{"id":249220,"date":"2025-11-07T11:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249220\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:45:08","slug":"ian-wright-and-peter-crouch-clash-over-sunderland-vs-arsenal-score-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249220\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright and Peter Crouch clash over Sunderland vs Arsenal score prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Arsenal travel to Sunderland for a Premier League meeting on Saturday, and Ian Wright and Peter Crouch can\u2019t agree on a winner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/kyril-louis-dreyfus-has-huge-ambitions-for-sunderland-as-he-shares-transfer-budget-details\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunderland\u2019s impressive start in the Premier League<\/a>\u00a0means Regis Le Bris\u2019 men go into the weekend\u2019s action fourth in the division, level on points with Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>They recently <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/the-brilliant-thing-chris-rigg-did-during-win-over-chelsea-that-sunderland-fans-may-have-missed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took the scalp of Chelsea<\/a> and are looking to add another London giant to the list this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btbf-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@BeyondTheBackFour?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"object-fit:unset\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/btbf-title.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   Click to subscribe to the podcast <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:unset;height:30px;width:fit-content\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/youtube.svg\" alt=\"\"\/>   <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/arsenal-can-surpass-liverpool-to-become-undisputed-record-holders-but-sunderland-have-other-plans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal can set a record<\/a> by beating the Black Cats, but predicting a winner is seemingly a tough task for former players.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2212044887-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ian Wrigh commentating on Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City in the FA Cup.\" class=\"wp-image-975872\" \/>Photo by Charlotte Wilson\/Offside\/Offside via Getty ImagesSunderland vs Arsenal score prediction<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the latest episode of Stick To Football, Gunners legend <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/ian-wright\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Wright<\/a> backed his former side to win.<\/p>\n<p>Wright initially said that <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/sunderland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunderland<\/a> would score, but quickly changed his mind and predicted another clean sheet for Mikel Arteta\u2019s men.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI\u2019m going to go 2-1. You know what I\u2019m going to do? No, 2-0. 2-0 Arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/peter-crouch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Crouch<\/a>, on the other hand, thinks an upset could be on the cards when <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/arsenal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> travel to the Stadium of Light.<\/p>\n<p>On his own <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/that-peter-crouch-podcast\/id1616744464?i=1000735347463&amp;r=1468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">podcast<\/a>, Crouch backed the North East outfit to come away with a 1-0 win.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI think that\u2019s what I mean. I think going there, the crowd will be up for it. The players, it\u2019s their cup final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need something big. And I\u2019m going to go with Sunderland 1-0. I\u2019m willing to die on this sword.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2236591510-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Granit Xhaka of Sunderland applauds the fans following the Premier League match between Sunderland and Aston Villa at Stadium of Light.\" class=\"wp-image-987980\" \/>Photo by George Wood\/Getty ImagesLast time Sunderland beat Arsenal<\/p>\n<p>While Crouch thinks the home side will emerge victorious, it\u2019s been some time since Sunderland got one over on the current league leaders.<\/p>\n<p>The last meeting between the two sides was a League Cup fixture in December 2021, which Arsenal won 5-1.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, the pair last faced off in the Premier League back in May 2017, with Arsenal winning 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>The last time Sunderland beat the North Londoners in any competition was February 18, 2012, in the FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Kieran Richardson and an own goal from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain decided the fixture.<\/p>\n<p>A lot has changed since then, however, with Sunderland now flying high with the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/why-granit-xhaka-knew-from-day-one-that-sunderland-move-was-right-decision\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former Arsenal star Granit Xhaka<\/a>, who has been one of their top performers this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal travel to Sunderland for a Premier League meeting on Saturday, and Ian Wright and Peter Crouch can\u2019t&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[220,218,17252,44598,101,2873,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-249220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arsenal","tag-football","tag-ian-wright","tag-peter-crouch","tag-sports","tag-sunderland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}