It’s ironic but predictable that the BBC duo -who tried so hard to please the right wing papers-are removed by the right wing papers.

Arsenal are seven points better off versus the equivalent fixtures from last season. Spurs up next who have the best away record in the Premier League this season! 1 CRY H (+2) 3 BUR A (Ipswich) (-) 3 SUN A (Southampton) (-2) 3 TOT H 1 CHE A 1 BRE H

Today's results mean that only Wolves (1) have picked up fewer points at home in the Premier League than Spurs (5).

Liverpool's run of scoring in consecutive league games is over, meaning Arsenal still hold the record at 55 games in a row.

Points comparison to 2024-25 and projected totals if results are the same vs. last season going forward. Man City looking ominous. +11 Man City 82 +7 Arsenal 81 -6 Liverpool 78 -4 Chelsea 65 -3 Aston Villa 63 -6 Newcastle 60 +5 Tottenham 43 0 Man Utd 42

Arsenal have played six of the bottom seven teams so far in the Premier League. They have only played three of the top seven and dropped points in all three matches. Two more of the top seven in their next two fixtures.

That's really not a good decision to give that offside.

Ideal outcome 3-3 draw, two red cards each, a massive fight that sees both teams deducted points and Haaland and van Dijk injuring each other in a freak clash where their man-buns get tangled up in an aerial challenge that sees them out for the season.

Yesterday's goal from Bukayo Saka was his first away from home from open play in the Premier League since April 2024. #SUNARS

Goal involvements (Goals + Assists) all competitions 8 Trossard (4+4) 6 Gyökeres (6+0) 6 Saka (6+0) 6 Rice (2+4) 5 Martinelli (4+1) 5 Gabriel (2+3) 4 Eze (2+2) 4 Merino (3+1) 3 Timber (2+1) 3 Calafiori (1+2) 3 Lewis-Skelly (0+3) 3 Zubimendi (2+1) 2 Ødegaard (0+2)

Just two points separate 2nd and 8th in the Premier League.

Theo Walcott's punditry reminds me of the way he played, dribbling along, with no clear sense of direction, none of the people around him really knowing what he would do and ending up running the ball into a cul de sac or out of play.

Arsenal have lost just one of their last 20 Premier League away games. #SUNARS

Sunderland scored two goals today off an xG of 0.44 and just two shots on target. Some days it's just not going to go your way. #SUNARS

With his assist tonight, Mikel Merino is the third Arsenal player to reach 10 goal contributions in the Premier League in 2025, after Leandro Trossard (14) and Declan Rice (11). #SUNARS

Sunderland's late equaliser was the first goal Arsenal have conceded while leading a match this season. #SUNARS

Arsenal have won 10 and lost none of the last 16 Premier League matches against Sunderland. #SUNARS

Arsenal have conceded three goals from the last four shots on target faced. #SUNARS

Leandro Trossard has now scored as many Premier League goals for Arsenal as Nicloas Anelka and Andrey Arshavin (23). #SUNARS

Leandro Trossard has now scored as many Premier League goals for Arsenal as Nicloas Anelka and Andrey Arshavin (23). #SUNARS

Arsenal have won 10 and lost none of the last 16 Premier League matches against Sunderland. #SUNARS

Sunderland's late equaliser was the first goal Arsenal have conceded while leading a match this season. #SUNARS

With his assist tonight, Mikel Merino is the third Arsenal player to reach 10 goal contributions in the Premier League in 2025, after Leandro Trossard (14) and Declan Rice (11). #SUNARS

Sunderland scored two goals today off an xG of 0.44 and just two shots on target. Some days it's just not going to go your way. #SUNARS

Arsenal have lost just one of their last 20 Premier League away games. #SUNARS

Arsenal have conceded three goals from the last four shots on target faced. #SUNARS

Arsenal Points/game by month (in brackets > under Arteta) 2.11 September (2.33) 2.10 October (2.10) 2.04 March (2.35) 1.97 May (2.23) 1.95 February (2.00) 1.84 August (2.06) 1.84 April (1.60) 1.83 January (2.00) 1.77 December (1.68) 1.59 November (1.81) Nasty November, Dodgy December & Awful April

Arsenal not at the races today. Need a good kick up the arse at half time.

Sunderland player pushes Calafiori in the back into another Sunderland player and Sunderland win the foul.

Arsenal have conceded two goals from the last three shots on target faced. #SUNARS

Today's match against Arsenal Women and Chelsea is a reminder that not everything is under your control and that shit happens. As Arteta said at the start of the season, it's important to widen the margins so that when shit does happen, it's less likely to impact the result.

Viktor Gyokeres has scored in both of his previous league appearances against Sunderland. #SUNARS

Arsenal have conceded fewer goals away from home than any other team this season (2) while only two teams (Arsenal 1 and Bournemouth 2) have conceded fewer goals in home games than Sunderland (3). #SUNARS

Arsenal have scored eight goals from corners, 44% of their total tally, both figures being divisional highs in the top flight. #SUNARS

Only one team has scored more than once against Arsenal in a home game against the Gunners since December 2024 – a run of 17 matches. #SUNARS

Arsenal have lost just one of their last 19 Premier League away games. #SUNARS

Arsenal have won 24 of their last 25 Premier League games against promoted sides, including the last 13 in a row. #SUNARS

Arsenal have gone 16 games from the start of the season, conceding just three goals - the outright best defensive start to a campaign by any English club in history after 16 matches. #SUNARS

Craig Pawson will officiate Sunderland v Arsenal. The last Gunners game he refereed was the 0-1 home defeat by West Ham last season where he sent off Myles Lewis-Skelly. #SUNARS

Sunderland have scored just nine goals in the last 18 Premier League meetings with Arsenal, not scoring more than once in any of those games and with three of the last four goals netted being two penalties and an own goal. #SUNARS

When you include injury time, this pans out to 14 hours and 40 minutes of match time since Arsenal last conceded a goal.

Arsenal had won none and lost two of their first four Premier League away games against Sunderland, but since then have won eight and lost just one of their last 12 visits to the Stadium of Light. #SUNARS

Arsenal have won 10 and lost none of the last 15 Premier League matches against Sunderland. #SUNARS

Arsenal have won their last eight matches without conceding in all competitions, the joint-longest run ever by an English top-flight side (also Preston between January-September 1889 and Liverpool between January-February 1920). #SUNARS

Arsenal have kept eight clean sheets in a row in all competitions. This is their joint-longest run of shut outs in their history equalling a run in 1903!

Team to play Sunderland

Only Forest (4), West Ham (3) and Wolves (1) have picked up fewer points at home than Spurs (5) this season.

Alessia Russo has scored five goals in nine WSL matches against Chelsea Women. #ARSCHE

Arsenal Women have lost just one of their last 24 home matches in the Women’s Super League (W20 D3). #ARSCHE

Chelsea Women are unbeaten in their last 33 WSL games (W28 D5), equalling the longest unbeaten run in Women’s Super League history, set by the Blues themselves between February 2019 and January 2021 (W26 D7). #ARSCHE