Arsenal vs Newcastle Prediction & Betting Tips - FA Cup

Prediction published on 07/01/2021, 01:36  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 07/01/2021 at 01:40 in FA Cup Predictions

Arsenal are enjoying a good break and for the first time this season they are going to try and win four straight games when they host Newcastle United in the FA Cup. These two sides have had contrasting fortunes heading to this game though not much in terms of points separate them back in the Premier League standings. Arsenal will be the more confident going to this game as they have lost just once in the last 17 meetings with Newcastle United. Apart from winning three straight matches ahead of this, Arsenal have also improved in attack and defence. They have scored in each of the last six matches, and head here with two straight clean sheets, while also having scored two or more in two of their last three matches. In the last five matches the Gunners have scored 10 goals and Alex Lacazette has really boosted their rise, with five goals in the last four matches. Having played their last two matches away from home, Arsenal will welcome a return to the Emirates for the first time since their Boxing Day win over Chelsea. They have a lot to improve on at home though, having won just one of their last four matches there and being without a clean sheet in the last eight. Actually, in the last 14 home matches, Arsenal have managed just one clean sheet and they have lost four of their last seven home games. The FA Cup is Arsenal’s favorite competition – no team in England has won it more than the Gunners and as they start the defence of the cup, they are on six straight wins in the competition. In the last five matches in the competition, Arsenal have scored two or more goals. They head to the game on four straight wins over Newcastle United.

Newcastle United have one win over Arsenal in their last 17 meetings but in terms of recent form, they head to this game without a win in their last six matches and have failed to score in three of their last five. The Magpies have scored just two goals in the last five matches and have one clean sheet in their last seven games. Right before this game, they lost 2-1 to Leicester City, making it the fifth game out of the last 10 that they have conceded two goals. With three straight away losses, and one win in six away matches, they will be the outright underdogs as they head to the Emirates. Newcastle have one clean sheet in their last eight away matches and just four in the last 15, while they have won four of their last 15 away matches. In their last three meetings with Arsenal, Newcastle United have failed to score a single goal.