{"id":1283,"date":"2026-03-23T09:31:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:31:43","slug":"u21s-preview-sunderland-v-arsenal-pre-match-report-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsport.com.ng\/?p=1283","title":{"rendered":"U21s preview: Sunderland v Arsenal | Pre-Match Report | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Our young Gunners look to bounce back in the Premier League 2 when they take on Sunderland on Monday, March 23.<\/p>\n<p>The match will take place at Eppleton Colliery Football Ground, with kick-off scheduled for 7pm (UK time). The game will be available to stream on The Arsenal app and on Arsenal.com. <\/p>\n<p>Our under-21s&#8217; strong start to 2026 has stalled in recent weeks, with the side winless in their last three. A draw with Norwich City came between defeats to Ipswich Town and, most recently, a 5-1 loss to Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p>Evan Mooney&#8217;s strike at the end of the first half proved only a consolation in north London, as the Foxes didn&#8217;t hold back in a game we struggled to find a foothold in from the off.<\/p>\n<p>With three games to go, we currently remain in the qualification places for the knockout stages, in 11th with 26 points.<\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"8b0f766c-3f12-49a2-aae7-e196a5e6feb6\" data-embed-button=\"video_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.full\" data-video-embed-up-next-tray=\"default\" data-langcode=\"en\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<\/article>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>the opposition<\/h2>\n<p>The Black Cats had picked up just two PL2 victories before February, but have since turned their league form around with a five-game winning streak, only halted by last weekend&#8217;s setback to Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>The 4-0 loss in west London leaves them two points below us in the table, in 14th place.<\/p>\n<p>In other competitions, the Tyne and Wear outfit still awaits confirmation of their opponents for the Premier League Cup semi-finals, after qualifying as runners-up in Group H and seeing off Nottingham Forest and Watford in the previous rounds.<\/p>\n<p>The North East side narrowly missed out on progressing from Group D of the Premier League International Cup, finishing third behind Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United. They also failed to proceed from the National League Cup initial stage.<\/p>\n<p>We last faced Sunderland in December 2024, when Nathan Butler-Oyedeji&#8217;s strike wasn&#8217;t enough to trouble in a 2-1 home defeat.<\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"aab16821-7e3f-4849-8b71-471339de8762\" data-embed-button=\"video_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.full\" data-video-embed-up-next-tray=\"default\" data-langcode=\"en\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<\/article>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>how to follow<\/h2>\n<p>You can watch our game against Sunderland live for free on The Arsenal app and on <a href=\"https:\/\/arsenal.com\/\" data-entity-type=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal.com<\/a>with coverage starting at 6.55pm (UK time) for a 7pm kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>Live updates will be available throughout the match on our academy&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/arsenalacademy\" data-entity-type=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">official X account<\/a>. Post-match, highlights will be available of all the key action from Eppleton Colliery Football Ground. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our young Gunners look to bounce back in the Premier League 2 when they take on Sunderland on Monday, March 23. 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