Newcastle are still looking for their first Premier League victory of the season while Arsenal will be trying to improve their start of the campaign when they travel to St James' Park on Saturday. The last few meetings between these two teams have produced lots of goals, no less than 34 in the last nine matches. Arsenal have not lost at Newcastle since 2005 and have won all the last seven direct meetings.
Newcastle had a draw and a defeat out of the season's opening two matches against Southampton and Swansea City respectively, but then secured a goalless draw at Manchester United and a solid 4-1 victory over Northampton Town in the League Cup. Papiss Cisse might be given a place in the starting eleven this time instead of striker Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Arsenal have started the season with a 2-0 home defeat against West Ham, then steadied the ship with a 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace but were held to a goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium by Liverpool on Monday. Arsene Wenger admits that the match at Newcastle will not be easy at all: "They have just come out from a good result at Manchester United so it's important that we prepare well and we give absolutely everything to win this game before the international break." Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny are in doubt, but the Frenchman is more likely to recover in time for the match.
Probable line-ups:
Newcastle: Krul - Janmaat, Coloccini, Taylor, Haidara - Anita, Colback, Wijnaldum, Perez, Obertan - Cisse
Arsenal: Cech - Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal - Coquelin, Cazorla - Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez - Giroud
My prediction: Arsenal to win 3-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Newcastle win - 6.00 Draw - 4.20 Arsenal win - 1.61
galata86 8 years ago
That was hard victory for Arsenal. Arsenal had great pre-seasson games and I was thinking that they will have great season. So far they are struggle with creating chances and that is the main reason why they didn't win more often. This win should help to get back their confidence and from next game I expect that Arsenal...
That was hard victory for Arsenal. Arsenal had great pre-seasson games and I was thinking that they will have great season. So far they are struggle with creating chances and that is the main reason why they didn't win more often. This win should help to get back their confidence and from next game I expect that Arsenal will play better and better every game.
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rikimartin4444_115925 8 years ago
Mitrovic was a good player, but there are plenty of problems with temperament. In four matches in the Premier League he received two yellow cards and one red. I think this is unacceptable and that Steve McClaren has to seriously talk to him. As for Arsenal, they are still waiting for a new player to the position of central...
Mitrovic was a good player, but there are plenty of problems with temperament. In four matches in the Premier League he received two yellow cards and one red. I think this is unacceptable and that Steve McClaren has to seriously talk to him. As for Arsenal, they are still waiting for a new player to the position of central striker. Other looks good and this could be a good season for them.
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seculla 8 years ago
I must admit that I totally agree with Shumar4life when it comes to Mitrovic and his temperament. McLaren will have a tough job to "cool" him. When it comes to the game itself, I expected a win from Arsenal in a very tight game, but after that red card for Mitrovic it was almost clear that Arsenal will know to punish them...
I must admit that I totally agree with Shumar4life when it comes to Mitrovic and his temperament. McLaren will have a tough job to "cool" him. When it comes to the game itself, I expected a win from Arsenal in a very tight game, but after that red card for Mitrovic it was almost clear that Arsenal will know to punish them and take all three points.
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Shumar4life 8 years ago
Mitrovic was hilarious today. He is simple out of the control, and it will be interesting to see could McLaren take control of his temperament. Newcastle has a great chance today but they couldn't cope with only 10 players almost whole match. Mitrovic must control his temperament if he wants to show his quality
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sharpe 8 years ago
Nice win for Arsenal at one of the toughest places to play at in the Premier League. This will bring back Arsenal to the winning way and the hopes for great performance in this years Premier League will stay. Will see if Arsenal could be in the title race but when we see the for of Man City at the moment this doesn't look...
Nice win for Arsenal at one of the toughest places to play at in the Premier League. This will bring back Arsenal to the winning way and the hopes for great performance in this years Premier League will stay. Will see if Arsenal could be in the title race but when we see the for of Man City at the moment this doesn't look very likely.
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Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
This will be interesting match.Newcastle manage to stay unbeaten at Old Trafford last weekend,so they will host Arsenal in very good atmosphere.Today the Gunners wont have easy job,that is for sure.They must be aware of Mitrovic and his great aerial ability.My prediction is 1-1 draw.
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