Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 January 2016
Result
Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 2 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United: match report
Arsenal defeated Newcastle United 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 January 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Laurent Koscielny of Arsenal in the 72nd minute.
Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 39 points from 19 and Newcastle United 18th on 16 points from 19. Arsenal went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 37.
Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Petr Čech of Arsenal (8.2), level with Laurent Koscielny (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 0 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Newcastle United's L-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Jack Colback
- 68'Yellow card · Daryl Janmaat
- 72'Goal · Laurent Koscielny
- 82'Yellow card · Mathieu Flamini
- 90+2'Yellow card · M. Özil
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Mathieu Flamini, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mesut Özil, Theo Walcott, Olivier Giroud
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Robert Elliot, Daryl Janmaat, Chancel Mbemba, Fabricio Coloccini, Paul Dummett, Moussa Sissoko, Cheik Tiote, Jack Colback, Georginio Wijnaldum, Ayoze Pérez, Aleksandar Mitrović