It’s the start of a new era on Tyneside as Steve Bruce takes charge of his first match as Newcastle United manager, welcoming Unai Emery’s Arsenal to St James’s Park.
Both sides have invested over the summer – but have also lost key players from last season.
Arsenal are looking to regain a spot in the Champions League, while Newcastle will be looking to prove the pundits who predicted them for relegation this season wrong.
The match kicks off at 2pm and it’s live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League. Here are the factz you need to know:
* This fixture ended 0-0 last season. Arsenal took a 2-0 win at The Emirates Stadium.
* Newcastle have an awful record against Arsenal; they’ve won just 1 of the last 16 matches against them and drawn only 3.
* Newcastle had decent form towards the end of last season – winning 4 and drawing 2 of their last 10 PL matches.
* Arsenal’s last 10 matches were the same as Newcastle’s – 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats as they missed out on Champions League qualification.
* Reiss Nelson is back for Arsenal. He made 23 appearances and scored 7 goals on Lon for Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga last season.
The final match in this long day of Premier League football sees Newcastle United host Liverpool at St James’s Park.
Newcastle could finish as high as 11th, but Liverpool are going for the title and will re-take the lead in the title race with a win.
The match kicks off at 7.45pm and it is live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event. Here are the factz you need to know:
* Newcastle are bang in form, having won 6 of their past 7 matches.
* However, Liverpool can go one better – they’ve won 7 out of 7, scoring 20 goals in that run.
* Ayoze Perez is the Magpies’ form man with 7 goals in his last 7 appearances.
* For Liverpool, Andy Robertson has 11 assists – one more will be a record number for a defender in this division.
* Liverpool could finish runners-up with 97 points – the highest ever points haul to not win in Europe’s top 5 leagues, beating Real Madrid’s 96 in 2009/10.
The tea-time kick off in the Premier League today sees Newcastle United travel south to face Brighton & Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium.
Brighton desperately need points to stay ahead of Cardiff City, who currently occupy the final relegation place. But while Newcastle have nothing to play for, it means they can play with freedom.
The match kicks off at 5.30pm and it is live on BT Sport 1. Here are the factz you need to know:
* Brighton are bang out of form: they’ve lost 6 of their last 7 matches, failing to score in any of them.
* Newcastle have won 5 of their last 10 PL matches, losing 3.
* Glenn Murray hasn’t scored at the Amex since December.
* Only 6 clubs have conceded fewer goals than Newcastle this season – 44.
* The Seagulls have only scored more than one goal in a league match 3 times this year.
There are just three matches in the Premier League today, thanks to the FA Cup.
Today, the focus is on the bottom of the table with several clubs in relegation trouble playing. Now is the time to be getting wins, and victory today could go a long way to securing Premier League survival.
All matches kick off at 3pm. Here are the factz you need to know:
AFC Bournemouth v Newcastle United
* A Salomon Rondon double was enough for Newcastle to take all three points in a 2-1 when the sides met earlier in the season at St James’s Park.
* Bournemouth are strong at home, having won 25 points at the Vitality Stadium this season – the best return outside of the top 6.
* Newcastle are in good form at home, but haven’t won in 6 away from St James’s Park.
* The Cherries’ Ryan Fraser is the man to stop – he has 10 assists this season.
* Meanwhile Salomon Rondon is Newcastle’s main man with 8 goals and 5 assists.
Burnley v Leicester City
* After a run of 8 matches unbeaten, Burnley have lost their last 3 matches on the spin.
* Leicester are in improving form, winning 2 of their last 3 PL matches, having won 1 and lost 6 of their previous 8.
* Defence is Burnley’s main problem: 57 goals conceded so far, the second worst record in the league.
* The Foxes haven’t had a clean sheet since New Years Day – a run of 9 matches.
* Leicester’s Jamie Vardy has scored 5 goals in his last 5 games.
West Ham United v Huddersfield Town
* Huddersfield haven’t beaten West Ham in a league match since 1971.
* West Ham are unbeaten at the London Stadium this year, having won 4 and drawn 2 there in 2019.
* The Terriers have lost 8 of their last 10 league matches, winning just once in that run.
* They have also scored just 8 goals away from home all season – the joint lowest in the league.
* The Hammers are set-piece specialists with 6 of their last 7 goals coming from dead-ball situations.
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