Arsenal heads to Newcastle United on Saturday, for what will be the marquee matchup of the Premier League weekend. It’s a matchup of two sides who had completely opposite results on Wednesday night in the League Cup round of 16.
Newcastle thrashed Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford, while Arsenal were saved from that score line by a goal in the sixth minute of extra time (so the final score was 3-1 in favor of West Ham United).
Arsenal FC vs Newcastle Unitedย FYIs
Kickoff: Sat. Nov 4, 5:30pm GMT, St. James Park
Starting XI Predictions:ย ย Arsenalย ย ย Newcastle
Team News:ย ย Arsenalย ย Newcastle
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PL Form:ย Arsenalย ย WDWWDย ย ย Newcastleย ย DWDWW
PL Standings: Arsenalย 2nd,ย 24 ptsย ย ย Newcastleย ย 6th, 17 pts
Google Result Probability:ย Arsenalย 38%ย Draw 28%ย ย Newcastle 34%
It was just an overall brutal showing, with Gunners boss Mikel Arteta saying in the post match media opportunities:
“The thing we have to take from the game today is how are we going to use this to beat Newcastle on Saturday. Feeling the pain. That’s what we have to do now.”
So what were the teachable moments, and how will Arteta utilize them? I have no idea I’m just here to predict his starting lineup.
Arsenal FC Starting XI Prediction at Newcastle United
David Raya; Takehiro Tomiyasu, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz; Gabriel Martinelli, Eddie Nketiah, Bukayo Saka
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