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Newcastle Utd. face a trip to Arsenal at Highbury on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Magpies 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 less than a year ago, in January 2005, the Gunners carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 23 Jan | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 29 Dec | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 11 Apr | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 26 Sep | Arsenal | 3 - 2 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 09 Feb | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 09 Nov | Arsenal | 1 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Mar | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Gunners have rattled up an impressive 19 goals, and conceded 2.
In complete contrast to Arsenal, Newcastle Utd. are having a torrid time on their travels, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Magpies have hit 6 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 10 |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Magpies are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Arsenal. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arsenal | Unbeaten in the last 10 home games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Newcastle Utd. | 7 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |