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After Liverpool lost at Crystal Palace, Arsenal travels to Newcastle United looking to cut the gap at the top of the Premier League table to just two points.
Newcastle has struggled for goals so far this season but has caused Arsenal problems in the past. In the last five meetings at St James' Park, the Magpies have won four, keeping clean sheets in each of those victories.
In the UK, the game will be shown live on Sky Sports, where it can be streamed via their Sky GO service. In the USA, it is to be screened on NBC, where it can also be streamed.
Eddie Howe will be missing Jacob Ramsey (foot), Yoane Wissa (knee) and Fabian Schar (concussion).
Mikel Arteta, meanwhile, will be without Piero Hincapie (groin), Noni Madueke (knee), Kai Havertz (knee) and Gabriel Jesus (knee), while Martin Odegaard has been nursing a shoulder issue.
"You have to dominate when you play against them, we have to be ready because they continue so rapidly, so quickly," Arteta said in his pre-match press conference. "It’s a really intense match, we will prepare for that.
"At the end, we know I always praise the work that Eddie [Howe] and the Newcastle coaching staff have done there.
"We know the test, we know that we’re going to have to be much more efficient than we’ve been lately when we played up there to win the game and we’re going to work on that in the next two days.
"I think it’s one of the best football atmospheres in the country. As a player, as a fan and as a coach, you want to live in this atmosphere. They play every single ball with you, it’s electric.
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"The way they have managed to create such an atmosphere, especially at home as well as a very clear identity of playing football, they make it really difficult.
"There is so much support there and it’s one team, one city, I think that makes it different as well, and to play it’s such a challenge and opportunity as well so it’s a great game to play."
"It has always been a competitive game against Arsenal," Howe said. "There has been an edge to those games as both teams want to win.
"The more competitive we are, the better we play. We need to bring that to the game on Sunday."
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