Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal Stats: Late Gabriel Header Gives Gunners Huge Victory ...Middle East

Gabriel Magalhães scored a dramatic late winner for Arsenal at St James’ Park on Sunday. Check out the best facts and Opta data from this Premier League game with our Newcastle vs Arsenal stats page.

A 96th-minute winner from Gabriel Magalhães secured a dramatic comeback victory for Arsenal at St. James’ Park as they beat Newcastle United 2-1 on Sunday.

A game unsurprisingly defined by corner-kicks went to the Gunners as headers from Mikel Merino and Gabriel overturned Nick Woltemade’s first-half effort for the hosts.

Having saved a late point against Manchester City last Sunday, Arsenal left it late again, this time able to secure all three points to make ground on leaders Liverpool following their 2-1 loss at Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Arsenal go second with the win, while Newcastle were made to pay for not putting the game to bed, though were arguably quite fortunate they led for as long as they did in a contest the visitors dominated for large periods.

It was a bright start by Arsenal, with Eberechi Eze forcing a good save from Nick Pope low down to his left in the fifth minute.

The visitors were awarded a penalty after Jacob Murphy’s errant backpass sent Viktor Gyökeres through, with the Swede brought down by Pope. However, a VAR check showed the Newcastle goalkeeper to have made contact with the ball first and referee Jarred Gillett overruled his initial decision.

Mikel Arteta will have been cursing his luck further in the 25th minute when a sharp Arsenal attack ended with Declan Rice feeding Leandro Trossard, and the Belgian struck the near post with his left-footed shot.

Eze was denied again by Pope with a shot from the edge of the box following a long throw, but despite all that pressure from the Gunners, it was Newcastle who went in front. Christhian Mosquera sloppily gave away a corner with an overhit backpass, and Arsenal paid for it.

Most of the threat from the hosts came from corners, and it was a short corner that saw Sandro Tonali whip a ball in to Woltemade, who headed past David Raya to give the hosts the lead against the run of play.

Woltemade became the sixth Newcastle player to score in his first two Premier League home games for the club, after Moussa Sissoko (2013), Papiss Cissé (2012), Carlos Daniel Cordone (2000), Alan Shearer (1996) and Les Ferdinand (1995).

For the second Premier League game in a row, Arsenal trailed 1-0 at the break. It was the first time since April 2023 the Gunners had been behind in successive league games.

Arteta brought Saliba on for Mosquera at the break, and his team largely dominated after half-time as well. Arsenal had 77.9% possession in the opening 15 minutes of the second half, with Jurriën Timber forcing another excellent save from Pope after Martín Zubimendi dinked a lovely ball over the top for the Dutch defender to head towards goal.

Jacob Murphy threatened to double Newcastle’s lead when he broke away in the 64th minute, but he was closed down by Rice, who blocked the winger’s eventual shot out for a corner.

Bukayo Saka, who had looked lively, was unable to record what would have been his 100th goal involvement in the Premier League for Arsenal, with last week’s late hero Gabriel Martinelli replacing him with 20 minutes to go.

It was his fellow substitute who brought Arsenal level, though, and in very similar fashion to how they fell behind. A short corner routine ended with Rice whipping a ball in and Merino flicked his header in off the far post.

The Spaniard’s goal was his seventh for Arsenal in the Premier League in 2025, at least two more than any other player for the Gunners in this calendar year.

Gabriel then rose highest to meet Martin Ødegaard’s corner to nod in with just two minutes of stoppage time remaining to send the visiting fans into ecstasy.

For Newcastle, it was all too familiar having also lost to Liverpool at home deep into injury time just a few weeks ago.

It was a huge victory for Arsenal and a potentially massive one in the title race even at this early stage, though they remain second, two points behind Liverpool.

Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Newcastle vs Arsenal stats from their Premier League meeting at St. James’ Park.

The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own match analysis.

Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well. 

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