Premier League forecast and preview: Arsenal small favourite to overcome Newcastle United

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Tue 03.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Emirates Stadium (60272 seats)

This pair of squads are happy with a quality season so far and match dates like this one could be key. Read more about Arsenal - Newcastle United!

Insights:
  • Arsenal have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Premier League
  • Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier League

It's no vacation for neither Arsenal nor Newcastle United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Arsenal form and stats

Arsenal have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 7 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. days ago.

A good away victory last time out for Arsenal, who won 4-2 against Brighton & Hove Albion (placed 8th). As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Ødegaard (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.22/10. Ødegaard scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against West Ham United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Arsenal handle that role? We have found 9 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Arsenal is on fire here. A stunning 22 from 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.

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Newcastle United form and stats

The visitors are W4-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. In general it has been a productive period now for Newcastle United as they haven't lost any of their last twelve games.

Newcastle United have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Nick Pope. It's been 271 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.

Newcastle United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Leeds United (placed 14th) in their previous game. Trippier, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.3. Trippier hit six key passes and won 6 of 13 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Leicester City with the score of 3-0.

We have checked recent matches where Newcastle have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The FA Cup trip to Sheffield Wednesday.

Newcastle United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 8 away games so far. It's not easy to score on Newcastle United as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - zero - two (Arsenal wins - draws - Newcastle United wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Newcastle UnitedM. Almirón Rejala
M. Almirón Rejala
9 goals
ArsenalM. Ødegaard
M. Ødegaard
7 goals
ArsenalG. Martinelli Silva
G. Martinelli Silva
7 goals

Arsenal missing players

Newcastle United missing players

Arsenal Newcastle United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 3 8 17
14 7 2 Won W 1 4 9
1 0 0 Drew D 1 3 7
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
40 22 6 Scored S 3 15 32
14 8 3 Conceded C 3 6 11
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 75% 76%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 65%
69% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 47%
44% 71% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 29%
25% 43% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 24%
56% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 47%
44% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 53%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 24%
 
5.5 7.1 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5.2 6.6
4 3 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 6 4.3
1.6 1.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.1 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.6 19.3 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11 14.2
5.6 7.4 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 5.2
44% 42% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 43% 36%
 
8.2 7.1 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 19 13.4 11.1
3.1 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.1 3.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Arsenal's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Arsenal have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Arsenal have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arsenal have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Arsenal have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Premier League
  • Arsenal have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Arsenal have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Arsenal have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Arsenal haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Newcastle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Newcastle United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier League
  • Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Premier League
  • Newcastle United have the most clean sheets (9) in Premier League
  • Newcastle United have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 16 14 1 1 40 14 7 7 0 0 22 8 9 7 1 1 18 6 26 43
2 Manchester City 16 11 3 2 44 16 9 7 1 1 31 10 7 4 2 1 13 6 28 36
3 Newcastle United 17 9 7 1 32 11 9 5 4 0 17 5 8 4 3 1 15 6 21 34
4 Manchester United 16 10 2 4 24 20 7 5 1 1 12 4 9 5 1 3 12 16 4 32
5 Tottenham Hotspur 16 9 3 4 33 23 8 6 0 2 21 11 8 3 3 2 12 12 10 30
6 Liverpool 16 8 4 4 33 19 9 6 2 1 23 9 7 2 2 3 10 10 14 28
7 Fulham 17 7 4 6 29 27 9 4 3 2 16 14 8 3 1 4 13 13 2 25
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 16 7 3 6 28 24 8 3 2 3 13 10 8 4 1 3 15 14 4 24
9 Chelsea 15 7 3 5 19 17 7 4 2 1 12 6 8 3 1 4 7 11 2 24
10 Brentford 17 5 8 4 27 27 8 3 4 1 15 9 9 2 4 3 12 18 0 23
11 Crystal Palace 16 6 4 6 17 21 8 4 1 3 10 11 8 2 3 3 7 10 -4 22
12 Aston Villa 16 5 3 8 17 25 8 4 1 3 12 9 8 1 2 5 5 16 -8 18
13 Leicester City 17 5 2 10 26 30 8 2 2 4 9 9 9 3 0 6 17 21 -4 17
14 Leeds United 16 4 4 8 23 29 8 3 2 3 13 12 8 1 2 5 10 17 -6 16
15 AFC Bournemouth 17 4 4 9 18 36 9 3 2 4 9 10 8 1 2 5 9 26 -18 16
16 Everton 17 3 6 8 13 20 8 2 2 4 7 8 9 1 4 4 6 12 -7 15
17 West Ham United 17 4 2 11 13 22 9 3 1 5 9 12 8 1 1 6 4 10 -9 14
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 17 3 4 10 10 26 9 2 2 5 5 14 8 1 2 5 5 12 -16 13
19 Nottingham Forest 16 3 4 9 11 33 8 3 2 3 10 11 8 0 2 6 1 22 -22 13
20 Southampton 17 3 3 11 15 32 8 1 3 4 9 15 9 2 0 7 6 17 -17 12

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.