Arsenal vs Newcastle

1 April 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Aaron Ramsey 30’
  • Alexandre Lacazette 83’

Match summary

Arsenal saw off Newcastle 2-0. Arsenal led 1-0 at half-time.

Aaron Ramsey put Arsenal ahead in the 30th minute and Alexandre Lacazette made it 2-0 in the 83rd minute, set up by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The chances backed that up: Arsenal created 1.04 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Newcastle's 0.04 from 3.

Match stats

Arsenal Newcastle
7 Shots 3
4 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.04 xG 0.04
1.04 Non-penalty xG 0.04
17 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Arsenal Newcastle
Kick-off
Aaron Ramsey1-0 (Arsenal)
30’
Half-time1-0
Alexandre Lacazette
Assist: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang2-0 (Arsenal)
83’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Arsenal
  • Nacho Monreal
  • Sead Kolasinac

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.04 0.04 30’ Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), 1-0 30’ 83’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 2-0 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.04 0.04 30’ Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), 1-0 Ramsey 30’ 83’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), 2-0 Lacazette 83’
Arsenal 1.04 xGNewcastle 0.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Arsenal attacking 
46’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.36 xG, blocked 83’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 90+3’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 30’ Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 73’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 38’ Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 64’ Sokratis (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Ki Sung-yueng (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 84’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.36 xG, blocked 83’ Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 90+3’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 30’ Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 73’ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 38’ Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 64’ Sokratis (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 80’ Ki Sung-yueng (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 84’ Salomón Rondón (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
Shkodran Mustafi DEF900 0.000.000
Sokratis DEF901 0.020.000
Nacho Monreal DEF900 0.000.000
Ainsley Maitland-Niles MID900 0.000.000
Sead Kolasinac MID900 0.000.361
Matteo Guendouzi MID900 0.000.000
Aaron Ramsey MID6812 0.150.000
Mesut Özil MID850 0.000.092
Alex Iwobi MID620 0.000.000
Alexandre Lacazette FWD9012 0.670.172
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Sub2811 0.070.311
Mohamed Elneny Sub220 0.000.000
Henrikh Mkhitaryan Sub51 0.130.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Arsenal win 71% Bet365 odds 1.36
Draw 19% Bet365 odds 5.25
Newcastle win 10% Bet365 odds 9.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Arsenal WWWDW
Newcastle WWLWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal, 15 Sep 18 Next meeting: Newcastle 0-1 Arsenal, 11 Aug 19  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.