Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 11 Premier League home games against Newcastle, with last season’s goalless draw ending a 10-game winning run. Their last such defeat against the Magpies was in November 2010.

Having won 1-0 at St James’ Park in the reverse fixture in November, Newcastle are looking to complete the Premier League double against Arsenal for just the second time, previously doing so in 1994-95.

Arsenal have failed to score in three of their last four Premier League games against Newcastle, as many as they had in their previous 27 against them. However, the Gunners’ 30 Premier League clean sheets against the Magpies is the most any side has kept against another in the competition.

Ayoze Pérez was the last Newcastle player to score an away Premier League goal against Arsenal (December 2014), with the Magpies failing to convert any of their 63 attempts on goal at the Emirates since. The Gunners have kept seven consecutive home clean sheets against Newcastle, while they’ve never kept eight successive shutouts on home soil against an opponent in their league history (also 7 vs Man City between 1979-1989).

Arsenal have begun a calendar year with five successive league wins for the first time in the club’s history, improving their goal difference by +19 during this run (21GF, 2GA). Only between February-April 2023 (a run of 7) have the Gunners won more Premier League games consecutively in a single season under Mikel Arteta.

Newcastle have conceded 16 goals in their six Premier League games since the turn of the year (W2 D2 L2), as many as in their final 11 league games of 2023. The Magpies are however unbeaten in four (W2 D2), winning each of their last two away from home, as many wins as in their previous 14 on the road (D4 L8).

Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 20 Premier League games that have come after playing in Europe in midweek (W16 D4), since a 0-1 loss to Man City in February 2021.

Bukayo Saka has scored in four consecutive Premier League appearances for Arsenal, scoring as many goals in this run (6) as he managed in his first 20 games this season. The last player to score in more successive league appearances for the Gunners was Olivier Giroud between February/April 2015 (6), while the last Englishman to do so was Ian Wright between September/November 1994 (7).

Following his winner in the reverse fixture in November, Anthony Gordon could become just the second Newcastle player to score home and away against Arsenal in a single Premier League campaign after Peter Beardsley, who did so in back-to-back seasons (1993-94 & 1994-95).

Arsenal have faced just two shots on target in their last three Premier League games (1 v Liverpool, 1 v West Ham and none vs Burnley), conceding a combined xG of just 0.9 across those matches. The last side to face one or fewer shots on target in four consecutive Premier League matches were Arsenal themselves between April-May 2021.