Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 December 2017
Result
Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 16 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United: match report
Arsenal beat Newcastle United 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from M. Özil of Arsenal in the 23rd minute.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 7th on 30 points from 17 and Newcastle United 17th on 15 points from 17. Arsenal went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Newcastle United 10th with 44.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mesut Özil of Arsenal (8.8), ahead of Alex Iwobi (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-D-L-W-W and Newcastle United's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 23'Goal · M. Özil
- 40'Yellow card · Isaac Hayden
- 86'Yellow card · Nacho Monreal
- 90+2'Yellow card · Granit Xhaka
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Mesut Özil, Granit Xhaka, J. Wilshere, Alex Iwobi, Alexandre Lacazette, Alexis Sánchez
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Elliot, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Florian Lejeune, Javier Manquillo, Jacob Murphy, Mikel Merino, Isaac Hayden, Christian Atsu, Joselu, Ayoze Pérez