Newcastle vs Arsenal Prediction, Lineups, Results & Betting Tips

Saturday’s late Premier League match sees Newcastle welcome Arsenal to St. James’s Park. The Geordies secured a memorable 3-0 win at Old Trafford midweek. The Gunners, on the other hand, were left licking their wounds after being dumped out of the cup by West Ham.

Newcastle vs Arsenal Stats

• Newcastle have an xG of 24.83, the most in the Premier League. Their xG when playing at St. James’s Park is a whopping 14.26.
• The Geordies have won just one of their last 10 meetings with Arsenal.
• Arsenal have lost just four away matches in the league since the start of last season.

Newcastle vs Arsenal Prediction

Newcastle had a tricky start to the season, losing three of their opening four matches. They have since recovered and look likely to be in the frame for a place in the top four once again. They are currently 6th place, a spot behind an Aston Villa side that they beat 5-1 on the first day of the campaign.

The Magpies will be buoyed by their win over Manchester United midweek. The Red Devils scuppered Eddie Howe’s hopes of ending Newcastle's extraordinarily long trophy drought last season by beating them in the League Cup final. However, they have beaten them twice since and Howe will have his sights set on trophies this season. 

Newcastle will be annoyed that they could not pick up all three points against Wolves last weekend. They have dropped points in two of their last three league matches but both have come on the road. St. James’s Park has become a fortress since the start of last season. They have lost just three of their 24 home matches in the league. Those defeats were against Liverpool and Arsenal.

Arsenal were the pacesetters in the first half of last season and despite being behind Tottenham by two points coming into this weekend, they will be delighted with the start they have made. Arteta got one over his mentor when his team beat Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City a few weeks ago. The Gunners are set to be strong contenders for the title once again.

Both teams have formidable attacks and we can back both to score at 7/10 on Bet 365.
Newcastle lead the way in terms of xG in the Premier League and their chance creation has been superb.

Callum Wilson is in fantastic form and is averaging 1.5 goals per 90 minutes played in the league. The Magpies lost this fixture 2-0 last season and will be out for revenge. Interestingly, they finished that game with more shots and a higher xG than Arsenal so I fancy them to score this time around.

Eddie Howe’s men are averaging 2.6 goals per Premier League home game so far this season. Since the start of the last campaign, they are averaging 2.04 goals per match on home turf. They have failed to score in just four of those 24 matches.

Arsenal have scored in all eight of their away matches in all competitions with an average of 163 goals per game. Arteta’s men have only failed to score in two of their 24 away Premier League matches since the start of last season.

Tip: Both Teams To Score @ 7/10 Bet 365

Newcastle vs Arsenal Recent Results

A recap of the most recent meetings between the two sides.

Newcastle vs Arsenal Lineups

Newcastle vs Arsenal predicted lineups brought to you by WhoScored.com. 

Newcastle Predicted Lineup

Pope, Burn, Lascelles, Schar, Trippier, Lomgstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Gordon, Wilson. Almiron

Arsenal Predicted Lineup

Raya, White, Saliba, Magalhaes, Zinchenko, Odegard, Jorginho, Rice, Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli

Newcastle vs Arsenal Correct Score

Newcastle 1-1 Arsenal