Venue: Stadium of Light Date: Saturday, 4 October Kick-off: 1500 BST : 9:00 am Us/Estern Competition : English Premier League Sunderland could be without midfielder Liam Miller after he suffered a groin injury in training. Teemu Tainio (shoulder), Phil Bardsley (ankle) and Grant Leadbitter (broken nose) all remain on the sidelines. Arsenal have no fresh injury concerns for the trip to the Stadium of Light and could welcome back Alex Song. The midfielder is available after a hip injury, but Tomas Rosicky (hamstring), Amaury Bischoff (groin) and Eduardo (broken leg) all remain sidelined. Sunderland (from): Gordon, Fulop, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Collins, McCartney, Diouf, Whitehead, Miller, Reid, Richardson, Malbranque, Henderson, Cisse, Murphy, Healy, Stokes, Chopra. Arsenal (from): Almunia, Clichy, Toure, Gallas, Sagna, Nasri, Fabregas, Denilson, Walcott, Adebayor, Van Persie, Fabianski, Song, Djourou, Vela, Bendtner, Ramsey, Eboue, Silvestre. Sunderland manager Roy Keane: "Arsenal, as much as they have spent, have not spent anywhere near as some of the other big clubs. "That's something we have to look at as a football club. We are not capable of continuing to spend £20m, £25m or £30m every transfer window. "That's where your scouting network pays off, and that is something we are looking to improve. But to try to compare our system at the moment to Arsenal's is crazy. We are a long way away yet." Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger: "Roy Keane has done well in his first year. You could see already, when he was a player, that there are ingredients in there that make a manager. "A management career is a marathon, but he has the qualities to become a great manager. "It does not surprise me at all that he had a good first season because he has played for a long time at the top level." BIG-MATCH FACTS Arsenal hit back in style from last Saturday's shock 1-2 home defeat to Hull, with a masterful 4-0 display against FC Porto in the Champions League on Tuesday. Now they must avoid their first successive Premier League defeats in 52 outings. Keane wary of resurgent Gunners Sunderland, the highest placed of the three North-East Premier League clubs, have lost their last 10 top-flight matches against the 'Big Four', and failed to score in 10 of the last 11. The Gunners have won twice as many league matches as the Black Cats this term (four to two); victory here would see them return to the top of the table. Sunderland have already lost two home league games; Arsenal have already won two away. Arsenal are chasing a seventh successive victory over Sunderland in all competitions. Distance between the clubs: 275 miles (443 kilometres) Arsenal will be making the longest journey of any Premier League club this weekend. CLUB FORM SUNDERLAND Club stats 13th 7 points Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 7th Lowest could fall: 15th 2008-09 Premier League performance 1. Replicating last season with seven points from the first six matches. 2. Scored their first home goals and gained their first points of the season at the Stadium of Light with a 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough in the most recent game there on 20 September. 3. Won three of their last four Premier League matches against London clubs. 4. Arsenal were one of seven clubs to take away maximum points from the Stadium of Light last season. 5. Not taken a Premier League point off any of the 'Big Four' since holding Manchester United to a goalless draw at Old Trafford on 14 April 2006. 6. Not beaten any of the quartet of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United since 15 December 2002; 2-1, home to Liverpool. ARSENAL Club stats 4th 12 points Highest achievable after Saturday's matches: 1st Lowest could fall: 5th 2008-09 Premier League performance 1. Not lost back-to-back in the Premier League since 7 April 2007. 2. Lost three in a row between 18 March and 7 April 2007 against Everton (a), Liverpool (a) and West Ham (h). 3. Beaten Blackburn and Bolton in their last two on the road, and bidding to register three consecutive away league wins for the first time since 2 February 2008. 4. Vying for a hat-trick of league victories over North-East clubs. 5. Won only one of the last five league trips to the North East (v Sunderland). 6. Sunderland were one of 10 clubs they claimed maximum points from on last season's Premier League travels. 7. Failure to score in this match will bring their total of blanks in this league campaign to two, and equal their total for the whole of last season. KEY PLAYER NOTES SUNDERLAND Squad profiles If he scores:- David CONNOLLY will total 100 goals in his league career (Watford, Wolves, Wimbledon, West Ham, Leicester, Wigan and Sunderland). If selected:- Nick COLGAN will be keeping goal in his 250th English and Scottish league game (Chelsea, Brentford, Reading, Hibernian, Stockport, Barnsley, Dundee United and Wigan). Nyron NOSWORTHY will be making his 100th appearance in Sunderland colours. Kenwyne JONES will be playing on the eve of his 24th birthday. Anthony STOKES will be facing the club where he was a trainee. If on the field from the outset:- El-Hadji DIOUF will be making his 150th English league start (Liverpool, Bolton and Sunderland). ARSENAL Squad profiles Robin VAN PERSIE is a double shy of 50 goals for Arsenal. If selected:- SONG BILLONG will be making his 50th appearance for an English club (Arsenal and Charlton). New signing Mikael SILVESTRE will be making his 250th Premier League appearance - all previous 249 were for Manchester United. Tomas ROSICKY will be playing on his 28th birthday. HEAD TO HEAD Arsenal go to the Stadium of Light on the look out for an eighth successive Premier League victory over Sunderland and fourth in a row on Wearside. The Gunners have put three goals or more past the Black Cats in six of their last seven league meetings. Sunderland last took a point off the Gunners on 27 October 2001 in a 1-1 draw at the Stadium of Light, and last beat them on 19 August 2000 with a 1-0 triumph at home, courtesy of Niall Quinn. Sunderland were one of nine clubs Arsenal did the double over last season; Arsenal were one of seven to do the double over Sunderland. The Black Cats have only registered two Premier League victories over the Gunners, and both came after the Londoners had been reduced to 10 men; Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira both received red cards. Home and away League (inc PL): Sunderland 43 wins, Arsenal 46, Draws 33 Prem: Sunderland 2 wins, Arsenal 9, Draws 3 at Sunderland only League (inc PL): Sunderland 28 wins, Arsenal 13, Draws 20 Prem: Sunderland 2 wins, Arsenal 3, Draws 2 LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME Sunderland 0-1 Arsenal 11 May 2008 - Ref: Keith Stroud Arsenal scorer: Walcott 24 You can see here only the live news and information of this match Sunderland vs Arsenal. You can also see this match live on Setanta Sports Canada, Setanta Sports USA.