Arsenal vs Newcastle United - prediction, team news, lineups

Back successful the all-too acquainted silver-medal presumption successful the Premier League table, Arsenal tin swiftly regain apical spot erstwhile they big Newcastle United astatine the Emirates connected Saturday evening.

The Gunners are astatine hazard of losing 3 consecutive top-flight games for the archetypal clip successful 4 years, a destiny that befell the Magpies successful past weekend's location fearfulness show.

Match preview

When Martin Dubravka went up for a last-minute country successful Burnley vs. Manchester City connected Wednesday night, Arsenal and Clarets supporters hoped for Alisson Becker vs. West Bromwich Albion 2.0, arsenic the Sky Blues faithful watched connected with pained expressions.

However, Scott Parker's men could not instrumentality a leafage retired of Nicolas Jover's set-piece book, arsenic Man City's 1-0 triumph - arsenic nervy arsenic it was - took the Citizens backmost to the apical of the standings, albeit lone by virtuousness of a superior goals scored total.

City's FA Cup commitments this play means that Arsenal lone request a constituent against Newcastle to reclaim archetypal place, but the signifier publication suggests that volition beryllium easier said than done for Mikel Arteta, who suffered an unwanted archetypal that Unai Emery ne'er suffered past weekend.

Coming up abbreviated successful the highly-anticipated blockbuster with Man City, Arsenal's 2-1 defeat saw the Gunners suffer 4 home games successful a enactment for the archetypal clip since Arsene Wenger's farewell play successful 2017-18, arsenic the inevitable 'bottle' accusations turn louder by the week.

The hosts - who besides person a Champions League semi-final with Atletico Madrid to look guardant to adjacent week - person chopped exhausted figures successful caller weeks, but determination was small majorly incorrect with the show astatine the Etihad, wherever the idiosyncratic prime successful Pep Guardiola's ranks simply shone through.

Arsenal's mostly respectable show whitethorn not springiness Gooners overmuch comfortableness portion the calendar inactive reads April, though, arsenic the Gunners' points-per-game ratio successful this circumstantial period nether Arteta - which was already a nine worst - present reads a measly 1.48.

Suffering from their ain dose of springtime sadness, Newcastle person acold much humble aspirations for the remainder of the season, and Eddie Howe's men are not adjacent mathematically harmless with 5 games remaining.

Tipped arsenic eventual rubric contenders erstwhile the Saudi-backed takeover went done successful precocious 2021, the Magpies person present reached their lowest ebb since the caller owners were sworn in, losing 3 successful a enactment successful the apical formation and 4 connected the rotation successful each competitions.

St James' Park broke retired into boos again aft Bournemouth edged retired Newcastle 2-1 successful the erstwhile gameweek, leaving Howe's broadside 14th successful the rankings, 11 points supra 18th-placed Tottenham Hotspur with 12 near to combat for.

With an unsightly 8 defeats connected their grounds from their past 11 Premier League games, nary squad has mislaid much top-flight matches than the Magpies since January 25, and Howe volition reportedly person to reply to PIF chiefs during a crunch gathering adjacent week.

Victory astatine the Emirates could change the docket for that acme slightly, but the Magpies person failed to triumph immoderate of their past 13 distant league games astatine Arsenal, who could implicit the treble implicit Newcastle for the archetypal clip since 2020-21 aft September's last-gasp success.

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Team News

Martin Odegaard led the Arsenal broadside retired astatine the Etihad again pursuing his betterment from a niggling genu injury, but Bukayo Saka (calf) remained absent past play and is simply a immense uncertainty for the conflict with Newcastle too.

Riccardo Calafiori and Jurrien Timber (both unspecified) are successful the nonstop aforesaid boat, portion Mikel Merino (foot) is making dependable advancement successful his betterment from country but volition not beryllium backmost for a fewer weeks yet.

Timber is thought to beryllium connected the cusp of a return, though, and his comeback would lick a tricky antiaircraft dilemma for Arteta, arsenic neither Ben White nor Cristhian Mosquera person convinced successful the right-back relation of late.

Sticking with the taxable of injured right-backs, Newcastle mislaid Tino Livramento to a groin occupation successful their nonaccomplishment to Bournemouth, 1 that volition surely regularisation him retired of Saturday's crippled and perchance the remainder of the season.

Livramento whitethorn person truthful played his last crippled for the Magpies up of an expected determination away, portion Arsenal-linked Anthony Gordon is besides expected to miss the Emirates travel owed to his ain groin issue.

Emil Krafth (knee), Fabian Schar (ankle) and Joelinton (suspended) marque up Newcastle's confirmed absentees this weekend, but the indispensable Bruno Guimaraes should beryllium restored to the XI aft his invited instrumentality from injury.

Arsenal imaginable starting lineup:

Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Hincapie; Odegaard, Zubimendi, Rice; Madueke, Havertz, Eze

Newcastle United imaginable starting lineup:

Ramsdale; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Miley; Murphy, Osula, Barnes

We say: Arsenal 2-1 Newcastle United

Amid each of Newcastle's problems, attacking occurrence has been a constant; the visitors person scored successful 18 consecutive games successful each tournaments and each of their past 10 distant from home.

An progressively shaky Arsenal broadside should truthful not look unscathed, but with Newcastle's defending besides leaving overmuch to beryllium desired, we person religion successful the Gunners to halt the rot and ascent backmost to the summit.

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