Arsenal 3-2 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Friday 26 September 2003

Result

Arsenal 3-2 Newcastle United

Premier League · Friday 26 September 2003, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Arsenal 3-2 Newcastle United: match report

Arsenal defeated Newcastle United 3-2 in the Premier League on Friday 26 September 2003. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Thierry Henry opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Thierry Henry (18'), Gilberto Silva (67') and Thierry Henry (80', penalty). Newcastle United scored through Laurent Robert (26') and Olivier Bernard (71').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 14 points from 6 and Newcastle United 19th on 3 points from 5. Arsenal went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Newcastle United 5th with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 1 for Newcastle United.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Newcastle United's D-D-L-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Laurent RobertNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Laurent RobertNewcastle United
  • 67'Goal · Gilberto SilvaArsenal · 2-1
  • 71'Goal · Olivier BernardNewcastle United · 2-2
  • 80'Penalty goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 3-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Arsenal 3, draws 2, Newcastle United 1.