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Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United - December 16, 2017 / Premier League 2017/2018

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Premier League 2017/2018 - Round 18

Emirates Stadium - London - England

December 16, 2017 - 15:00

59 379

Arsenal

1 - 0

Newcastle United

(left foot) Mesut Özil

24'

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24' - Goal Mesut Özil24

40' - Yellow card Isaac Hayden

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54' - Substitution Christian Atsuis substituted by Matt Ritchie

67' - Substitution Jacob Murphyis substituted by Dwight Gayle

72' - Substitution Alex Iwobiis substituted by Danny Welbeck72

73' - Substitution Alexandre Lacazetteis substituted by Olivier Giroud73

82' - Substitution Mikel Merinois substituted by Mohamed Diamé

86' - Yellow card Nacho Monreal86

89' - Substitution Alexis Sánchezis substituted by Francis Coquelin89

92' - Yellow card Granit Xhaka92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

1 - 0

Newcastle United

Arsenal Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Lacazette73

Alexandre Lacazette

France

B.date28/05/1991

Age26 years

H1m75

positionStriker

7Sánchez89

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age28 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

11Özil24

Mesut Özil

Germany

B.date15/10/1988

Age29 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

17Iwobi72

Alex Iwobi

Nigeria

B.date03/05/1996

Age21 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

10Wilshere

Jack Wilshere

England

B.date01/01/1992

Age25 years

H1m72

positionBox-to-box midfielder

29Xhaka92

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

B.date27/09/1992

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

30Maitland-Niles

Ainsley Maitland-Niles

England

B.date29/08/1997

Age20 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

18Monreal86

Nacho Monreal

Spain

B.date26/02/1986

Age31 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

6Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

24Bellerín

Héctor Bellerín

Spain

B.date19/03/1995

Age22 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

33Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age35 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Petr Cech		35	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		32	305	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Héctor Bellerín		22	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Nacho Monreal	86	31	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Jack Wilshere		25	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Granit Xhaka	92	25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Ainsley Maitland-Niles		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Mesut Özil	24	29	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alexandre Lacazette	73	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Alex Iwobi	72	21	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Alexis Sánchez	89	28	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

129

Newcastle United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21Joselu

Joselu

Spain

B.date27/03/1990

Age27 years

H1m91

positionStriker

7Murphy67

Jacob Murphy

England

B.date24/02/1995

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

17Ayoze Pérez

Ayoze Pérez

Spain

B.date29/07/1993

Age24 years

H1m79

positionSecond striker

30Atsu54

Christian Atsu

Ghana

B.date10/01/1992

Age25 years

H1m72

positionLeft Midfielder

23Merino82

Mikel Merino

Spain

B.date22/06/1996

Age21 years

H1m89

positionCentre Midfield

14Hayden40

Isaac Hayden

Jamaica

B.date22/03/1995

Age22 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

19Manquillo

Javier Manquillo

Spain

B.date05/05/1994

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

20Lejeune

Florian Lejeune

France

B.date20/05/1991

Age26 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

6Lascelles

Jamaal Lascelles

England

B.date11/11/1993

Age24 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

22Yedlin

DeAndre Yedlin

United States

B.date09/07/1993

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Elliot

Robert Elliot

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1986

Age31 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Robert Elliot		31	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Jamaal Lascelles		24	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Florian Lejeune		26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Javier Manquillo		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	DeAndre Yedlin		24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Isaac Hayden	40	22	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Mikel Merino	82	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Christian Atsu	54	25	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Jacob Murphy	67	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Joselu		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Ayoze Pérez		24	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	David Ospina		29
21	D	Calum Chambers		22
31	D	Sead Kolasinac		24
35	M	Mohamed El Neny		25
34	M	Francis Coquelin	89	26	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Danny Welbeck	72	27	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Olivier Giroud	73	31	251	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
26	G	Karl Darlow		27
2	D	Ciaran Clark		28
3	D	Paul Dummett		26
10	M	Mohamed Diamé	82	30	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Matt Ritchie	54	28	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Rolando Aarons		22
9	F	Dwight Gayle	67	28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alexandre Lacazette

Olivier Giroud

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ayoze Pérez

Mohamed Diamé

OUT

Jacob Murphy

Matt Ritchie

OUT

Robert Elliot

Karl Darlow

OUT

Joselu

Dwight Gayle

OUT

Isaac Hayden

Jonjo Shelvey

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

1202

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Wenger vs Newcastle United

29 victories

11 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2017

Wenger vs Benítez

10 victories

6 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Benítez vs Arsenal

7 victories

6 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2017

Benítez vs Wenger

7 victories

6 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on December 16, 2017

Referee

Stuart Attwell

8 victories	7 draws	6 losses	Arsenal21 matches	General total	Newcastle United30 matches	16 victories	4 draws	10 losses
1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Arsenal2 matches	Season total	Newcastle United4 matches	3 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 04, 2023					Latest figure on January 18, 2025

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Key figures

End of streak for Arsenal after 3 consecutive matches without a win in Premier League (since 02/12/2017). It was the best streak for the club since 13/01/2016-02/02/2016 (4 matches).

Arsenal keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss running (since 07/12/2017).

Newcastle United keeps its 4 consecutive losses running (since 02/12/2017).

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

	2	Manchester United	38 pts	17 rd
	3	Chelsea	38 pts	18 rd
+3	4	Arsenal	33 pts	18 rd
+1	5	Burnley	32 pts	18 rd
-1	6	Liverpool	31 pts	17 rd

General ranking

-2	16	Bournemouth	16 pts	17 rd
-2	17	Stoke City	16 pts	18 rd
-2	18	Newcastle United	15 pts	18 rd
-2	19	West Bromwich Albion	14 pts	17 rd
	20	Swansea	12 pts	17 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VArsenal 2-1 Swansea28/10/2017

DArsenal 0-0 Red Star Belgrade02/11/2017

VArsenal 2-0 Tottenham18/11/2017

VArsenal 5-0 Huddersfield Town29/11/2017

LArsenal 1-3 Manchester United02/12/2017

VArsenal 6-0 BATE Borisov07/12/2017

Overall

VBurnley 0-1 Arsenal26/11/2017

VArsenal 5-0 Huddersfield Town29/11/2017

LArsenal 1-3 Manchester United02/12/2017

VArsenal 6-0 BATE Borisov07/12/2017

DSouthampton 1-1 Arsenal10/12/2017

DWest Ham 0-0 Arsenal13/12/2017

Current form

Away

LBrighton & Hove 1-0 Newcastle United24/09/2017

DSouthampton 2-2 Newcastle United15/10/2017

LBurnley 1-0 Newcastle United30/10/2017

LManchester United 4-1 Newcastle United18/11/2017

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Newcastle United28/11/2017

LChelsea 3-1 Newcastle United02/12/2017

Overall

LManchester United 4-1 Newcastle United18/11/2017

LNewcastle United 0-3 Watford25/11/2017

DWest Bromwich Albion 2-2 Newcastle United28/11/2017

LChelsea 3-1 Newcastle United02/12/2017

LNewcastle United 2-3 Leicester09/12/2017

LNewcastle United 0-1 Everton13/12/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	3
Winless streak	6	8
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	6	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	General ranking (Competition total)	16
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	16
24	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	716
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	19

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
9	Victories (Competition total)	4
7	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	3
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	10
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

30	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	26
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.76	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.94
2.63	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.88
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.53
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (3 times)

Bookings

24	Yellow cards (Competition total)	29
8	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Alexandre Lacazette	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Joselu
Alexandre Lacazette	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Dwight Gayle
Alexis Sánchez	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Alexandre Lacazette	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Aaron Ramsey	6 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Matt Ritchie
Mesut Özil	4 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Matt Ritchie
Alexis Sánchez	4 goals, 3 assists during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 6 matches	Dwight Gayle

Historical head to head

Home

88 matches

49 v

17 d

22 l

159 gf

86 ga

Away

87 matches

24 v

21 d

42 l

103 gf

151 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

177 matches

74 v

38 d

65 l

264 gf

238 ga

Historical head to head

Home

87 matches

42 v

21 d

24 l

151 gf

103 ga

Away

88 matches

22 v

17 d

49 l

86 gf

159 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

177 matches

65 v

38 d

74 l

238 gf

264 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	December 09, 2000
Home	5 - 0	December 09, 2000

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 03, 1925
Away	4 - 1	August 25, 1923

Latest head to head

January 02, 2016 - Premier League 2015/2016

Arsenal

1 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

August 29, 2015 - Premier League 2015/2016

Newcastle United

0 - 1

Arsenal

March 21, 2015 - Premier League 2014/2015

Newcastle United

1 - 2

Arsenal

December 13, 2014 - Premier League 2014/2015

Arsenal

4 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

April 28, 2014 - Premier League 2013/2014

Arsenal

3 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Olivier Giroud	8 goals	2012 - 2015
Ian Wright	7 goals	1993 - 1997
Theo Walcott	6 goals	2010 - 2012
Thierry Henry	6 goals	2000 - 2006
Robin van Persie	6 goals	2005 - 2012
George Graham	5 goals	1967 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Peter Beardsley	6 goals	1984 - 1995
Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1971 - 1975
Bryan Robson	6 goals	1966 - 1970
Laurent Robert	4 goals	2001 - 2003
Wyn Davies	4 goals	1967 - 1969
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1996 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Tony Adams	23 matches	1984 - 2002
Lee Dixon	21 matches	1988 - 2002
George Armstrong	20 matches	1965 - 1977
Nigel Winterburn	19 matches	1988 - 2000
Dennis Bergkamp	19 matches	1996 - 2005
Martin Keown	19 matches	1986 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Shay Given	26 matches	1998 - 2008
Frank Clark	19 matches	1965 - 1975
Alan Shearer	19 matches	1996 - 2005
Shola Ameobi	19 matches	2001 - 2014
Dave Craig	16 matches	1965 - 1977
Bobby Moncur	16 matches	1965 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Kenny Sansom

394 matches

20 matches

1980 - 1989

Sol Campbell

211 matches

8 matches

2001 - 2011

George Eastham

208 matches

77 matches

1958 - 1966

Malcolm Macdonald

108 matches

195 matches

1971 - 1979

Mathieu Debuchy

28 matches

46 matches

2013 - 2017

Pat Howard

20 matches

191 matches

1971 - 1977

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Malcolm Macdonald

108 matches

195 matches

1971 - 1979

Pat Howard

20 matches

191 matches

1971 - 1977

George Eastham

208 matches

77 matches

1958 - 1966

Andy Cole

2 matches

73 matches

1990 - 1995

Isaac Hayden

2 matches

54 matches

2013 - 2017

Mathieu Debuchy

28 matches

46 matches

2013 - 2017

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/08/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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0 3

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December 17, 2017

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December 18, 2017

Everton

3 1

Swansea

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester City	52	18	17	1	0	56	12	+44
2	Manchester United	38	17	12	2	3	37	11	+26
3	Chelsea	38	18	12	2	4	32	14	+18
+34	Arsenal	33	18	10	3	5	31	20	+11
+15	Burnley	32	18	9	5	4	16	12	+4
-16	Liverpool	31	17	8	7	2	34	20	+14
-37	Tottenham	31	18	9	4	5	31	18	+13
8	Leicester	26	18	7	5	6	27	26	+1
9	Watford	22	18	6	4	8	27	33	-6
10	Everton	22	17	6	4	7	21	29	-8
+111	Huddersfield Town	21	18	6	3	9	16	30	-14
-112	Southampton	18	18	4	6	8	17	24	-7
13	Brighton & Hove	18	18	4	6	8	14	23	-9
+414	Crystal Palace	17	18	4	5	9	15	28	-13
+415	West Ham	17	18	4	5	9	17	32	-15
-216	Bournemouth	16	17	4	4	9	15	20	-5
-217	Stoke City	16	18	4	4	10	19	39	-20
-218	Newcastle United	15	18	4	3	11	16	27	-11
-219	West Bromwich Albion	14	17	2	8	7	12	22	-10
20	Swansea	12	17	3	3	11	9	22	-13

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Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United - December 16, 2017 / Premier League 2017/2018

Arsenal

1 - 0

Newcastle United

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Wenger vs Newcastle United

Wenger vs Benítez

Manager

Benítez vs Arsenal

Benítez vs Wenger

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking