With Sunderland facing Arsenal live on Sky Sports on Saturday, we look at the duel between Jermain Defoe and Laurent Koscielny. Despite the best efforts of four-goal top scorer Jermain Defoe, Sunderland go into their 10th match of the Premier League season still without a win. The Black Cats host Arsenal at the Stadium of Light in the opening game of the weekend, and Defoe will be keen to end an unwanted run of his own. Sland vs Arsenal October 29, 2016, 11:30am Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass It is almost 12 years since Defoe found the net against the Gunners, when he scored for Tottenham in a memorable 5-4 defeat in November 2004. Now 34, Defoes non-scoring run against Arsenal stretches to 15 Premier League appearances, coming for three different clubs, under seven different managers, and despite 23 attempts at goal. Jermain Defoes barren run against Arsenal Apps 15 Starts 8 Minutes 801 Goals 0 Shots 23 Shots on target 10 It makes Arsenal one of Defoes least favoured opponents in the Premier League. He has only scored twice in 21 top division encounters against the Gunners, and of the 28 teams he has faced for 300 minutes or more in his Premier League career, Defoe only has a poorer minutes-per-goal ratio against Bolton and his former employers Tottenham. Defoes favourite and least favourite Premier League opponents Rank Opponent Minutes Goals Mins per goal 1 Swansea 413 5 82.6 2 Wigan 924 10 92.4 3 Charlton 693 7 99.0 - - - - - 26 Arsenal 1171 2 585.5 27 Bolton 1207 2 603.5 28 Tottenham 708 1 708.0 With at least one eye on Defoe, Laurent Koscielny is likely to lead Arsenals defence at the Stadium of Light. The Gunners defensive record has been highly impressive in recent weeks, with clean sheets in six of their last seven games in all competitions.Koscielny has played every minute of the last nine games in the Premier League and Champions League alongside Shkodran Mustafi, helping the £35m summer arrival settle in north London. Koscielny has impressed for Arsenal this season Leading the Arsenal defence is nothing new for Koscielny. In six of his seven seasons at the club, the Frenchman has ranked either first or second at the club for clearances, interceptions and blocks. The only exception was the 2012-13 season when injuries restricted him to only 20 Premier League starts. Koscielnys defensive record (when starting min. 60% of PL games) Season Clearances Club rank Interceptions Club rank Blocks Club rank 2010/11 207 1st 83 2nd 13 2nd 2011/12 170 2nd 91 1st 18 1st 2013/14 234 2nd 89 1st 22 1st 2014/15 159 2nd 93 1st 18 2nd 2015/16 186 1st 126 1st 27 1st 2016/17 44 1st 25 2nd 9 1st Koscielny has helped to prevent Defoe from scoring on each of the three occasions they have started Premier League matches against one another.But despite that fact and his long-running drought against Arsenal, Defoe is still Sunderlands best bet for a goal on Saturday. Defoe has scored four goals for Sunderland this season Since arriving at the club in January 2015, he is one of only two players to have scored over a third of his teams Premier League goals, along with Harry Kane for Tottenham. Highest top scorer reliance (PL since January 2015) Player Team Goals Team goals % of team goals Harry Kane Tottenham 40 110 36.4% Jermain Defoe Sunderland 23 67 34.3% Sergio Aguero Man City 41 129 31.8% Romelu Lukaku Everton 28 90 31.1% This weekend, history suggests he will need to be at his best.You can watch Premier League and EFL Cup football, plus Englands tour of Bangladesh and the Mexican Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy six months at half price! Also See: Premier League video Fixtures Table Live on Sky Get Sky Sports Get a ￡10 free bet! Air Max 97 Sale Nz . The 29-year-old from Port Colborne, Ont., has nothing but good things to say about former U.S. marine Liz (Girlrilla) Carmouche ahead of their co-main event Wednesday on the UFCs "Fight for the Troops" televised card in Fort Campbell, Ky. 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UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Top-ranked Duke bounced back from its loss to Kansas by beating Penn State, but watched another player go down with an injury.Freshman Frank Jackson led five players in double figures with 17 points and Amile Jefferson added 16 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Blue Devils to a 78-68 win Saturday in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off tournament.Sophomore Chase Jeter rolled his left ankle in the first half and didnt return.Tony Carr had 20 points and Shep Garner added 15 to lead Penn State (2-2).Jeter went down under the Penn State basket while going for a rebound. The 6-foot-10 sophomore was on the floor for several minutes before being helped off the court. His injury came minutes after Grayson Allen left the game, favoring the right foot he hurt in Tuesdays loss to Kansas.Allen went back to the locker room, but returned to the floor a few minutes later. He finished with 12 points and needs just three more to become the 65th Duke player with 1,000 points for his career.Matt Jones and Luke Kennard added 15 points each for Duke, which will play No. 21 Rhode Island for the tournament championship on Sunday.Were banged up more than any team Ive ever coached, said Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Before the game and then during the game. I mean, Amile has been hurt this week. He has 15 rebounds and 16 points.Despite the injuries, the Blue Devils went on an early 13-2 run that turned a tie game into a 21-10 lead. They led 36-24 at the half, despite some poor shooting from Allen and Kennard, who were a combined 4-15 from the floor. But Jackson picked up the slack, scoring 11 of his points before intermission.To be able to have the next man up, coach does a good job motivating us, Jones said. We didnt come to Duke to lose, be second fiddle or bow down to anybody. We know what were capable of and everyone on that sideline can help. That confidence that is instilled in us, takes us to where we need to go.A 3-point play by Allen stretched the lead to 64-51 midway through the second half.Penn State trailed 72-57 with just under 5 minutes to play, but went on a 9-2 run before the Blue Devils closed out the game.ddddddddddddDukes short bench outscored Penn States 19-5.BIG PICTUREDuke: Jeters injury further depletes a Blue Devils team that is still without three highly touted freshmen -- Harry Giles, Jayson Tatum and Marques Bolden -- as well as junior Sean Obi. They may have just seven players available for Sundays championship game. Krzyzewski pegged Jeters status for the game as doubtful.I know if he can play, he will play, Krzyzewski said. Were going to try and win. We would like to win.Penn State: The Nittany Lions are using the tournament as a measuring stick to see how the young team stacks up against top-level competition. This was the programs first game against a No. 1 ranked team since 2011, and theyre now 0-14 in those games.We took another step today, said coach Patrick Chambers. We got better. And thats our goal Just keep getting better. Its a process thats going to take some time, but were going to eventually get there.POLL IMPLICATIONSDuke was No. 1 in the preseason poll and the first voting of the regular season, but likely will fall a few spots after its loss to Kansas. How far may depend on how they do in this tournament.PERIMETER DEFENSEDuke held Penn State to six 3-point baskets on 21 attempts. Thats not a fluke. The Blue Devils held their first three opponents under 15 percent from the outside and were giving up fewer than three 3-pointers a game coming into the tournament. Duke was 9 for 24 from 3-point range.UP NEXTDuke will play No. 21 Rhode Island in the tournaments championship game Sunday afternoon. The Rams beat No. 24 Cincinnati 76-71 in the second game of the evening.Penn State will play Cincinnati tournaments consolation game.----More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. ' ' '