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Newcastle vs Arsenal LIVE!

Newcastle dealt a huge blow to Arsenal's chances of qualifying for the Champions League by beating them 2-0 in the Premier League on Monday.

An own goal from Ben White and then a late strike from January signing Bruno Guimaraes sealed the win for Newcastle and left Arsenal two points off Tottenham in fourth in the standings with one game of the season remaining.

Newcastle started brightly, roared on by their fans in their last home game of the season.

They came close to scoring in the 37th minute through Allan Saint-Maximin, who cut in from the wing to the edge of area but saw his low shot palmed away by Aaron Ramsdale.

The breakthrough came shortly after half-time, however, when Joelinton powered down the left wing and sent in a low cross that came off Arsenal defender White and into his own net.

The hosts had plenty of chances to double their lead and finally did so in the 85th minute when the ball ricocheted off Ramsdale into the path of Guimareas who side-footed it in.

The win, Newcastle's first in the league over Arsenal since April 2018, means Eddie Howe's side move up to 12th in the standings having been in the bottom three at Christmas.

Newcastle vs Arsenal highlights

• GOAL! White puts through his own net

• GOAL! Guimaraes addes a second late on

Newcastle United FC 2 - 0 Arsenal FC

Match report

22:39 , Marc Mayo

Thank you for joining us tonight, this concludes our coverage of Newcastle’s win over Arsenal.

We’ll be back tomorrow for Southampton versus Liverpool!

Recap the action with Malik’s report from Tyneside.

Recap: The clincher

22:28 , Marc Mayo

Alan Shearer gives his take on the Gunners

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Honest verdicts on MNF

22:17 , Marc Mayo

Player ratings

22:11 , Marc Mayo

Not a good night for the Arsenal players...

Check out how Malik rated their performances from St James’ Park.

Recap: Ben White’s own-goal opener

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It’s advantage Tottenham in the race for fourth place!

Check out how the Premier League table is looking after that result.

Guess who’s just tweeted...

21:56 , Marc Mayo

Full time!

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Arsenal suffer defeat on Tyneside!

21:51 , Marc Mayo

90+5 mins: Xhaka is booked as this game continues to drift away from Arsenal.

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90+3 mins: Good work from Pepe to keep the ball alive but he cannot find Lacazette, and Cedric flashes a laboured effort off-target from distance.

A big standing ovation for Wilson as he comes off for Gayle.

21:46 , Marc Mayo

90 mins: No sign of any more drama as Saka’s hit deflects over and a whole six minutes are added on for stoppage time.

21:44 , Marc Mayo

87 mins: The locals are going wild - “Champions League, you’re having a laugh” bellows around St James’ Park.

GGGGGOOOOOAAALLLL!!!! Newcastle 2-0 Arsenal | Guimaraes

21:40 , Marc Mayo

85 mins: GUIMARAES SEALS IT FOR NEWCASTLE!

It’s scrappy but the home fans don’t care! After punishing the tired Arsenal legs, Guimaraes buries his effort at the goalmouth scramble.

Arsenal are slipping away from fourth place...

21:40 , Marc Mayo

83 mins: ARSENAL DENIED!

Much better from the visitors as Martinelli slips in down the right, Nketiah touching the ball back to Odegaard and his shot is met with fierce resistance - blocking the shot before Newcastle win a foul.

21:38 , Marc Mayo

82 mins: GOODNESS ME! Wilson picks Ramsdale off his line after chesting down Dubravka’s goal kick and almost scores from 50 yards!

His effort drifts inches wide of the back stick. What a let off for Arsenal!

21:37 , Marc Mayo

81 mins: Arteta trudges back to his seat after watching Pepe float a cross out into touch. A lot of pensive looks from those in Arsenal colours right now.

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79 mins: CHANCE!

Murphy and Fraser break after Pepe lays off a lazy pass, but the subs cannot force a second as Ramsdale parries Murphy’s shot high. That should have been the match.

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78 mins: Murphy skips past a tired Saka, now the pseudo-left-back before his cross beats everybody and goes for a throw.

This big late rally from Arsenal is yet to show itself.

21:32 , Marc Mayo

76 mins: Fraser and Murphy replace Almiron and Saint-Maximin. A smart move from Howe, fresh legs for tracking back and on the break.

21:29 , Marc Mayo

72 mins: CHANCE!

Arsenal are looking porous at the back and Longstaff has time to pick out a cross into Wilson, with a first-time shot deflected over by White’s lunge.

Arteta makes a move after the corner is dealt with, bringing Pepe on for Gabriel.

In case you missed it, here is the Newcastle goal...

21:28 , Marc Mayo

71 mins: A succession of corners from Arsenal now and Cedric is looking threatening over the dead balls.

A short play with Odegaard leads to Elneny lining up a smack from distance, but Dubravka falls on it to collect.

21:25 , Marc Mayo

68 mins: Ramsdale fumbles the corner before Lacazette wins a foul as he wrestled for possession.

And we have another break in play with Targett on the ground, feeling his hamstring. Trippier is stripped but may give the full-back a chance to run it off.

21:23 , Marc Mayo

66 mins: Martinelli will be fine to continue after receiving a blow to his thigh in fighting for the ball, and he gets back on the pitch with Lacazette being tended to for a cut on his head.

Longstaff rushes forwards and White sticks a leg on the cross, this time ably diverting it out for a corner.

21:20 , Marc Mayo

64 mins: When it rains, it pours... Martinelli is now down with a knock.

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63 mins: CHANCE!

Guimaraes holds off Elneny to spin a ball into Wilson. Unmarked, he flies a volley over the bar. A difficult connection to make from a decent position.

Straight back on the front foot, Joelinton jumps on a bouncing ball to fire a shot over.

21:18 , Marc Mayo

61 mins: Lacazette replaces Tavares, putting Xhaka at left-back and the Frenchman up top with Nketiah.

21:16 , Marc Mayo

58 mins: A bit of a rebuttal from Arsenal called some panic in the home box but Newcastle get their foot on the ball and now really fancy grabbing a second.

The home fans are roaring them onto victory and the Gunners need two goals realistically - what a massive test of their mettle.

Saka lines one up from range, and almost picks out his own fans high in the stand.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

21:13 , Marc Mayo

It’s a disaster for Arsenal and completely needless because it’s all come from a foul throw deep in the Newcastle half by Nuno Tavares. Ridiculous.

GGOOOOAALLL!!! Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal | White OG

21:11 , Marc Mayo

54 mins: MASSIVE TROUBLE FOR ARSENAL!

White turns in a cross from the left flank and St James’ Park goes wild!

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54 mins: Almost an instant impact from Martinelli!

Tavares wins a corner down the left and Odegaard smartly jinks onto his left after going short, whipping in a low cross which the Brazilian very nearly connects with. A big roar from the away end as their team comes back into it.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

21:09 , Marc Mayo

I said we’d see Martinelli early on and so it proves - Smith Rowe’s been really ineffective.

21:09 , Marc Mayo

52 mins: Trouble for Arsenal as Lascelles break off the huddle from a corner and heads back across the box.

Arteta has seen enough and Martinelli comes on for Smith Rowe, the visitors being awarded an extra change after that concussion sub.

21:06 , Marc Mayo

50 mins: Back underway with Newcastle winning another foul down their right after Almiron beats Xhaka and trips over his outstretched leg.

If Arteta was hoping for a bombastic start to the half, that stoppage has drained it away. St James’ Park generally is rather muted after it and Ramsdale catches the free-kick.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

21:05 , Marc Mayo

That initially looked like it could be very bad news indeed for Schar but there’s applause as he sits up and the stretcher returns to the side of the pitch, thankfully not needed. Lascelles replaces him from the bench as a concussion sub.

21:04 , Marc Mayo

48 mins: Schar will not need the stretcher at least and is talking to the physios as he sits up, Lascelles preparing on the sidelines in case he is needed. It was a hefty whack on his head as the defender hit the deck.

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46 mins: An early stoppage with Schar down after colliding with Nketiah and physios rushing on to treat him.

It’s a booking for the Arsenal man after what looked like a bit of a clumsy semi-retreat from competing for the ball, which he did not win.

Kick-off!

21:01 , Marc Mayo

No changes from either side.

Arsenal have 45 minutes to find a goal to put them back in fourth place...

Second-half coming up...

20:59 , Marc Mayo

Lacazette, Pepe, Martinelli and maybe even Patino will be entering Arteta’s thoughts but a kneejerk reaction would be unlikely from a manager already forced into one change.

A general increase in energy, tempo and precision may well be his key message.

Stats check

20:52 , Marc Mayo

It’s been a night of Newcastle pressure thus far with 66 per cent of possession going the way of the hosts.

Arsenal nonetheless lead six shots to four, with one on target a piece but Newcastle can count EIGHT corners to three.

They have also enjoyed 33 “final-third entries” to the Gunners’ 13. That’s a new one!

The moment of the half

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Half-time!

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What a time it would have been to score for Arsenal, instead Odegaard’s free-kick is cleared at the near-post and the whistle goes for the break.

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45 mins: A swift turn from Nketiah starts a bit of a move for Arsenal and they sensibly opt against rushing forward, Saka winning a foul on the right flank after seeing off Burn with a nice flick.

One minute added on.

20:43 , Marc Mayo

42 mins: A quick throw-in causes issues for the Gunners and Gabriel turns the ball out for a corner. In it comes from Targett and Ramsdale punches.

Arsenal are just simply unable to hold onto the ball or spark a counter, though. The pressure should ease after Krafth has a potshot dribble harmlessly wide.

20:40 , Marc Mayo

40 mins: Cedric is on for the continued onslaught by Newcastle, Arsenal look like a team that just want to get to half-time.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

20:39 , Marc Mayo

They just cannot catch a break, Arsenal. Takehiro Tomiyasu is forced off injured and not only have Arsenal lost their right-back but their emergency centre-half if needed as well. Arteta gathers his team for some frantic instruction during the break in play.

20:38 , Marc Mayo

37 mins: Oh dear... Tomiyasu is down and looks like he’ll have to come off.

It’s maybe a muscle issue in his left leg and Cedric is getting ready on the sideline.

20:36 , Marc Mayo

36 mins: SAVE!

Arsenal have really struggled to assert their authority and Newcastle enjoy a spell of possession that ends in Saint-Maximin cutting past Tomiyasu inside before drawing a great low stop from Ramsdale at the near-post.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

20:34 , Marc Mayo

You can understand why Mikel Arteta shuffled his pack in the wide positions - pretty much the only place he has options at the moment - but with how high Newcastle are pressing, this game is crying out for Gabriel Martinelli to stretch them on the counter.

Suspect we’ll see him early in the second half.

20:30 , Marc Mayo

30 mins: Newcastle come back on the front foot with Joelinton heading wide, via an Arsenal touch, from a corner.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

20:28 , Marc Mayo

It won’t surprise you to hear, but Bukayo Saka has got Matt Targett on toast. A couple of the winger’s runs have just quietened this home crowd and given Arsenal a bit of momentum.

20:28 , Marc Mayo

26 mins: This is the sort of period Arteta would have been waiting for given Newcastle’s bright start, another Arsenal corner going into the box before a foul ends the chance.

Meanwhile, Wilson is receiving treatment having quite, err, clearly had a front tooth knocked loose. We won’t concern you with the TV images...

20:24 , Marc Mayo

23 mins: Targett is backing off Saka with a pretty evident amount of fear whenever the Arsenal man gets on the ball, as he does again and he drives from deep before not quite connecting fully with a shot that dribbles into Dubravka’s gloves.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

20:22 , Marc Mayo

A first sign of any attacking threat from Arsenal and it started with Eddie Nketiah’s excellent hold-up play. The Gunners need to get Martin Odegaard on the ball more often than they’ve managed to so far.

20:21 , Marc Mayo

20 mins: That’s more like it from Arsenal, Saka and Odegaard forming a neat one-two on the edge of the box and the England winger’s curl towards goal doesn’t appear to be on target but is nonetheless blocked for a corner.

Saka’s delivery is far from bad - and beats everybody.

20:18 , Marc Mayo

17 mins: Chance!

Another flap from Ramsdale greets a cross from Longstaff after a neat ball in behind by Guimaraes - fortunately for the Gunners White is there to hack off the line.

Joelinton then fires in a low effort that is deflected for a corner.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

20:15 , Marc Mayo

Newcastle’s press has been absolutely superb but if you’re Arsenal here you have to tell yourselves that they can’t possibly keep it up. They’re being fuelled by the atmosphere and the visitors need to ride it out.

20:12 , Marc Mayo

11 mins: Wilson back in the Newcastle line-up today after four months out and he is clearly eager to make up for lost time - that’s the third time he’s been flagged offside already.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

20:09 , Marc Mayo

Once again, Arsenal have a centre-back walking a tight-rope from very, very early in a game. Fair to say Ben White needs to toe it much more carefully than Rob Holding did.

20:08 , Marc Mayo

8 mins: OH MY! Ramsdale dilly-dallies over a kick clear and nearly lets Almiron steal in for a simple opener... The Paraguayan blocked his kick and it rolled across the face of goal.

It is all a bit erratic from Arsenal as White commits a foul on the edge of the box and is booked. Guimaraes flashes a whipped cross out for a goal kick.

20:06 , Marc Mayo

5 mins: A smart turn from Xhaka in his own half sets up a break and the midfielder runs all of 50 yards before rolling in Nketiah, who launches an effort into a defender.

Elneny follows up with a big hit that is deflected high into the air and Arsenal settle for a corner. Dubravka punches clear.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

20:03 , Marc Mayo

Physios still working on Gabriel, applying some sort of Deep Heat-like substance, even in the seconds before kick-off. I wouldn’t like to bet on these two Arsenal centre-backs getting through 90 minutes...

Think Ramsdale’s got his roller-skates on here. He was slipping around in the warm-up and has done so after his first two clearing kicks as well.

20:02 , Marc Mayo

2 mins: A wayward Ramsdale kick gets a big sarky ‘wahey’ from the home fans and Arsenal defend some early Newcastle possession with two banks of four, Odegaard just off Nketiah.

Kick-off!

20:00 , Marc Mayo

What a massive game this is for Arsenal, and after the players take a knee it is the Gunners who get the ball rolling on Tyneside...

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

19:57 , Marc Mayo

Dan Burn had a big smile on his face as he strolled out of the tunnel there and looked around the ground. The flags have been waving solidly for 15 minutes and the noise is deafening.

Arsenal failed to take the sting out of things at Tottenham on Thursday (they did pretty much the opposite, actually) - have they learnt their lesson?

Here come the players!

19:56 , Marc Mayo

It’s Hey Jude on the jukebox as the home fans put on a big display with black and white flags adorning St James’ Park.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

19:54 , Marc Mayo

St. James’ Park is absolutely bouncing as Status Quo’s Rockin’ All Over The World blares over the PA, with the away end up in gods equally chuffed with the DJ’s selection.

Match preview

19:52 , Marc Mayo

It is a case of want versus need for the two turnaround clubs of this Premier League season, as Newcastle and Arsenal prepare to meet at St James’ Park tonight.

Newly-moneyed Newcastle, transformed by a mid-term change in ownership and a January spending spree, are in the former category, seeking to end what will inevitably come to be seen as a seismic season in the history of both the club and English football on a high in front of a home crowd.

For Arsenal, who began the campaign in disarray with three straight defeats but are now within touching distance of Champions League qualification, only three points and an immediate response to Thursday’s damaging derby defeat at Tottenham will be enough keep their top-four fate in their own hands heading into the final day of the season.

Read the full story.

Any excuse for this flashback...

19:48 , Marc Mayo

Mikel Arteta previews tonight’s game

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Tactical preview

19:37 , Marc Mayo

Standard Sport’s Malik Ouzia looks at three key things Arsenal must do to keep their Champions League fate in their own hands going into the final day of the season...

Read the full story.

Malik Ouzia at St James’ Park

19:33 , Marc Mayo

The geordies are ready to make a big display

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The warm-ups get underway

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Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal are feeling “excitement, not pressure” ahead of their crunch game at Newcastle.

Arsenal have slipped below Tottenham into fifth place in the race for the Champions League after Spurs beat Burnley 1-0 on Sunday.

“It’s not pressure, it’s excitement and, and this is what we have built over the last few months,” said the manager.

Read the full story.

19:13 , Marc Mayo

Callum Wilson and Fabian Schar come into the Newcastle team which lost 5-0 to Manchester City a week ago, Chris Wood dropping out of the squad completely.

19:09 , Marc Mayo

What a huge boost it is for Arsenal to have both Ben White and Gabriel starting at the back today.

The bench shows that Mikel Arteta didn’t exactly have many alternatives!

Nuno Tavares comes in at left-back, shifting Takehiro Tomiyasu to the right hand side with Emile Smith Rowe preferred to Gabriel Martinelli on the wing.

The Newcastle line-up this evening

19:05 , Marc Mayo

Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Krafth, Schar, Burn, Targett; Guimaraes, Longstaff; Almiron, Joelinton, Saint-Maximin; Wilson.

Subs: Darlow, Dummett, Lascelles, Ritchie, Trippier, Fernandez, Fraser, Murphy, Gayle.

How the Gunners line up

19:03 , Marc Mayo

Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; Tomiyasu, White, Gabriel, Tavares; Elneny, Xhaka; Saka, Odegaard, Smith Rowe; Nketiah.

Subs: Leno, Cedric, Swanson, Salah, Lokonga, Patino, Martinelli, Lacazette, Pepe.

Newcastle show their solidarity with Jake Daniels

18:54 , Marc Mayo

Team news in the next ten minutes...

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The stage is set!

18:42 , Marc Mayo

What Mikel Arteta said about Gabriel and Ben White

18:36 , Marc Mayo

“We will know probably more [on Sunday], so we wanted to extend this period as much as possible to understand how they [Gabriel and White] are recovering, how they are feeling, assess them and tomorrow probably we will know more about how they are.

“Tomorrow will be the day we will have better answers, probably not the answers that we want until matchday, but hopefully better answers.”

Latest Gunners news

18:29 , Marc Mayo

Arsenal academy star Marcelo Flores has confirmed his international allegiance to Mexico, rejecting the chance to play for England or Canada.

Yet to make his senior Gunners debut, the 18-year-old impressed enough in the reserve teams to earn a spot on Mikel Arteta’s bench earlier in the season, and already has two caps for the Mexican national team following a number of appearances in their youth sides.

Read the full story.

Head-to-head record

18:25 , Marc Mayo

Arsenal have won 18 of their last 19 meetings.

Newcastle wins: 67

Draws: 38

Arsenal wins: 83

Evening Standard score prediction

18:18 , Marc Mayo

The first 15 minutes of this game will provide such a key insight as to which Arsenal side has turned up, but Newcastle will be fired up to cap a very decent second half of the campaign in their final home game.

A 1-1 draw.

18:12 , Marc Mayo

Predicted Arsenal XI: Ramsdale; Cedric, Tomiyasu, Gabriel, Tavares; Elneny, Xhaka; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; Nketiah.

18:07 , Marc Mayo

Rob Holding is suspended for Arsenal, who are facing a defensive crisis given question marks over Ben White and Gabriel’s availability.

Gabriel was forced off at Tottenham after what Mikel Arteta feared was a muscle injury, while White was named on the bench for the north London derby but did not feature as he recovers from a hamstring issue.

Kieran Tierney and Thomas Partey remain sidelined.

Early team news

18:01 , Marc Mayo

Newcastle hope to have Ryan Fraser back tonight but are without Federico Fernandez, Isaac Hayden, Jamal Lewis, Joe Willock and Jonjo Shelvey.

How to watch

17:54 , Marc Mayo

TV channel: In the UK, tonight’s match will be televised live on Monday Night Football on Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League, with coverage starting at 7pm BST ahead of an 8pm kick-off.

Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers will also be able to catch the action online via the Sky Go app.

Good evening!

17:47 , Marc Mayo

Welcome to Standard Sport’s coverage of Newcastle versus Arsenal!

What a huge game this is for the Gunners, who need a win to regain fourth place from bitter rivals Tottenham.

Join us for all the build-up, match action and reaction from Tyneside...