunderland (21 Dec 2021, EFL Cup) Arsenal 2-0 Sunderland (16 May 2017, Premier League) Sunderland 1-4 Arsenal (29 Oct 2016, Premier League) Sunderland 0-0 Arsenal (24 Apr 2016, Premier League) Arsenal 3-1 Sunderland (9 Jan 2016, FA Cup) 📖 Match Facts: Arsenal are currently on a run of 8 consecutive clean sheets in all competitions, matching a club record set in 1903. Sunderland haven't beaten Arsenal in the Premier League since the 21st of November 2009 in a game that ended 1-0 with a goal from Darren Bent. Sunderland’s recent home games tend to be low-scoring affairs, with six of their last seven (That was not on purpose, I promise) league matches producing under 2.5 goals. ✍🏼 Pre-Match Ramblings And here we are at the final game of what has been an absolutely brutal run of fixtures which we have managed to get through without conceding a single goal (so far). Sunderland have got off to a flying start on their return to the top flight, so this has always been a looming one that seems like it could be a challenge. After massive investment in the summer Sunderland are looking very strong in their pursuit to stay up, and could even push for European football if they can keep up their great form. Granit Xhaka has transformed them into a strong looking Premier League team and will start tomorrow against his old club. He has spoken extensively about his time at Arsenal with only positive things to say despite a rocky tenure at the club. Arsenal are licking their lips at the international break with a huge list of injuries completely decimating our attacking options. Our only two natural front line players available are Saka and Trossard, with Merino our only option up front. This may not be a bad thing, as the Spaniard bagged two goals midweek against Slavia Prague. He is a different presence up front than Gyokeres, with defending teams giving him far less respect in and around the box than our flagship striker. This may be giving him an advantage of being unpredictably good in the box, hence his goalscoring. I would imagine that Sunderland will keep a much keener eye on him up front than Slavia Prague did on Tuesday. With Manchester City and Liverpool facing off at the Etihad on Sunday, a win at the Stadium of Light gives us a chance of going 8 and 9 points clear of our titles rivals respectively if that fixtures ends in a draw. For now though, let's focus on capping off this run of games with another win and another clean sheet. https://anditsarsenal.com/2025/11/07/sunderland-vs-arsenal-8th-november-2025-premier-league-match-preview/   submitted by   /u/Mahoganychicken [link]   [comments]