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05/09/2026, Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
Premiership, English Premiership

Sunderland Vs Arsenal

Sunderland play in a 4-4-2 Diamond formation, and line up with: A Cathey (GK) , R Dougan (CB) , T Welsh (CB) , C Rutherford (RB) , J MacKay (LB) , S Speed (CDM) , S Blanco (CAM) , G Oberlin (RM) , D Neil (LM) , E Lorimer (ST) , J MacKnight (ST) And the subs are: T Ryan (CB) , E Wolin (CB) , J Beith (CM) , M Abba (CM) , Y Paules (ST)

Arsenal play in a 3-5-2 Def formation, and line up with: J Teare (GK) , P McCoun (CB) , J Baker (CB) , T Newell (CB) , R Ceci (CM) , K Power (CM) , C MacFarlane (CDM) , J Fitzpatrick (RM) , G de Bakkere (LM) , G Ryan (ST) , O Ehiosun (ST) And the subs are: B MacIver (CB) , J Shields (CB) , B MacRae (CM) , L Daly (CM) , A Hendrie (ST)

Welcome to Stadium of Light in Sunderland, England where Sunderland will face Arsenal.  This is a league fixture taking place in the Premiership, English Premiership.  The attendance is 49000.

1' - Sunderland kick the ball off for the start of the game.  

4' - Tim Welsh slides the ball to Sezni Blanco.  Sezni Blanco slides the ball to Chris Rutherford.  Chris Rutherford passes a long ball to Rob Dougan.  Rob Dougan crosses the ball into the box, but he only manages to find opposing player Peter McCoun.  

5' - Peter McCoun sees Rocco Ceci making a run.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, but Rocco Ceci has strayed offside!  

8' - Chris Rutherford plays a short pass to Rob Dougan.  Jason Fitzpatrick successfully tackles Rob Dougan and gains possession for his team.  Arsenal launch a counter attack.  Jason Fitzpatrick attempts to outskill Sezni Blanco.  He sends his opponent the wrong way and takes the ball forward!  

9' - Jason Fitzpatrick sees a run from Ollie Ehiosun.  He attempts a long ball over the top, and Ollie Ehiosun runs on to the ball.  Ollie Ehiosun attempts a shot towards goal...and Ollie Ehiosun scores!  That's a good goal from the Arsenal player!  The ball flew past the diving keepers hand!

9' - Sunderland kick the ball off for the restart.  

13' - Chris Rutherford passes to Joshua MacKay.  Joshua MacKay slides the ball to Gerald Oberlin.  Gilliam de Bakkere tackles Gerald Oberlin and takes the ball.  Arsenal attempt a quick counter attack.  Gilliam de Bakkere attempts to strike a long range shot into the corner of the net...but the shot is saved by the keeper!  

14' - Ashley Cathey sees a run from Ed Lorimer.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, but the linesman signals for offside!  

16' - Cody MacFarlane finds Tommy Newell with a long pass.  Tommy Newell sees a run from Kenzie Power.  He attempts a long ball over the top, but Kenzie Power has strayed offside!  

22' - John Baker slides the ball to John Teare.  John Teare hits the ball long to Cody MacFarlane.  Cody MacFarlane sees a run from Jason Fitzpatrick.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, but Jason Fitzpatrick has strayed offside!  

25' - Chris Rutherford hits the ball long to Rob Dougan.  Rob Dougan finds Sezni Blanco with a short pass.  Sezni Blanco takes the ball past Peter McCoun with a turn of pace.  

26' - Sezni Blanco spots a run from Ed Lorimer.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, and Ed Lorimer takes the ball.  Ed Lorimer hits the ball towards goal...but John Teare performs a diving save, to stop the shot!  

27' - John Teare sees Kenzie Power making a run.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, but the linesman signals for offside!  

38' - Sam Speed dispossesses Tommy Newell and takes the ball.  Sam Speed plays a short pass to Sezni Blanco.  Ollie Ehiosun successfully tackles Sezni Blanco and the ball goes loose.  Tim Welsh passes the ball to Gerald Oberlin.  Gerald Oberlin looks to strike a long range shot into the top of the net...but John Teare stops the shot!  

40' - John Teare hits the ball long to Peter McCoun.  Peter McCoun spots a run from Gethin Ryan.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, but the linesman raises his flag for offside!  

45' - The referee blows the whistle for half time. 

45' - Arsenal kick the ball off for the restart.  

51' - Kenzie Power finds Rocco Ceci with a short pass.  Rocco Ceci passes to Peter McCoun.  Peter McCoun plays a short pass to Tommy Newell.  Tommy Newell passes the ball to Cody MacFarlane.  Cody MacFarlane plays a long ball to Peter McCoun.  Peter McCoun spots a run from Ollie Ehiosun.  He attempts to release him with a throughball, but the linesman signals for offside!  

57' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Ed Lorimer is going to be taken off.  Yago Paules is going to be brought on.  

62' - Rob Dougan sees Sezni Blanco making a run.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, and Sezni Blanco takes the ball.  Sezni Blanco attempts to shoot the ball into the top of the net...and Sezni Blanco scores!  That's a lovely goal from the Sunderland player!  The ball flew past the helpless goalkeeper!

62' - There is going to be a subsitution.  It looks like Kenzie Power is going to be taken off.  Brendan MacRae is going to be brought on.  

62' - Arsenal kick the ball off for the restart.  

65' - Cody MacFarlane slides the ball to Peter McCoun.  Peter McCoun passes the ball to Cody MacFarlane.  Cody MacFarlane spots a run from Jason Fitzpatrick.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, and Jason Fitzpatrick takes the ball.  Jason Fitzpatrick shoots towards goal...and Jason Fitzpatrick scores!  That's a beautiful goal from the Arsenal player!  The keeper got a touch but it wasn't enough!

65' - Sunderland kick the ball off for the restart.  

70' - Jason Fitzpatrick successfully tackles Chris Rutherford and takes the ball.  Jason Fitzpatrick sees Rocco Ceci making a run.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, and Rocco Ceci runs on to the ball.  Rocco Ceci tries to shoot the ball into the corner of the net...but the ball flies wide of the post!

74' - Chris Rutherford sees Sam Speed making a run.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, but Sam Speed has strayed offside!  

75' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Tommy Newell will come off.  John Shields is going to be brought on.  

76' - Brendan MacRae sees a run from Gilliam de Bakkere.  He tries to release him with a throughball, but the linesman raises his flag for offside!  

78' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Peter McCoun will come off.  Brendan MacIver joins the game from the bench.  

79' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Gerald Oberlin is going to be taken off.  Joel Beith is going to be brought on.  

80' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Sam Speed will come off.  Mason Abba joins the game from the bench.  

84' - Brendan MacIver slides the ball to Gilliam de Bakkere.  Gilliam de Bakkere plays a short pass to Brendan MacRae.  Brendan MacRae passes to Cody MacFarlane.  Cody MacFarlane tries to shoot from distance into the top of the net...and Cody MacFarlane scores!  That's a nice goal from the Arsenal player!  The keeper got a hand to the ball but couldn't stop the shot!

84' - Sunderland kick the ball off for the restart.  

90' - Sezni Blanco plays a short pass to Joshua MacKay.  Joshua MacKay passes to Chris Rutherford.  Chris Rutherford passes a long ball to Rob Dougan.  Cody MacFarlane successfully tackles Rob Dougan and takes possession.  Cody MacFarlane hits a shot from distance...but the shot is saved by the keeper!  

91' - Ashley Cathey spots a run from Sezni Blanco.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, and Sezni Blanco runs on to the ball.  Sezni Blanco attempts to slide the ball past the keeper...but the shot is saved by the keeper!  



The match has ended Sunderland 1 - 3 Arsenal.