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Arsenal face a trip to Newcastle United at St. James' Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Gunners will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, where Arsenal annihilated the Gunners 0 - 4 in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sun 07 Nov | Arsenal | 0 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2010/2011 | Wed 27 Oct | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 4 | Arsenal | LGEC |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 21 Mar | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 3 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 30 Aug | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 29 Jan | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Jan | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | FAC |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 05 Dec | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Newcastle United have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Magpies in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Gunners have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Gunners, and 3 goals against.
Newcastle Utd.'s 30 points from 24 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Arsenal's total of 49 points from their 24 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 18 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Arsenal are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newcastle Utd. | Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Arsenal | 5 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 6 matches. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |