M A T C H O F T H E D A Y F A C T S HEAD-TO-HEAD BETWEEN THE MAPPIES v GUNNERS #ArsenalFc have won 12 of their last 13 matches against #newcastleutd with their solitary defeat coming at St James' Park in April 2018. #Newcastle have only beaten Arsenal three times in 36 meetings in all competitions over the past 17 years. #TheMagpies have only kept two clean sheets in this fixture since 2007. NEWCASTLE UNITED Newcastle won six of their final eight homes games in the #Premier #League last season. However, they have not won their opening league match since a 2-1 victory over #Tottenham in 2012, losing five and drawing one since then. Just one of Newcastle's last 25 #PremierLeague home matches has been drawn - a goalless stalemate with Fulham in #December 2018. Newcastle manager #Steve #Bruce has lost a career-worst 19 games against Arsenal. His teams have beaten the Gunners just twice in 27 meetings, with #Birmingham in 2005 and #Sunderland in 2009. Bruce was relegated from the Premier League as manager of both #BirminghamCity (2005-06) and #Hull #City (2014-15). The #Magpies spent 69 days in the relegation zone in 2018-19, the most of any side not to go down. ARSENAL FC Arsenal won only seven of their 19 Premier League away games in 2018-19 and kept one clean sheet - fewer than any other side. This will be the first time in eight seasons that Arsenal have not opened a league campaign at home. They drew 0-0 at Newcastle in 2011. #TheGunners have lost four of the last six season-opening Premier League matches. Arsenal conceded 51 Premier League goals in both 2017-18 and 2018-19, having never conceded more than 49 goals in any of the first 25 campaigns. ⚽️ #Football_Fiesta_Focus (at The Terrace at St. James Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1BdYoRHtzj/?igshid=1jzxfztzo9giq
