Sunderland name an unchanged side for the visit of Arsenal as Granit Xhaka faces his former side. Sunderland XI: Roefs; Hume, Mukiele, Ballard, Geertruida, Reinildo; Xhaka, Sadiki, Traore, Le Fee; Isidor.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta highlighted the club’s ongoing injury problems in attack after the dramatic 2-2 draw with Sunderland, emphasising that the his side “need to get players back” after the international break.

The Black Cats are fourth in the PL after 10 games, as close to the table-topping Gunners as they are to 15th.WATCH — Sunderland v ArsenalArsenal, of course, represent their stiffest challenge yet. The 8-1-1 Gunners have won their last 10 matches across all competitions including a midweek 3-0 cruise past Slavia Prague in Czechia.

Sunderland face their toughest Premier League test yet when they welcome Arsenal to the Stadium of Light on Saturday evening. You can follow all the action including team news and live score updates throughout the afternoon and evening in our live blog below.

Dowman, 15 years and 308 days, beat the record set by Youssoufa Moukoko, 16 years and 18 days, in December 2020

Arsenal prodigy Max Dowman has become the youngest player in UEFA Champions League history after coming off the substitutes bench to make his debut in the competition on Tuesday.

Max Dowman becomes the youngest player in Champions League history after coming on against Slavia Prague on Tuesday, aged 15 years and 308 days.

Thomas Tuchel has explained his decision to leave Myles Lewis-Skelly out of the latest England squad, insisting the Arsenal youngster “needed more starts, more minutes” and had been