Arsenal are currently six points ahead of second-placed Manchester City at the top of the league before their clash with an impressive Sunderland side, who are eighth. The two sides played out a 2-2 draw at the Stadium of Light earlier this season.
Arteta added: "As always, we've tried to prepare every weekend. Every opponent is different and bring very difficult challenges and we need to face them and we've been doing that for a lot of months now.
"And that's the thing that we have to continue to do and play with our hunger and commitment every single game. Because if we do that, we have a big chance to win our games."
Arteta has also hit back at critics of his style of play, saying earlier this week: "I hear completely the opposite: all around Europe that we are the most exciting team in Europe - the most goals, the most clean sheets. Maybe I have different sources."
When pressed on why there was such a stark disparity between domestic pundits and foreign admirers, Arteta offered a tongue-in-cheek response, asking for the contact details of his detractors. "I don't know which people. You send me the names, the addresses and the email and maybe we can talk, but I can't give you a massive book of all the people."