Newcastle United 0-2 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 2 May 2021

Result

Newcastle United 0-2 Arsenal

Premier League · Sunday 2 May 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Newcastle United 0-2 Arsenal: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by Arsenal 0-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 2 May 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Mohamed Elneny opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Arsenal scored through Mohamed Elneny (6') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (66').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 17th on 36 points from 33 and Arsenal 11th on 46 points from 33. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Arsenal 8th with 61.

Newcastle United lined up in a 5-3-2 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal (7.8), level with Willian (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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Mohamed ElnenyArsenal · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Granit XhakaArsenal
  • 31'Yellow card · M. AlmirónNewcastle United
  • 62'Yellow card · Federico FernándezNewcastle United
  • 66'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 0-2
  • 90'Red card · F. SchärNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 1, draws 0, Arsenal 9.

Team news

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Newcastle United line-up (5-3-2)

Martin Dúbravka, Jacob Murphy, Federico Fernández, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Sean Longstaff, Jonjo Shelvey, Miguel Almirón, Callum Wilson, Allan Saint-Maximin

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mathew Ryan, Héctor Bellerín, David Luiz, Gabriel, Granit Xhaka, Mohamed Elneny, Dani Ceballos, Willian, Martin Ødegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang