Newcastle United 1-2 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2018
Result
Newcastle United 1-2 Arsenal
Premier League · Saturday 15 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newcastle United 1-2 Arsenal: match report
Newcastle United were beaten by Arsenal 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 September 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Granit Xhaka opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Ciaran Clark (90+1'). Arsenal scored through Granit Xhaka (49') and M. Özil (58').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 18th on 1 point from 4 and Arsenal 9th on 6 points from 4. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Arsenal 5th with 70.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mesut Özil of Arsenal (7.8), level with Granit Xhaka (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 0 draws and 9 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-L-D-L and Arsenal's W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 49'Goal · Granit Xhaka
- 58'Goal · M. Özil
- 90+1'Goal · Ciaran Clark
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Martin Dúbravka, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Federico Fernández, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Isaac Hayden, Mohamed Diamé, Jacob Murphy, Ayoze Pérez, Joselu
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis, Nacho Monreal, Mattéo Guendouzi, Granit Xhaka, Mesut Özil, Aaron Ramsey, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette