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Newcastle vs Arsenal: 4 pre-match discussions

By Ross Kennerley

Newcastle United's English manager Eddie Howe (R) and assistant Jason Tindall gesture from the side-lines during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium in London on November 27, 2021. - - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
Newcastle United's English manager Eddie Howe (R) and assistant Jason Tindall gesture from the side-lines during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium in London on November 27, 2021. - - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Arsenal’s Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (C) celebrates. (Photo by SHAUN BOTTERILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /

2. A Monday Omen for Arsenal?

At these desperate times, anything that can be clung onto for some reassurance will be grasped with both arms. Whatever it takes to lift the spirits, eh?

One thing that Arsenal don’t care for too much is Monday fixtures. These night games always seem to favour the opposition.

In Arsenal’s case, any omen one might hope for is that their last win on a Monday came, you guessed it, against Newcastle.

That was back in January 2021 when a 3-0 romp that included a second half brace from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang either side of a Bukayo Saka goal, a result that moved Arsenal into the top ten (yes, it was really bad back then) on matchday 19.

As for winning away from home on a Monday, well, you need to go back to December 2019 when Freddie Ljungberg oversaw a 3-1 win at West Ham with that memorable three-goal blitz inside the space of nine minutes.

Hopefully Tyneside is kind once again.

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