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Newcastle
Newcastle said goodbye to Andy Carrol during the winter transfer window, and has recently told Joey Barton that he is free to go, if he find where. The team finished 12th last season, which was only 3 points away from the 8th spot, because of the great density last season. The Magpies played only 4 friendly games during the summer, winning 2, drawing one, and losing the latest one against Leeds. Newcastle has managed to get a point on St. James Park three times of the last four home games against Arsenal. If you remember the dramatic game last season, when Arsenal lead 0:4 on half time, and then Newcastle drew the game 4:4 in the second half. Newcastle bought in the summer the following players: Gabriel Obertan , Mehdi Abeid, Yohan Cabaye, Demba Ba, Sylvain Marveaux.
Arsenal
What will be the future of Arsenal, after Fabregas is awaiting a transfer in Barcelona, possibly around Monday, while Samir Nasri refuses to sign a new contract and both City and United have been interested in him. Despite all of the respect for Wenger, not being able to keep probably two of the best players in the team, is a bit disappointing. Arsenal’s transfers for the summer are as follow: Joel Campbell €1.1m, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain €17.3m, Carl Jenkinson – price not mentioned, Gervinho – price not mentioned. Arsenal played 6 friendly games this summer, unfortunately won just 2, drawing 3 and losing the last one against Benfica. The team has managed to beat Newcastle just once in the last 4 visits on St. James Park.
Prediction
The statistics shows that Newcastle and Arsenal most of the time share the points on this stadium:
05/02/2011 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 4:4
21/03/2009 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 1:3
05/12/2007 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 1:1
09/04/2007 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 0:0
10/12/2005 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 1:0
29/12/2004 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 0:1
11/04/2004 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 0:0
09/02/2003 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 1:1
02/03/2002 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 0:2
15/05/2001 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 0:0
14/05/2000 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 4:2
28/02/1999 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 1:1
06/12/1997 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 0:1
30/11/1996 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 1:2
02/01/1996 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 2:0
19/03/1995 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 1:0
07/05/1994 Premier League Newcastle vs. Arsenal 2:0
Each team has won 5 games, and 7 draws. However, 3 of those 5 victories for Newcastle have come back from 1994 to 1996.
Arsenal is considered a favorite for the game, offered odds of 2.15 in (bet365).
The draw seems like your most valuable bet, as it has occured 7 out of the 17 games played here, 3 of the last 4 meetings and the odds are high at 3.25 (bet365).
I believe Newcastle could have been given higher odds than 3.75 (bet365).
Based on the previous recent meetings, as well as the current shape of both teams I expect another draw on St. James Park. Be sure to register in bet365 as if the game ends 0:0 you will can get cash back. For more info read here.
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