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03/09/2025, Stadium of Light, Sunderland, England
Premiership, English Premiership

Sunderland Vs Arsenal

Sunderland play in a 4-4-2 Diamond formation, and line up with: R Mathern (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: L Krabbe (CB) , T Ryan (CB) , J Beith (CM) , C McGuire (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) , B MacIver (CB) , C MacFarlane (CM) , N Mouyal (CM) , B MacRae (CDM) , J Fitzpatrick (RM) , G de Bakkere (LM) , G Ryan (ST) , A Hendrie (ST) And the subs are: J Shields (CB) , G Stormont (CB) , R Ceci (CM) , L Daly (CM) , E Bloyd (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.  

6' - Sam Speed finds Tim Welsh with a short pass.  Tim Welsh passes to Rob Dougan.  Rob Dougan spots a run from Sezni Blanco.  He attempts to release him with a throughball, but Sezni Blanco is caught offside!  

10' - Jason Fitzpatrick plays a long pass to Brendan MacIver.  Brendan MacIver sees Alec Hendrie making a run.  He attempts to play him through with a quick ball, and Alec Hendrie is able to take the ball.  Alec Hendrie looks to shoot the ball into the top of the net...but Reynold Mathern stops the shot!  

23' - Nicolas Mouyal finds John Baker with a long pass.  John Baker plays a short pass to Jason Fitzpatrick.  Jason Fitzpatrick attempts to beat Sam Speed using his skills and succeeds, deftly slipping past the opposing player!  

24' - Jason Fitzpatrick sees a run from Cody MacFarlane.  He attempts to release him with a throughball, and Cody MacFarlane takes the ball.  Cody MacFarlane takes a shot, aiming for the corner of the net...but the ball flies wide of the post!

27' - Alec Hendrie tries to use ball skills to beat Rob Dougan and succeeds, sending his opponent the wrong way!  

28' - Alec Hendrie sees a run from Nicolas Mouyal.  He attempts a quick throughball, but Nicolas Mouyal has strayed offside!  

32' - With a turn of pace, Sezni Blanco beats Cody MacFarlane.  

33' - Sezni Blanco sees Josh MacKnight making a run.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, and Josh MacKnight is able to control the ball.  Josh MacKnight looks to slide the ball past the keeper...but the shot is offtarget!

37' - John Teare passes the ball to Brendan MacIver.  Brendan MacIver sees Gilliam de Bakkere making a run.  He attempts a quick throughball, but the linesman signals for offside!  

40' - Chris Rutherford finds Joshua MacKay with a long pass.  Joshua MacKay spots a run from Gerald Oberlin.  He attempts to release him with a throughball, and Gerald Oberlin is able to control the ball.  Gerald Oberlin takes a shot, aiming for the corner of the net...and Gerald Oberlin scores!  That's a nice goal from the Sunderland player!  The keeper got a hand to the ball but it wasn't enough!

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

44' - Gilliam de Bakkere finds John Baker with a short pass.  John Baker passes to Brendan MacRae.  Brendan MacRae hits the ball long to John Baker.  John Baker curves the ball into the box and finds Gethin Ryan.  Gethin Ryan directs a powerful header hoping to beat Reynold Mathern...but the keeper manages to stop the shot!  

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

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

50' - Joshua MacKay plays a long pass to Davie Neil.  Davie Neil crosses the ball into the box, but he only manages to find opposing player Brendan MacIver.  

57' - Joshua MacKay hits the ball long to Rob Dougan.  Rob Dougan spots a run from Gerald Oberlin.  He tries to release him with a throughball, and Gerald Oberlin runs on to the ball.  Gerald Oberlin hits the ball...and its in! It's a magnificent goal from Gerald Oberlin for Sunderland!  The keeper got a hand to the ball but it wasn't enough!

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

63' - Gerald Oberlin finds Sam Speed with a short pass.  Sam Speed passes to Gerald Oberlin.  Gerald Oberlin plays a short pass to Sezni Blanco.  Sezni Blanco crosses the ball into the box, and manages to find Gerald Oberlin.  Gerald Oberlin gets above the defence and directs a header towards the top corner...but the shot is deflected out of play by the keeper!  The linesman flags for a corner for  Sunderland.  Chris Rutherford will take the corner.  He hits the ball into the box, finding Gerald Oberlin.  Gerald Oberlin gets his head to the ball towards the top corner...but the ball flies over the bar!

63' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Brendan MacRae will come off.  Gethin Stormont is going to be brought on.  

71' - Brendan MacIver chips a long ball to John Baker.  John Baker sees a run from Nicolas Mouyal.  He attempts a long ball over the top, and Nicolas Mouyal is able to take the ball.  Nicolas Mouyal looks to place the ball past the keeper...but Reynold Mathern performs a diving save, to stop the shot!  

73' - There is going to be a subsitution.  It looks like Ed Lorimer is going to be taken off.  Yago Paules is brought on from the bench.  

73' - There is going to be a subsitution.  It looks like Cody MacFarlane is going to be taken off.  Rocco Ceci joins the game from the bench.  

76' - Brendan MacIver passes to Peter McCoun.  Peter McCoun spots a run from Alec Hendrie.  He attempts a long ball over the top, but the linesman raises his flag for offside!  

77' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Alec Hendrie is going to be taken off.  Edward Bloyd joins the game from the bench.  

81' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Sezni Blanco will come off.  Joel Beith is going to be brought on.  

81' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Davie Neil will come off.  Chris McGuire joins the game from the bench.  

85' - Chris Rutherford finds Joshua MacKay with a long pass.  Joshua MacKay hits the ball long to Sam Speed.  Sam Speed passes to Josh MacKnight.  Brendan MacIver tackles Josh MacKnight and takes the ball.  Brendan MacIver spots a run from Edward Bloyd.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, and Edward Bloyd takes the ball.  Edward Bloyd tries to cutback, but the ball does not reach its target and goes loose! Chris Rutherford tackles Gethin Ryan and takes the ball.  

87' - Chris Rutherford plays a long ball to Rob Dougan.  Rob Dougan curves the ball into the box, finding Yago Paules.  Yago Paules tries to slide the ball past the keeper...but John Teare gets down to stop the shot!  



The match has ended Sunderland 2 - 0 Arsenal.