Premier League
Dec 5, 2015 3.00pm
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HT : 1 1
FT
  • Joel Campbell 33' goal
  • Laurent Koscielny 44' yellowcard
  • Olivier Giroud 63' goal
  • Aaron Ramsey 90' goal
  • goal Olivier Giroud 45' (OG)
  • yellowcard DeAndre Yedlin 80'

Team News: Joel Campbell returns for Arsenal, Sunderland make three changes

Joel Campbell returns for Arsenal

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has made one change from the side that drew 1-1 with Norwich City last weekend for this afternoon's Premier League clash with Sunderland.

Costa Rican winger Joel Campbell comes in for Santi Cazorla, who picked up an injury in last week's match, while Aaron Ramsey moves from the wing to central midfield.

Forward Theo Walcott returns on the substitutes' bench after a five-week absence with a calf injury, while Laurent Koscielny has recovered from a knock in last Saturday's game to start at centre-back.

Visitors Sunderland have made three changes from the side that defeated Stoke City 2-0 last week, as Duncan Watmore comes in for the injured Jermaine Defoe up front.

Fabio Borini and Ola Toivonen also return to the starting XI as Sebastien Larsson and Lee Cattermole both miss out.

Arsenal: Cech; Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Ramsey, Flamini; Campbell, Ozil, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Giroud Subs: Ospina, Debuchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Walcott, Chambers

Sunderland: Pantilimon; Coates, O'Shea, Kaboul; Yedlin, M'Vila, Toivonen, Van Aanholt; Watmore, Fletcher, Borini Subs: Mannone, Jones, Rodwell, Johnson, Gomez, Lens, Graham

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