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Newcastle vs Arsenal

Premier League · Round 26 · Sat 5 Feb 2011, 15:00

Newcastle
44 Full time
Arsenal

Newcastle and Arsenal drew 4–4 on 5 February 2011 (Premier League 2010-2011, Round 26). Goals – Newcastle: Joey Barton 68' (pen), 83' (pen), Leon Best 75', Cheik Tiote 87'; Arsenal: Theo Walcott 1', Johan Djourou 3', Robin van Persie 10', 26'. In 48 Premier League meetings since 2000-01, Newcastle have won 7, Arsenal 32 and 9 matches have been drawn.

Summary

Key events

  1. 1' Theo Walcott Arsenal · assist Andrej Arshavin 0–1
  2. 3' Johan Djourou Arsenal · assist Andrej Arshavin 0–2
  3. 10' Robin van Persie Arsenal · assist Theo Walcott 0–3
  4. 26' Robin van Persie Arsenal · assist Bacary Sagna 0–4
  5. Half time · 0–4
  6. 50' Abou Diaby Arsenal · Red card
  7. 68' Joey Barton Newcastle · Penalty 1–4
  8. 75' Leon Best Newcastle · assist Jose Enrique 2–4
  9. 83' Joey Barton Newcastle · Penalty 3–4
  10. 87' Cheik Tiote Newcastle 4–4
  11. Full time · 4–4

Lineups

Newcastle

  1. 1 Steve Harper
  2. 7 Joey Barton
  3. 20 Leon Best
  4. 2 Fabricio Coloccini
  5. 3 Jose Enrique
  6. 18 Jonas Gutierrez
  7. 11 Peter Lovenkrands
  8. 4 Kevin Nolan
  9. 12 Danny Simpson
  10. 24 Cheik Tiote
  11. 6 Mike Williamson

Substitutes used

Unused

Sol Campbell, Shane Ferguson, Tim Krul, James Perch, Michael Richardson

Arsenal

  1. 53 Wojciech Szczesny
  2. 23 Andrej Arshavin
  3. 22 Gael Clichy
  4. 2 Abou Diaby
  5. 20 Johan Djourou
  6. 4 Cesc Fabregas
  7. 6 Laurent Koscielny
  8. 3 Bacary Sagna
  9. 10 Robin van Persie
  10. 14 Theo Walcott
  11. 19 Jack Wilshere

Substitutes used

Unused

Manuel Almunia, Nicklas Bendtner, Marouane Chamakh, Kieran Gibbs

Head-to-head & form

Head-to-head since 2000-01

Full head-to-head
7Newcastle wins9Draws32Arsenal wins

48 meetings · goals Newcastle 30–82 Arsenal

Previous meetings

7 Nov 2010 Arsenal0–1FT · 13:30Newcastle
21 Mar 2009 Newcastle1–3FT · 17:30Arsenal
30 Aug 2008 Arsenal3–0FT · 17:30Newcastle
29 Jan 2008 Arsenal3–0FT · 19:45Newcastle
5 Dec 2007 Newcastle1–1FT · 19:45Arsenal

Form before the match

Last five Premier League matches, oldest to newest.

Final table 2010-2011

Full table
# Team P W D L GD Pts
4 Arsenal 38 19 11 8 +29 68
12 Newcastle 38 11 13 14 −1 46

Top scorers 2010-2011

All scorers

Newcastle

  1. Kevin Nolan 12
  2. Leon Best 6
  3. Peter Lovenkrands 6

Arsenal

  1. Robin van Persie 18
  2. Samir Nasri 10
  3. Theo Walcott 9