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Arsenal vs Newcastle

Premier League · Round 28 · Mon 12 Mar 2012, 20:00

Arsenal
21 Full time
Newcastle

Arsenal beat Newcastle 2–1 on 12 March 2012 (Premier League 2011-2012, Round 28). Goals – Arsenal: Robin van Persie 15', Thomas Vermaelen 90+5'; Newcastle: Hatem Ben Arfa 14'. In 48 Premier League meetings since 2000-01, Arsenal have won 32, Newcastle 7 and 9 matches have been drawn.

Summary

Key events

  1. 14' Hatem Ben Arfa Newcastle · assist Gabriel Obertan 0–1
  2. 15' Robin van Persie Arsenal · assist Theo Walcott 1–1
  3. Half time · 1–1
  4. 90+5' Thomas Vermaelen Arsenal 2–1
  5. Full time · 2–1

Lineups

Arsenal

  1. 13 Wojciech Szczesny
  2. 8 Mikel Arteta
  3. 28 Kieran Gibbs
  4. 6 Laurent Koscielny
  5. 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
  6. 7 Tomas Rosicky
  7. 3 Bacary Sagna
  8. 17 Alex Song
  9. 10 Robin van Persie
  10. 5 Thomas Vermaelen
  11. 14 Theo Walcott

Substitutes used

Unused

Yossi Benayoun, Marouane Chamakh, Johan Djourou, Lukasz Fabianski, Andre Santos

Newcastle

  1. 1 Tim Krul
  2. 19 Demba Ba
  3. 10 Hatem Ben Arfa
  4. 4 Yohan Cabaye
  5. 2 Fabricio Coloccini
  6. 18 Jonas Gutierrez
  7. 25 Gabriel Obertan
  8. 3 Davide Santon
  9. 5 Danny Simpson
  10. 24 Cheik Tiote
  11. 6 Mike Williamson

Substitutes used

Unused

Papiss Cisse, Rob Elliot, Dan Gosling, Haris Vuckic

Head-to-head & form

Head-to-head since 2000-01

Full head-to-head
32Arsenal wins9Draws7Newcastle wins

48 meetings · goals Arsenal 82–30 Newcastle

Previous meetings

13 Aug 2011 Newcastle0–0FT · 17:30Arsenal
5 Feb 2011 Newcastle4–4FT · 15:00Arsenal
7 Nov 2010 Arsenal0–1FT · 13:30Newcastle
21 Mar 2009 Newcastle1–3FT · 17:30Arsenal
30 Aug 2008 Arsenal3–0FT · 17:30Newcastle

Form before the match

Last five Premier League matches, oldest to newest.

Final table 2011-2012

Full table
# Team P W D L GD Pts
3 Arsenal 38 21 7 10 +25 70
5 Newcastle 38 19 8 11 +5 65

Top scorers 2011-2012

All scorers

Arsenal

  1. Robin van Persie 30
  2. Theo Walcott 8
  3. Mikel Arteta 7

Newcastle

  1. Demba Ba 16
  2. Papiss Cisse 13
  3. Hatem Ben Arfa 5