Arsenal v Newcastle Betting Odds, Preview and Predictions

Arsenal v Newcastle Betting Preview
The Gunners will be favourites to take the home win here after not having to undergo a Boxing Day fixture. So they will have fresher legs to head into Saturday’s clash against Newcastle with. The Magpies were also embroiled in what was an exhausting game for them at Old Trafford on Boxing Day, unable to hold onto a lead and falling in late, dramatic fashion against the Red Devils. Can they at least take positives and muster something special up against the Gunners?

Arsenal v Newcastle Betting Odds at online bookmaker Paddy Power
Arsenal 4/9, Draw 10/3, Newcastle 13/2

Arsenal v Newcastle Recommended Bet:
The Gunners had a break over Christmas with their game against Southampton postponed, so that immediately gives them an advantage. Arsene wenger’s men have actually found a bit of form in the Premier League, winning their last three on the bounce. That is the best current run in the English top flight, jointly with Chelsea at the moment. However, they have not won back to back home games at the Emirates since back in April, and they have won only four of their last eleven Premier League matches on home soil. So it looks as if they may have some work to do here, but they have a decent run of form going for them against the Magpies as well though. The Gunners have kept two clean sheets in their last three matches now, a decent turn around as they lead the league with eleven goals conceded this term because of mistakes. At home, Arsenal have delivered wins in half of their fixtures so far this term despite scoring well. The Gunners have scored at a rate of 2.25 goals per game at home this season, conceding at a rate of 1.25 so it has been costly mistakes which have stunted their progress this season. But with three wins on the trot, have they turned the corner? Discipline could be key, as they have had a player sent off in three of the last four meetings against the Magpies in the Premier League.

Newcastle are already ten points worse off than they were this time last season. Only once in the top flight have the Magpies picked up fewer points than they have done this term after 19 matches, and they got relegated on that occasion incidentally. Three times they held the lead at Old Trafford on Boxing Day and still ended upon the losing side. The defensive problems are there as they have conceded at least two goals in each of their last four away matches in the Premier League. Their defeat at Old Trafford means that they still haven’t got an away win for the season and they have lost the last four on the bounce. So their slide towards the relegation zone continues, but at least they can take some positives from their offense at Old Trafford. The Magpies have scored in each of their last six Premier League league matches but have won only two of them. So they are struggling at the back and the movement of the Arsenal forwards could seriously trouble them again. They lost this corresponding fixture 2-1 last season, something similar could be on the horizon. An Arsenal -1.25 Asian Handicap for a price of Evens at online bookmaker Paddy Power looks very good.

Form
Arsenal LLWDWW, Newcastle WLLWL

Stat Attack
Newcastle have conceded at least two in each of their last four EPL away games
Newcastle have won one of the last ten meetings against Arsenal in the league
Arsenal have only won four of the last eleven home matches in the Premier League
The Gunners are on a three match winning streak

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