Arsenal vs Newcastle

24 February 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Sven Botman 18’ (og)
Kai Havertz 24’
Bukayo Saka 65’
Jakub Kiwior 69’

Joe Willock 84’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Newcastle. Arsenal led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Botman's own goal put Arsenal ahead from a corner in the 18th minute and Kai Havertz made it 2-0 in the 24th minute, set up by Gabriel Martinelli. In the second half, Bukayo Saka made it 3-0 in the 65th minute, set up by Kai Havertz, Jakub Kiwior made it 4-0 with a header in the 69th minute, set up by Declan Rice, and Joe Willock pulled one back to make it 4-1 with a header in the 84th minute, set up by Dan Burn.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 2.59 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Newcastle's 0.22 from 3.

Match stats

18 Shots 3

8 Shots on Target 2

9 Corners 0

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.59 xG 0.22

2.59 Non-penalty xG 0.22

17 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Arsenal Newcastle

Kick-off

Sven Botman
Own goal

1-0

18’

Kai Havertz
Assist: Gabriel Martinelli

2-0

24’

Half-time2-0

Bukayo Saka
Assist: Kai Havertz

3-0

65’

Jakub Kiwior
Assist: Declan Rice

4-0

69’

84’

Joe Willock
Assist: Dan Burn

4-1

Full-time4-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Arsenal

Martin Odegaard

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Arsenal 2.59 xGNewcastle 0.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Newcastle attacking Arsenal attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
David Raya	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben White	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriel	DEF	90			1	0.12	0.00	0
William Saliba	DEF	90			1	0.12	0.00	0
Jakub Kiwior	DEF	90	1		1	0.05	0.00	0
Jorginho	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Declan Rice	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.29	4
Martin Odegaard	MID	79			0	0.00	0.08	2
Bukayo Saka	FWD	79	1		4	0.26	0.59	2
Kai Havertz	FWD	79	1	1	2	1.11	0.07	1
Gabriel Martinelli	FWD	67		1	4	0.57	1.11	2
Leandro Trossard	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Emile Smith-Rowe	Sub	11			3	0.24	0.00	0
Reiss Nelson	Sub	11			1	0.03	0.00	0
Eddie Nketiah	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.09	1
Mohamed Elneny	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Loris Karius	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kieran Trippier	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabian Schär	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sven Botman	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Valentino Livramento	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.07	1
Sean Longstaff	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Miley	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bruno Guimarães	MID	76			0	0.00	0.07	1
Miguel Almirón	FWD	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Alexander Isak	FWD	67			1	0.07	0.00	0
Anthony Gordon	FWD	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Jacob Murphy	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harvey Barnes	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamaal Lascelles	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dan Burn	Sub	14		1	0	0.00	0.08	1
Joe Willock	Sub	14	1		1	0.08	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 71% Avg odds 1.35

Draw 17% Avg odds 5.63

Newcastle win 12% Avg odds 8.17

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal W W W W W

Newcastle L W D W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal, 04 Nov 23 Next meeting: Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal, 02 Nov 24 All Arsenal vs Newcastle meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.