Arsenal 6-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2012
Result
Arsenal 6-2 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2012, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Arsenal 6-2 Newcastle United: match report
Arsenal defeated Newcastle United 6-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Theo Walcott opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Theo Walcott (20'), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (51'), Lukas Podolski (64'), Theo Walcott (73'), Olivier Giroud (85'), Olivier Giroud (87') and Theo Walcott (90+2'). Newcastle United scored through Demba Ba (44'), Sylvain Marveaux (59') and Demba Ba (69').
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 30 points from 18 and Newcastle United 14th on 21 points from 19. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 73 points, and Newcastle United 15th with 41.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 5 draws and 1 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Theo Walcott
- 44'Goal · Demba Ba
- 51'Goal · Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 59'Goal · Sylvain Marveaux
- 64'Goal · Lukas Podolski
- 69'Goal · Demba Ba
- 73'Goal · Theo Walcott
- 85'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 87'Goal · Olivier Giroud
- 90+1'Yellow card · Davide Santon
- 90+2'Goal · Theo Walcott
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Thomas Vermaelen, Kieran Gibbs, Mikel Arteta, J. Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Santi Cazorla, Lukas Podolski, Theo Walcott
Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tim Krul, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria, Cheik Tiote, Gaël Bigirimana, Papiss Demba Cissé, Sylvain Marveaux, Gabriel Obertan, Danny Simpson, James Perch, Demba Ba