Arsenal vs Newcastle United live stream: Watch Premier League online
By Josh Sippie
Arsenal continue their run towards a win with a match-up with cliff-diving Newcastle. Here are all the ways to watch and all the match facts.
Arsenal marched into a pretty dull 0-0 draw against West Ham. In an attempt to find their long-lost sweet spot, Arsene Wenger deployed the back four for the first time since early spring of this year, but despite a mass of bodies in the attacking third, they were never able to get through the Hammers defense.
Newcastle, meanwhile, fell to their seventh loss in eight games. They have picked up just one point since 30 October and their most recent was a 1-0 loss to Wayne Rooney, I mean Everton. The Magpies are not enjoying themselves right now, as they’ve gone from sixth place earlier in the year down to 16th and are not flirting with relegation with the masses.
Given that the match is at the Emirates, you’d always expect the hosts to run away with this match, but that would be a fool’s expectation. Even against Huddersfield, the Gunners were not exactly dominating until well into the second half.
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The big question is how the Gunners will deploy. The back four may stay in existence with Aaron Ramsey still out of the picture, which may mean that Jack Wilshere will get his second start in four days, which is a bit dicey, but perhaps necessary given the lack of other options.
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Defensively, Shkodran Mustafi remains doubtful which adds more belief to the back four hanging around.
Whatever the case, the Gunners should be capable of finally securing a win. Ramsey and Mustafi are the only two that will be missing from action, which gives them plenty of resources to strike early and often.
The reeling Magpies will be without hot-headed Jonjo Shelvey, who picked up his second red card of the season in the loss to Everton. Paul Dummet will also be doubtful for the match.
On paper, the match seems to solve itself, but with Arsenal, you never take anything for granted. Here are all the facts and where you can watch:
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Date: 16 December 2017
Venue: The Emirates, London, England
Time: 10:00 EST, 15:00 BST
TV: CNBC
Radio: Talk Sports Radio World, Arsenal Player
Stream: NBC Sports Live Extra, fuboTV