Arsenal vs Newcastle

16 February 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Lee Mason

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 54’
  • Nicolas Pepe 57’
  • Mesut Özil 90’
  • Alexandre Lacazette 90+5’

Match summary

Arsenal won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Newcastle. It was goalless at half-time.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put Arsenal ahead with a header in the 54th minute, set up by Nicolas Pepe, Nicolas Pepe made it 2-0 in the 57th minute, set up by Bukayo Saka, Mesut Özil made it 3-0 in the 90th minute, set up by Alexandre Lacazette, and Alexandre Lacazette made it 4-0 in stoppage time, set up by Nicolas Pepe.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 3.02 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Newcastle's 1.17 from 10.

Match stats

Arsenal Newcastle
15 Shots 10
7 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3.02 xG 1.17
3.02 Non-penalty xG 1.17
16 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Arsenal Newcastle
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Assist: Nicolas Pepe1-0 (Arsenal)
54’
Nicolas Pepe
Assist: Bukayo Saka2-0 (Arsenal)
57’
Mesut Özil
Assist: Alexandre Lacazette3-0 (Arsenal)
90’
Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Nicolas Pepe4-0 (Arsenal)
90+5’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Bukayo Saka
  • Granit Xhaka

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.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.02 1.17 54’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), 1-0 54’ 57’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), 2-0 57’ 90’ Mesut Özil (Arsenal), 3-0 90’ 90+5’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 4-0 90+5’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.02 1.17 54’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), 1-0 Aubameyang 54’ 57’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), 2-0 Pepe 57’ 90’ Mesut Özil (Arsenal), 3-0 Özil 90’ 90+5’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 4-0 Lacazette 90+5’
Arsenal 3.02 xGNewcastle 1.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Arsenal attacking 
90’ Mesut Özil (Arsenal), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 50’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.57 xG, hit the woodwork 15’ Joelinton (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.52 xG, off target 57’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 90+5’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 54’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 63’ Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), open play, 0.35 xG, blocked 37’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 29’ Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 43’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 47’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 41’ Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 20’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 41’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 32’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 21’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 26’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 14’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 84’ Matt Ritchie (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90’ Mesut Özil (Arsenal), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 50’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.57 xG, hit the woodwork 15’ Joelinton (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.52 xG, off target 57’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 90+5’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 54’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 63’ Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), open play, 0.35 xG, blocked 37’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 29’ Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 43’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 79’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 47’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 41’ Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 20’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 41’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 32’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 21’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 26’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 84’ Matt Ritchie (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bernd Leno GK900 0.000.000
Héctor Bellerín DEF900 0.000.000
David Luiz DEF900 0.000.000
Shkodran Mustafi DEF902 0.150.000
Bukayo Saka DEF9012 0.040.491
Granit Xhaka MID900 0.000.000
Dani Ceballos MID830 0.000.123
Nicolas Pepe MID90123 0.551.544
Mesut Özil MID9011 0.600.164
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang MID9014 0.540.000
Eddie Nketiah FWD862 0.660.000
Lucas Torreira Sub70 0.000.000
Alexandre Lacazette Sub4111 0.480.601
Joe Willock Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 66% Avg odds 1.45
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.56
Newcastle win 13% Avg odds 7.55

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

Form going into the game

Arsenal WDDDD
Newcastle LDWDD

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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.