Newcastle vs Arsenal preview: Prediction, team news & lineups

After succumbing to West Ham in the Carabao Cup, Arsenal will be looking to maintain their unbeaten start to the Premier League season when they travel to Newcastle on Saturday evening.

A rotated Gunners outfit failed to fire on Wednesday night as an efficient Hammers progressed into the quarter-finals of the competition at Arsenal’s expense. On the contrary, Newcastle had a wonderful night in the cup as they thumped Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford.

Now, both sides’ attentions turn to a huge Premier League fixture at the weekend.

The Gunners produced one of their performances of the season at St. James’ Park last term, winning 2-0, and only Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund have won away at Newcastle since. It’s such a tough place to visit, although Eddie Howe is currently mitigating a mini-injury crisis.

Mikel Arteta will return his starters to Saturday’s XI after his fringe squad members failed to impress on Wednesday night as the Spaniard goes in search of a statement victory.

Newcastle vs Arsenal preview: Prediction, team news & lineups

Here’s our preview of the Gunners’ trip to Newcastle on Saturday.

How to watch Newcastle vs Arsenal on TV

When is kick-off? Saturday 4 November

What time is kick-off? 17:30 (BST)

Where is it played? St. James’ Park

TV channel/live stream? Sky Ultra HD, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League (UK) / Peacock (US) / fuboTV (Canada)

Referee? Stuart Atwell

Newcastle team news

Where do we start with Newcastle? The hosts have a mountain of injuries.

The Magpies are set to be without Alexander Isak, Sven Botman, Jacob Murphy, and Harvey Barnes due to injuries. Elliott Anderson is also bound to be missing until the new year with a back problem.

Sandro Tonali’s season is done after picking up a ten-month suspension for betting breaches.

Arsenal team news

Emile Smith Rowe has rejoined the injury list with Arteta confirming that the playmaker will be out of action for a few weeks with a knee issue. Thomas Partey and Gabriel Jesus are also absent, with the latter not expected to return until December.

Jurrien Timber is a long-term absentee.

Takehiro Tomiyasu is a sure bet to start after only coming off the bench in midweek.

Newcastle vs Arsenal predicted lineups

Newcastle: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Lascelles, Burn; Guimaraes, Joelinton, Longstaff; Almiron, Wilson, Gordon.

Arsenal: Raya; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Tomiyasu; Rice, Odegaard, Havertz; Saka, Nketiah, Martinelli.

Newcastle’s recent form

Man Utd 0-3 Newcastle (01/11) – Carabao Cup

Wolves 2-2 Newcastle (28/10) – Premier League

Newcastle 0-1 Borussia Dortmund (25/10) – Champions League

Newcastle 4-0 Crystal Palace (21/10) – Premier League

West Ham 2-2 Newcastle (08/10) – Premier League

Arsenal’s recent form

West Ham 3-1 Arsenal (01/11) – Carabao Cup

Arsenal 5-0 Sheffield United (28/10) – Premier League

Sevilla 1-2 Arsenal (24/10) – Champions League

Chelsea 2-2 Arsenal (21/10) – Premier League

Arsenal 1-0 Man City (08/10) – Premier League

Newcastle vs Arsenal score prediction

While the Magpies are going to be without key players at both ends of the pitch, their deputies have proved serviceable in recent weeks. Arsenal were excellent on Tyneside last season, and they’ll need to produce a similar performance under the lights this weekend.

Newcastle’s attack is purring, and they’ve been similarly stout in defence. Overall, this is a mightily tough game for a Gunners side that, despite their unbeaten record, hasn’t looked quite right at the start of 2023/24.

I think they might succumb to their first Premier League defeat of the season this weekend.

Prediction: Newcastle 2-1 Arsenal