Arsenal vs Newcastle prediction, odds, expert football betting tips and best bets for Premier League match

Following a gutting midweek Champions League defeat in Portugal, Arsenal return home to meet Newcastle in Premier League play on Saturday looking to keep pace with league leaders Liverpool.

The Gunners sit third in the league table, one point behind Manchester City and five back of the Reds in the lead, who already emerged victorious from this week's match to keep the others at bay for now.

Arsenal seemed to have ground out a tough European draw against Porto on Wednesday, with chances hard to come by, but conceded with the last kick of the match out of nothing. They will hope to generate more attacking opportunities against Newcastle who have gone four matches unbeaten to steady the seemingly sinking ship.

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The Magpies have struggled through a brutal injury crisis essentially all season, and it has shown no signs of slowing through the first two months of 2024. Up front, Callum Wilson is out for months with a muscle problem, and while Alexander Isak is back in training, he may not be fully ready for 90 minutes of action thanks to a groin injury.

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The Gunners fell to Newcastle at St. James' Park late in the year, but winning twice in league play against Arsenal has been a difficult ask. The only clubs to do so in the previous two seasons have been Man City twice and Liverpool once.

It's possible that the Gunners could succumb to a slip here after an exhausting grinder midweek, but that's not in their blood this season. Following midweek Cup matches this season, Mikel Arteta and Arsenal sport a near-perfect record in Premier League weekend games, with six wins and one draw in their eight such