Sunderland vs Arsenal Prediction: Bet Builder Tips, Stats & Team News

Arsenal will look to extend their perfect winning start to the new Premier League season when they travel to Sunderland on Saturday night (8pm kick-off).

The Gunners, who also claimed a midweek win away to Napoli in the Champions League, have lost only one of their last 29 top-flight games against Sunderland, who themselves have taken four points from their opening three matches this term.

Read on for the best Sunderland vs Arsenal predictions, bet builder tips, statistics, and team news.

Martin Odegaard has rocketed out of the blocks this season, scoring four goals in five games in all competitions.

The Arsenal skipper found the back of the net against Man City in the Community Shield, bagged Premier League goals against both Coventry and Chelsea, then on Wednesday scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 defeat away to Napoli in the Champions League.

It's remarkable to think that Odegaard only scored once in 36 league and cup games last season.

The rejuvenated midfielder is simply impossible to ignore at the moment, and we're backing him to continue his hot streak against Sunderland, with Coral offering odds of 9/2 for this outcome.

Our bet builder requires Arsenal to win, under four match goals, and Granit Xhaka to be carded, which can be backed at 29/4 with bet365.

Arsenal boast a return of five wins from five matches in all competitions so far this season. Mikel Arteta's side have made a perfect start to their Premier League defence, winning all three games.

Under 3.5 goals certainly does look like the play here. Each of Arsenal’s last 25 matches in all competitions have gone under four goals, 17 of which have been wins.

They have also conceded just one goal in their three league games this season, compared with Sunderland's one goal per game scoring average. On top of that, they're also unbeaten in a whopping 17 league games against Sunderland.

Granit Xhaka has already picked up one yellow card this season and has been involved in 29 duels, winning 19 and losing 10. There's always an added bit of spice when you face an old club, and we expect that to be no different on Saturday.

Sunderland vs Arsenal Stats

• Martin Odegaard has scored four goals in five games in all competitions this season, including two in the Premier League.
• Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 17 Premier League games against Sunderland.
• Sunderland have carved out only one win in their last 29 Premier League matches with Arsenal.
• All of Arsenal's last 25 games have gone under 3.5 goals, 17 of which they've won.
• Granit Xhaka has picked up nine yellow cards in his last 35 Premier League games.

Sunderland vs Arsenal Team News

Arsenal will no doubt make changes from the Napoli win with the likes of Kai Havertz and Riccardo Calafiori expected to return to the starting-11. William Saliba remains in the treatment room, while Cristhian Mosquera and Jurrien Timber are unlikely to feature.

Sunderland will be without Habib Diarra and Romaine Mundle.

Sunderland vs Arsenal Starting Lineups

The Sunderland vs Arsenal starting lineups will appear in the graphic below approximately one hour before kick-off.