Martin O’ Neil, the recent appointed Sunderland manager has enjoyed great success since taking over at the Stadum of Light. Sunderland was undefeated for the last 3 Premier League games with a win over Swansea (2-0), Norwich (3-0) & Stoke City (0-1) respectively.
On the other hand, Arsenal have won only one of their last 3 Premier League games. Arsenal has lost to Manchester United (1-2) and managed a scoreless draw with Bolton during their last away match. However, they had a thumping 7-1 victory over Blackburn Rovers in their last game.
There are some injuries from both side. Sunderland will be without Marcos Angeleri , Nicklas Bendtner , Titus Bramble, Wes Brown, Lee Cattermole , Matthew Kilgallon and David Vaughan , while Arsenal will miss Abou Diaby, Carl Jenkinson, Andre Santos and Jack Wilshere. Gervinho is away on international duty due to the Africa Cup of nations
In tonight’s match, Robin Van Persie is still the man that Arsene Wenger will rely on to score a goal against Sunderland. Robin van Persie is currently leading in the goal scoring chart with 22 goals this season. He also managed to score the Gunners' fastest-ever goal in the Premier League when they met Sunderland earlier in the season, when he managed to put the ball past the goalkeeper in 29 seconds.
Sunderland are undefeated in their last three league games against Arsenal at the Stadium of Light. But they did lose their last clash at the Emirates Stadium as Arsene Wenger's men secured a 2-1 result.
The asianhandicap for this match is as follow :
Sunderland (+0.5) Arsenal (-0.5)
Our recommendation is to take Sunderland as we predict that it will ends in a draw.