Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Arsenal & Sunderland face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Arsenal form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Emirates Stadium as Arsenal have scored 17 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Carabao Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition.
Arsenal are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Arsenal's last game was hosting West Ham United and winning 2-0. The versatile forward Lacazette edged out all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.8 out of 10. Lacazette served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Southampton.Arsenal have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Emirates Stadium with 17 goals in 9 league matches. Arsenal are not conceding a lot of goals here at Emirates Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 9 matches.
Sunderland form and stats
Sunderland was sent out of Carabao Cup in the 1st round last season.4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Sunderland playing as the away team in the League One this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Carabao Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
The supporters enjoyed Sunderland's previous game versus Plymouth Argyle, a League One 2-1 win played at home. Defender Doyle was the best team player with a rating of 7.35. Doyle served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 5-0 vs Morecambe.Sunderland have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 14 goals have been scored. Sunderland's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 19 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: eight wins for Arsenal, two draws and zero wins for Sunderland. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Stewart 11 goals |   E. Smith Rowe 6 goals |  P. Aubameyang 4 goals |
Arsenal missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Arsenal | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 40 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 43 | ||
| 29 | 8 | Conceded | C | 20 | 29 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 31% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.5 | 17.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 13.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | ||
| 12.1 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.3 | 13 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 31 | 41 |
| 2 | Liverpool | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 35 | 40 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 27 | 37 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 29 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 25 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 24 |
| 9 | Leicester City | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Brentford | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 20 |
| 14 | Everton | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Southampton | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -15 | 16 |
| 17 | Watford | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 13 |
| 18 | Burnley | 15 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 11 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -19 | 10 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | -26 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 44 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Sunderland | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 42 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 42 |
| 5 | Oxford United | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 39 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 37 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| 9 | Milton Keynes Dons | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 35 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 30 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 29 |
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 28 |
| 13 | Burton Albion | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -9 | 28 |
| 15 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 26 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -5 | 26 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -4 | 21 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 44 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -15 | 19 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 17 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 26 | -23 | 16 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 15 |