Sunderland vs Arsenal live: Arteta suffers ’embarrassment’ over booking

Mikel Arteta was booked during Sunderland vs Arsenal

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Sunderland vs Arsenal live: Arteta suffers ’embarrassment’ over booking

Mikel Arteta was booked during the first half as Arsenal struggled to break down Sunderland in the Premier League at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.

Fourth official Elliot Bell spoke to referee John Brooks before Arteta, who is known for stepping outside of his technical area, was cautioned for the offence.

“Mikel Arteta says ‘well, I’m going to write a note about you as well’, former England forward Dean Ashton told TalkSport.

“But John Brooks has dished out a yellow card. The embarrassment’s terrific isn’t it, for Arteta?”

Mikel Arteta receives a yellow card for stepping out of the technical area 😅

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Sunderland team vs Arsenal

Sunderland were unchanged from their 1-1 draw at Brentford a week earlier.

Sunderland starting XI: Roefs, Mandava, Ballard, Danso, Mukiele, Sadiki, Xhaka, Angulo, Le Fée, Meunier, Brobbey

Sunderland substitutes: Ellborg, Hume, O’Nien, Alderete, Methalie, Talbi, Rigg, Fofana, Isidor.

Arsenal team vs Sunderland

Arsenal made four changes from their 1-0 win at Napoli three days earlier, bringing in Kai Havertz, Christos Tzolis, Riccardo Calafiori and Myles Lewis-Skelly.

Arsenal starting XI: David Raya, Riccardo Calafiori, Gabriel, Ezri Konsa, Ben White, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Declan Rice, Christos Tzolis, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz

Arsenal substitutes: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Piero Hincapie, Jurrien Timber, Martin Zubimendi, Mikel Merino, Bruno Guimaraes, Eberechi Eze, Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyokeres

Where to watch Sunderland v Arsenal: TV channel, live online streams

Kick-off on Saturday was at 20:00 BST (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). Live TV coverage in the UK is on TNT Sports 1.

Streaming is available on a vast range of devices through the HBO Max app. Subscriptions start at £30.99 a month.

Here’s the full list of Premier League international broadcasters.

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Sunderland v Arsenal stats, Premier League form

Sunderland have won one of their last 29 Premier League meetings with Arsenal (D10 L18) and are winless in 17 (D6 L11) since a 1-0 home victory in November 2009 through Darren Bent’s goal
At home against Arsenal in the league, Sunderland have one win in their last 14 matches (D5 L8), suffering defeats in five of their last seven (D2), although this exact fixture finished 2-2 last season
All four of the Black Cats’ home wins against reigning Premier League champions have been against different teams (Man Utd 1996/97, Man City 2012/13, Chelsea 2015/16, Leicester 2016/17)
They have won their last two Premier League home games – against London sides Chelsea and Fulham – and last prevailed in three in a row at the Stadium of Light in January/February 2012, all against City sides (Manchester, Swansea, Norwich)
Granit Xhaka leads all Sunderland players in the Premier League this season for touches (243) and chances created (7)
The playmaker is also top among the squad for passes played into the box (26), fouls won (8) and successful passes (163)
This is the second Premier League campaign in which Arsenal have faced Sunderland as reigning champions, previously beating them 3-1 at home and 4-0 away in 2002/03.
Arsenal are looking to win each of their first four games in a top-flight season for the sixth time in their history
They proceeded to win the league the first three times they did so (1930/31, 1947/48, 2003/04) and have finished second after the last two occasions (2004/05, 2022/23)
The Gunners have the lowest expected goals total against of any side in the Premier League this season (0.93), while only Sunderland (5) have faced fewer shots on target than them (6)
Kai Havertz has covered more distance than any other striker in the Premier League this season (32.9 km), with only Gonzalo Garcia (52) making more sprints among forwards than the German (50)
Only Chelsea’s Morgan Rogers (9) has created more chances in open play than Arsenal’s Christos Tzolis (8) in the Premier League this season, with the Greece winger providing his first assist of the season last time out against Chelsea