English
giants Arsenal will host Sunderland in the third round of FA Cup tonight at
Emirates Stadium.
Kick-Off: 15:00 BST
Date: Saturday,
9th January, 2016
Venue: Emirates
Stadium, London
Possible Lineups:
Team News:
- The home side boss Arsene Wenger continues without several players including Francis Coquelin, Danny Welbeck, Santi Cazorla, Mikel Areta, Jack Wilshere and Tomas Rosicky.
- Alexis Sanchez has returned but is not match fit, Wenger will not rush him.
- The Gunners are likely to start with new names Alex Iwobi and Jeff Reine-Adelaide. These two are likely to start this game from the bench.
Sunderland
- Sunderland newly signed player Jan Kirchhoff from Bayern Munich is expected to take rest.
- Manager Sam Allardyce could be starting with youngsters. Jordan Pickford is likely to make his first appearance for the Black Cats.
Stats:
- Arsenal have lost one of their last six games while Sunderland have won only one of their last six games.
- The Gunners are unbeaten in their last six home games in all campaigns.
- Sunderland have lost their last three away games in all campaigns.
- Arsenal are unbeaten in their last seven games against Sunderland in all campaigns.
- Sunderland have not won an away game against Arsenal since 1983.
Prediction:
Arsenal
1 – 1 Sunderland, Joel Campbell to
score for the home side.
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Lol for the prediction, Arsenal going to win easily with a big margin.
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