Premier League

Newcastle United 2-1 Arsenal

Newcastle United vs Arsenal finished 2-1 in Premier League. Key event: 4' Alexandre Lacazette (xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.5%, 46.3%). Head to head: H2H last 5: 0-0-5. Home form: W W W L D; Away form: W W W L L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

NEW Newcastle United 2 - 1 Finished

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

Your time 15 Apr 2018, 12:30 Venue time 15 Apr 2018, 13:30 BST

Match context 4 facts

Home form W W W L D 10 pts, goals 8-5, 1.60 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Away form W W W L L 9 pts, goals 10-7, 2.00 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Newcastle United · season record 10 W · 8 D · 14 L 2017/2018: 32 recorded matches, goals 33–41; before 15 Apr 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Arsenal · season record 16 W · 6 D · 10 L 2017/2018: 32 recorded matches, goals 61–43; before 15 Apr 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 23 shots · 3 goals

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

Newcastle United 8 shots · 0.91 xG · 2 goals

Arsenal 15 shots · 1.42 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 33 events

4' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.5%, 46.3%

8' shot Kenedy Newcastle United assist Matt Ritchie · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 71.1%, 52.5%

13' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS assist Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang · xG 0.33 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.2%, 41.2%

14' Goal Alexandre Lacazette 0–1 ARS assist Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

16' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS assist Alex Iwobi · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.2%, 68.2%

20' shot Alex Iwobi ARS assist Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang · xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.4%, 43.3%

24' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS assist Alex Iwobi · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.5%, 50.6%

28' shot Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United assist DeAndre Yedlin · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.9%, 39.4%

29' Goal Ayoze Pérez 1–1 Newcastle United assist DeAndre Yedlin

35' shot Calum Chambers ARS xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.1%, 44%

38' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 72.2%, 49.1%

38' shot Calum Chambers ARS assist Shkodran Mustafi · xG 0.44 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 94.6%, 41.7%

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39' shot Matt Ritchie Newcastle United assist Ayoze Pérez · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.3%, 31.6%

40' shot Calum Chambers ARS assist Granit Xhaka · xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 92%, 50.6%

41' shot Joe Willock ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.9%, 59.1%

63' Sub Islam Slimani Newcastle United on for Dwight Gayle

64' shot Matt Ritchie Newcastle United xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.1%, 42.9%

66' shot Alex Iwobi ARS xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 82.1%, 27.6%

67' shot Matt Ritchie Newcastle United assist Ayoze Pérez · xG 0.36 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 41%

68' Goal Matt Ritchie 2–1Newcastle United assist Ayoze Pérez

68' Sub Danny Welbeck ARS on for Joe Willock

74' shot Kenedy Newcastle United assist Islam Slimani · xG 0.15 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 68.2%

76' shot Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United assist Islam Slimani · xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 55.9%

76' shot Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United xG 0.13 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 97.6%, 59.4%

78' Sub Ainsley Maitland-Niles ARS on for Calum Chambers

79' Sub Joselu Newcastle United on for Ayoze Pérez

82' shot Mohamed Elneny ARS xG 0.01 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 70.2%, 50.7%

84' shot Alex Iwobi ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.4%, 50.3%

84' shot Alexandre Lacazette ARS xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.9%, 28.9%

86' Sub Eddie Nketiah ARS on for Alex Iwobi

86' Sub Jacob Murphy Newcastle United on for Matt Ritchie

90+1' Yellow Islam Slimani Newcastle United Yellow card

91' shot Danny Welbeck ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.9%, 43.1%

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

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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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

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

28% Ball Possession 72%

28% 72%

0.89 Expected Goals 1.42

38% 61%

8 Total Shots 15

34% 65%

4 Shots on Goal 3

57% 42%

2 Corner Kicks 5

28% 71%

11 Fouls 9

55% 45%

1 Yellow Cards 0

100% 0%

2 Goalkeeper Saves 2

50% 50%

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2 Blocked shots 4

1 Offsides 2

8 Free kicks 11

2 Shots off target 8

18 Throw-ins 22

12 Goal kicks 6

2 Total saves 2

1 Hit woodwork 0

6 Shots inside box 8

Lineups

33 Petr Čech GK 21 Calum Chambers DEF 20 Shkodran Mustafi DEF 16 Rob Holding DEF 18 Nacho Monreal DEF 35 Mohamed Elneny MID 29 Granit Xhaka MID 69 Joe Willock MID 17 Alex Iwobi FWD 9 Alexandre Lacazette FWD 14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang FWD 12 Martin Dúbravka GK 22 DeAndre Yedlin DEF 6 Jamaal Lascelles DEF 20 Florian Lejeune DEF 3 Paul Dummett DEF 11 Matt Ritchie MID 10 Mohamed Diamé MID 8 Jonjo Shelvey MID 15 Kenedy MID 17 Ayoze Pérez FWD 9 Dwight Gayle FWD

Arsenal

4-3-3 · Manager Arsène Wenger

33 P Petr Čech · Captain GK

21 C Calum Chambers DEF

20 S Shkodran Mustafi DEF

16 R Rob Holding DEF

18 N Nacho Monreal DEF

35 M Mohamed Elneny MID

29 G Granit Xhaka MID

69 J Joe Willock MID

17 A Alex Iwobi FWD

9 A Alexandre Lacazette FWD

14 P Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang FWD

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23 D Danny Welbeck FWD

30 A Ainsley Maitland-Niles MID

62 E Eddie Nketiah FWD

13 D David Ospina GK

31 S Sead Kolašinac DEF

4 P Per Mertesacker DEF

61 R Reiss Nelson MID