Arsenal travel north to the Stadium Of Light, fresh off the back of a winning start to their UEFA Champions League campaign against Napoli.
The Premier League champions have picked up from where they left off last season, winning the Community Shield, all three of their opening league matches and earning three points on their travels in Europe during the week.
Wednesday to Saturday is a tight turnaround though, and the Gunners did leave Wearside with a bloodied nose in 2025/26 when Brian Brobbey forced home a late equaliser.
This Sunderland side have made a habit of turning in big performances in front of their home fans and they are currently two from two at the Stadium Of Light in all competitions this season. Only seven Premier League teams managed to pick up more wins than the Black Cats on home soil last campaign, serving to highlight the impact of a raucous Mackem crowd.
Tipster Matthew O'Regan is hoping that Sunderland's all-action winger Nilson Angulo can feed off that energy on Saturday night...
Sunderland v Arsenal Prediction
Best Bet: Nilson Angulo to make 2+ fouls, 2+ tackles & be fouled 2+ times @ 15/2
O'Regan said: "Nilson Angulo for Sunderland... he was brought in from Anderlecht and, although I'm not a regular watcher of Anderlecht, he was someone that I'd heard of and heard good things about. Watching him in the World Cup for Ecuador, he's impressed me.
"At the Stadium Of Light, under the lights, it's gonna be rocking for a big game like this and I think that will funnel down to the players. Angulo looks to have cemented a starting spot on the flank and since signing for Sunderland - including the games he played in the World Cup -- using bet365's 'Sub On Play On' feature, he's made a foul in all of his last 12 games and at least two in nine of those.
This bet -- Angulo to make 2+ fouls, 2+ tackles and be fouled two or more times -- has been one tackle short against Brentford and one tackle short against Fulham, so its hit the crossbar twice already. Last campaign in Belgium, over a 22-game sample, he averaged 1.47 fouls [per 90], 1.87 fouls won [per 90] and 2.93 tackles per 90; he's an all-action winger and against Arsenal he should be doing a bit more defending than he's use to."
Key Match Stats
Sunderland haven't registered a league win over Arsenal since 2009
Barring UEFA Champions League penalty-shootout defeat to PSG, Arsenal have won their last 10 matches in all competitions
Martin Odegaard has four goals in his last five games
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