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United travel to Emirates Stadium having lost just one of their last six matches, although they haven’t won away from home since mid-December.
Everything points towards the Gunners prevailing in an entertaining encounter, so we believe in a home win and both teams to score.
Arsenal continued their excellent home form when following up a 2-0 defeat of Manchester United in this competition by beating Rennes 3-0 in the Europa League. Newcastle have pulled nicely clear of relegation trouble thanks to five straight league victories at St James’ Park and have also been holding their own on the road.
The Magpies were a touch unlucky to lose away to Tottenham, came within a whisker of winning at Wolves and, after a bit of a blip at West Ham, did well to draw 2-2 at Bournemouth.
The spirit shown at Vitality Stadium will stand United in good stead again here, although it’s hard to get away from the Gunners due to their strong home form.
It's an important few days for Arsenal and by the end of Monday evening could either be third in the table or out of the all-important top four. They start the weekend in fourth place, two points clear of Manchester United in fifth and three above Chelsea in sixth. However, they are only a point behind Tottenham and with them away to Liverpool on Sunday, a win against Newcastle United can take the Gunners up to third. Arsenal are unbeaten in their last five league games and have a great home record. They have won nine straight home league games scoring 25 goals and their only defeat at the Emirates was right at the start of the season against Manchester City.
Newcastle United are up to 13th in the Premier League and a healthy looking seven points above the relegation zone that they used to be in. Only one of their last six league games have ended in defeat. It's their home record that has seen them climb the table with five wins in a row. Away form isn't so good though with just three points from their last seven league games. That sets this game up for a home win for Arsenal who can inflict another away defeat on the visitors.