Premier League

Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United

Arsenal vs Newcastle United finished 1-0 in Premier League. Key event: 2' Alexandre Lacazette (assist Alex Iwobi · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.9%, 51.3%). Head to head: H2H last 4: 4-0-0. Home form: D D L W W; Away form: L L L D L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

ARS 1 - 0 Finished NEW Newcastle United

Competition Premier League Season 2017/2018 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 16 Dec 2017, 15:00 Venue time 16 Dec 2017, 15:00 GMT

Match context 4 facts

Home form D D L W W 8 pts, goals 8-4, 1.60 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Away form L L L D L 1 pts, goals 5-12, 1.00 scored/match, 2.40 conceded/match

Arsenal · season record 9 W · 3 D · 5 L 2017/2018: 17 recorded matches, goals 30–20; before 16 Dec 2017 UTC. Not official standings.

Newcastle United · season record 4 W · 3 D · 10 L 2017/2018: 17 recorded matches, goals 16–26; before 16 Dec 2017 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 33 shots · 1 goal

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Arsenal 23 shots · 2.03 xG · 1 goal

Newcastle United 10 shots · 0.29 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 43 events

2' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS assist Alex Iwobi · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.9%, 51.3%

4' shot Jamaal Lascelles Newcastle United assist Mikel Merino · xG 0.02 · Set Piece · location 88.6%, 31.2%

5' shot DeAndre Yedlin Newcastle United xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 76.5%, 31.8%

7' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS assist Alexis Sánchez · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.7%, 69.3%

7' shot Héctor Bellerín ARS xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.9%, 45.7%

11' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85%, 48%

12' shot Ainsley Maitland-Niles ARS xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.8%, 37.3%

22' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS assist Alex Iwobi · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 58.7%

22' shot Mesut Özil ARS xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.5%, 60.6%

23' Goal Mesut Özil 1–0 ARS Goal

26' shot Héctor Bellerín ARS assist Alexis Sánchez · xG 0.13 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.8%, 33.9%

30' shot Granit Xhaka ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.5%, 57.3%

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37' shot Mesut Özil ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 97.7%, 33.7%

39' shot Alex Iwobi ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.6%, 31.2%

40' Yellow Isaac Hayden Newcastle United Yellow card

45' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.9%, 63.3%

52' shot Ainsley Maitland-Niles ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.2%, 77.3%

53' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS assist Alex Iwobi · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.2%, 28.8%

54' Sub Matt Ritchie Newcastle United on for Christian Atsu

55' shot Matt Ritchie Newcastle United assist Ayoze Pérez · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.8%, 61.2%

55' shot Jacob Murphy Newcastle United assist Ayoze Pérez · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.2%, 56.1%

56' shot Isaac Hayden Newcastle United assist Matt Ritchie · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.6%, 41%

58' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS assist Alex Iwobi · xG 0.33 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.6%, 30.1%

60' shot Alex Iwobi ARS xG 0.11 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 92.5%, 54.2%

63' shot Alexis Sánchez ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.7%, 62.7%

65' shot Alex Iwobi ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.9%, 56.4%

67' Sub Dwight Gayle Newcastle United on for Jacob Murphy

72' Sub Danny Welbeck ARS on for Alex Iwobi · Injury substitution

73' Sub Olivier Giroud ARS on for Alexandre Lacazette

74' shot Jack Wilshere ARS assist Olivier Giroud · xG 0.4 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.6%, 47.4%

74' shot Laurent Koscielny ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 92.2%, 48.2%

78' shot Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United assist Javier Manquillo · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.8%, 66.2%

79' shot Joselu Newcastle United assist Dwight Gayle · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.9%, 48.5%

80' shot Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 67.3%

82' shot Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United assist Matt Ritchie · xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 90.1%, 57.3%

82' Sub Mohamed Diamé Newcastle United on for Mikel Merino

85' shot Danny Welbeck ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 84.2%, 32.2%

86' Yellow Nacho Monreal ARS Yellow card

87' shot Matt Ritchie Newcastle United assist Ayoze Pérez · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.3%, 37.7%

87' shot Olivier Giroud ARS assist Héctor Bellerín · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90.1%, 26.2%

89' shot Héctor Bellerín ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 31%

89' Sub Francis Coquelin ARS on for Alexis Sánchez

90+2' Yellow Granit Xhaka ARS Yellow card

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 8-3-1

Arsenal leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 8 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw. Latest meeting: 25 Apr 2026 · Arsenal vs Newcastle United · 1 - 0.

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25 Apr 2026

Arsenal 1 - 0 Newcastle United NEW 28 Sep 2025 NEW Newcastle United 1 - 2 Arsenal

18 May 2025

Arsenal 1 - 0 Newcastle United NEW 02 Nov 2024 NEW Newcastle United 1 - 0 Arsenal

24 Feb 2024

Arsenal 4 - 1 Newcastle United NEW 04 Nov 2023 NEW Newcastle United 1 - 0 Arsenal

07 May 2023 NEW Newcastle United 0 - 2 Arsenal

03 Jan 2023

Arsenal 0 - 0 Newcastle United NEW

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16 May 2022 NEW Newcastle United 2 - 0 Arsenal

27 Nov 2021

Arsenal 2 - 0 Newcastle United NEW 02 May 2021 NEW Newcastle United 0 - 2 Arsenal

18 Jan 2021

Arsenal 3 - 0 Newcastle United NEW

Team statistics 17 metrics

71% Ball Possession 29%

71% 29%

2.02 Expected Goals 0.29

87% 12%

23 Total Shots 10

69% 30%

5 Shots on Goal 2

71% 28%

7 Corner Kicks 5

58% 41%

13 Fouls 9

59% 40%

2 Yellow Cards 1

66% 33%

2 Goalkeeper Saves 4

33% 66%

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7 Blocked shots 4

1 Offsides 2

8 Free kicks 12

11 Shots off target 4

21 Throw-ins 11

8 Goal kicks 11

2 Total saves 4

0 Hit woodwork 0

18 Shots inside box 4

Lineups

1 Robert Elliot GK 22 DeAndre Yedlin DEF 6 Jamaal Lascelles DEF 20 Florian Lejeune DEF 19 Javier Manquillo DEF 7 Jacob Murphy MID 23 Mikel Merino MID 14 Isaac Hayden MID 30 Christian Atsu MID 21 Joselu FWD 17 Ayoze Pérez FWD 33 Petr Čech GK 24 Héctor Bellerín DEF 6 Laurent Koscielny DEF 18 Nacho Monreal DEF 30 Ainsley Maitland-Niles DEF 11 Mesut Özil MID 29 Granit Xhaka MID 10 Jack Wilshere MID 17 Alex Iwobi FWD 9 Alexandre Lacazette FWD 7 Alexis Sánchez FWD

Newcastle United

4-4-2 · Manager Rafael Benítez

1 R Robert Elliot GK

22 D DeAndre Yedlin DEF

6 J Jamaal Lascelles · Captain DEF

20 F Florian Lejeune DEF

19 J Javier Manquillo DEF

7 J Jacob Murphy MID

23 M Mikel Merino MID

14 I Isaac Hayden MID

30 C Christian Atsu MID

21 J Joselu FWD

17 A Ayoze Pérez FWD

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11 M Matt Ritchie MID

9 D Dwight Gayle FWD

10 M Mohamed Diamé MID

26 K Karl Darlow GK

2 C Ciaran Clark DEF

3 P Paul Dummett DEF

16 R Rolando Aarons FWD

Arsenal

4-3-3 · Manager Arsène Wenger

33 P Petr Čech GK

24 H Héctor Bellerín DEF

6 L Laurent Koscielny · Captain DEF

18 N Nacho Monreal DEF

30 A Ainsley Maitland-Niles DEF

11 M Mesut Özil MID

29 G Granit Xhaka MID

10 J Jack Wilshere MID

17 A Alex Iwobi FWD

9 A Alexandre Lacazette FWD

7 A Alexis Sánchez FWD

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23 D Danny Welbeck FWD

12 O Olivier Giroud FWD

34 F Francis Coquelin MID

13 D David Ospina GK

21 C Calum Chambers DEF

31 S Sead Kolašinac DEF

35 M Mohamed Elneny MID