Arsenal travel to St James’ Park on Saturday, November 21 for a Premier League fixture that looks one-sided on paper. This Arsenal vs Newcastle prediction odds Premier League preview looks past the table gap to what verified form, injuries and head-to-head history actually say about this Matchweek 11 clash, kicking off at 17:30 GMT and live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Confirmed in Arsenal’s official ticket information, the Gunners have been allocated 3,214 tickets in the Leazes Stand away end, underlining how many fans are making the long trip north. Newcastle United’s official fixture page confirms the Saturday kickoff at St James’ Park, with the reverse fixture at the Emirates not due until January 23, 2027.
Arsenal vs Newcastle Prediction Odds Premier League: The Table Context
Arsenal sit top of the Premier League after 10 games, with a record of nine wins, no draws and a single defeat, a goal difference of +10 and 27 points. Newcastle, by contrast, occupy 11th place with three wins, three draws and four defeats from their 10 matches, a goal difference of -3 and 12 points.
That gap alone explains why Arsenal are clear favourites heading into the weekend. For the bigger picture on how Arsenal’s season has shaped up since August, our Arsenal Premier League title odds breakdown tracks the Gunners’ run at the top in more detail.
Form Guide: Arsenal Rolling, Newcastle Stumbling
Arsenal have won four of their last five matches in all competitions, scoring seven and conceding just two:
- Arsenal 2-0 Everton (Premier League, October 24)
- Fleetwood Town 1-1 Arsenal (EFL Cup, October 27)
- Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal (Premier League, November 1)
- Slavia Prague 1-2 Arsenal (Champions League, November 4)
- Arsenal 1-0 Hull City (Premier League, November 7 — Martin Odegaard, 72′)
Newcastle’s run has gone the other way. The Magpies have won just one of their last five across all competitions, scoring four and conceding six:
- Newcastle 0-1 Aston Villa (Premier League, October 17)
- Crystal Palace 0-2 Newcastle (Premier League, October 25)
- Everton 3-1 Newcastle (EFL Cup, October 29)
- Newcastle 0-1 Everton (Premier League, November 2)
- Fulham 1-1 Newcastle (Premier League, November 7)
Arsenal’s win at Anfield is worth lingering on — it came away from home against a side chasing the same top-four places, and it followed a similar pattern to their Matchweek 9 trip to Liverpool that we previewed at the time: control the game, score once, defend the lead.
Team News: Arsenal’s Injury List Longer Than the Table Suggests
Arsenal’s position at the top hides a squad under real strain. Bukayo Saka has missed Arsenal’s last three matches with a thigh injury picked up against Bayern Munich, and no firm return date had been confirmed as of the November international break. Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Noni Madueke and Viktor Gyokeres remain out through injury, leaving Mikel Arteta thin on attacking options beyond the regular front line.
William Saliba has returned to full training after the long-term back injury he picked up at the World Cup, though the club has stopped short of confirming whether he is ready to start. Gabriel Magalhaes and Riccardo Calafiori both picked up fresh knocks on international duty with Brazil and Italy respectively, adding late uncertainty to Arteta’s back line heading into the Newcastle trip.
Team News: Newcastle’s Squad Problems Run Deeper
Newcastle’s injury list is arguably the bigger factor in this fixture. Joelinton suffered a fresh setback in the week before the Fulham draw, with head coach Matthias Jaissle still working out how long he will be sidelined. Tino Livramento and Ewen Jaouen are both out long-term — Jaouen’s hamstring injury is not expected to clear until mid-December at the earliest.
Lewis Miley and Matias Fernandez-Pardo were listed as doubtful but improving ahead of the Fulham game, so both are candidates to feature again by the time Arsenal arrive. Jacob Ramsey served a one-match suspension for the Fulham fixture after picking up two yellow cards, which should clear him to return against Arsenal.
Head-to-Head: Arsenal’s Recent Record Against Newcastle
History favours Arsenal heavily in this fixture. The Gunners have won 16 of the last 20 Premier League meetings between the two clubs and have won the last four in a row. The most recent meeting, in April 2026, finished Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle, with Eberechi Eze scoring the only goal to send Arsenal top of the table at the time.
Arsenal vs Newcastle Prediction Odds Premier League: Our Qualitative Read
We are not publishing a betting odds table for this fixture. No bookmaker price could be verified as current and accurate at the time of writing, and publishing an invented number would be worse than publishing none. Instead, here is the qualitative case on both sides.
The case for Arsenal is straightforward: the division’s best defensive record, four wins from their last five across all competitions, and a four-game winning streak in this exact fixture. Newcastle’s underlying form — one win in five, a negative goal difference, and an injury list hitting a full-back, two midfielders and a forward simultaneously — makes it hard to build a strong case against the visitors on current evidence.
The case for Newcastle rests almost entirely on home advantage and rotation risk for Arsenal. St James’ Park is historically a difficult away ground, and with Arsenal facing a Champions League trip to Borussia Dortmund the following week, there is a real chance Arteta rests one or two first-choice players. Even so, nothing in Newcastle’s last five results suggests they are currently capable of exploiting that opportunity.
Final Word on Arsenal vs Newcastle
Every verified data point — table position, five-match form, head-to-head history and injury news on both sides — points toward Arsenal extending their dominance of this fixture. The bigger question for anyone following the match is less about the result and more about how many changes Arteta makes with Dortmund five days later already on his mind.
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