Sunderland 0-2 Arsenal: Guimarães and Saka keep Gunners perfect in Gameweek 4

Arsenal made it four wins from four with a 2-0 victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday evening, where Bruno Guimarães and Bukayo Saka — the latter from the penalty spot — supplied the goals in Gameweek 4.

There was no upset here, and none was expected. While six of the gameweek's results finished as upsets, this fixture went to script: bookmaker odds via API-Football listed Arsenal as firm favourites at 1.6, a bookmaker-derived 60% implied probability, with the draw at 3.9 (25%) and a Sunderland win at 6.4 (15%).

The game had been goalless until a whirlwind passage just after the hour. Sunderland were awarded a penalty on 56 minutes, Enzo Le Fée stepping up to take it, yet the hosts ended the evening with nothing to show in front of goal. Arsenal made the moment count instead, Guimarães breaking the deadlock two minutes later.

The points were sealed deep in stoppage time. Reinildo Isnard Mandava was sent off for Sunderland in the 96th minute to leave the hosts with ten men, and Bukayo Saka converted an Arsenal penalty a minute later to round off the scoreline.

Key events

• 56' — Penalty awarded to Sunderland, taken by Enzo Le Fée
• 58' — Goal: Bruno Guimarães (Arsenal)
• 96' — Red card: Reinildo Isnard Mandava (Sunderland)
• 97' — Goal, penalty: Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)

According to the Premier League table, the win keeps Arsenal top of the pile on a maximum 12 points from four matches, with eight goals scored and only one conceded. They are the only side with a perfect record after four games, their form reading W-W-W-W. Sunderland remain 14th on four points — one win, one draw and two defeats — with three goals for and five against.

FanTribe's prediction data shows the community called this one correctly: 100% of predictors backed an Arsenal away win — a one-person sample, but in full agreement with the market favourite, and 40 points more confident than the bookmaker-derived 60% implied probability. The call was duly logged as correct. On FanTribe's pre-match points board, an away win carried 32 points on offer, the draw 78 and a Sunderland victory a bumper 128 — the long shots that never materialised.

Recent history now leans firmly Arsenal's way: the last three meetings between these sides have produced two Arsenal wins — 3-0 and this 2-0 — either side of a 2-2 draw at the Stadium of Light.