Newcastle United vs Arsenal Prediction, 5/16/2022 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 5/10/2022

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Game: Newcastle United vs Arsenal

Date: Monday, May 16, 2022

Location: St. James' Park in Tyne, England

TV: USA Network

Odds/Point Spread: Newcastle United (+316) Arsenal (-106)

Jonjo Shelvey and Newcastle United (11-10-15, 13th in the EPL) host Arsenal (21-3-11, 4th in the EPL) at St. James' Park on Monday. The goalies expected to start will be Martin Dubravka for Newcastle United and Aaron Ramsdale for Arsenal. Arsenal are at at -106 while the Magpies are at +316. The O/U opens at 2.5.

Newcastle United played Manchester City in their last matchup and went home with a loss by a final score of 5-0. When talking about passing the ball, they had a 78.3% passes received rate by completing 231 out of their 295 pass attempts in their last outing. Newcastle United tried 8 dribbles in this contest and were successful in 6 of the tries for a rate of 75.0%.

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In relation to shooting accuracy, Newcastle United finished the game at a 50.0% rate by putting 2 shots on target of 4 total shots. Newcastle United averages 1.06 goals per 90 (38 goals in total) and have accounted for 22 assists in all competitions for the year.

Jonjo Shelvey is a guy who should be able to impact this game for Newcastle United. Shelvey has been in the starting lineup in 293 matches in his career and he accounts for 0.14 goals per 90. The midfielder born in England has earned 41 goals in 26,293 mins. He has 42 assists while accumulating 65 yellow card warnings during his soccer career.

One more guy who could decide who wins is Allan Saint-Maximin, the forward born in France. Saint-Maximin has been on the pitch for 14,843 mins in 165 starts and has been given 11 yellow card warnings. He has helped on a goal 25 times in his career and he has scored 23 goals. He averages 0.14 goals per 90 mins for his career.

The man defending the goal for Newcastle United will be Martin Dubravka. Dubravka (80-63-87 record in his career) has tallied 69 shutouts, which gives him a 30.0% shutout percentage. The keeper hailing from Slovakia has seen 972 shots sent in his direction in 230 career starts. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.3 (297 goals allowed) and he is the owner of a save percentage of 70.6. Dubravka has been on the field for a total of 20,700 minutes and has earned 686 stops in his career.

For their last match, Arsenal got the victory with a final of 2-1 against Leeds United. Arsenal earned a 56.0% successful dribble rate by completing 14 out of the 25 dribbles they pursued. They wrapped up this match by connecting on 597 of the 648 passes they tried for a percentage of 92.1%. Arsenal converted 7 shots tried out of their 13 shots tried which gave them a 53.8% clip when they last stepped onto the pitch. With 55 goals and 37 assists in all competitions, Arsenal sports an average of 1.57 goals and 1.06 assists per 90.

Alexandre Lacazette will need to provide a lift for Arsenal. He currently averages 0.55 goals per 90 mins and has been a starter in 288 games thus far in his career. The forward hailing from France has totaled 25,158 mins and has scored 154 goals. He has collected 41 yellow card cautions so far in his pro soccer career and has assisted on a goal 46 times. Be sure to keep an eye out for Bukayo Saka, the midfielder representing England. Saka has been handed 13 yellow cards in 7,035 mins (82 starts). His goals per 90 min average so far in his career is 0.22. He has accounted for 17 goals in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 14 different times.

Aaron Ramsdale will reside in front of the goal for Arsenal. Ramsdale has earned 33 clean sheets while seeing 594 shots attempted against him in 13,230 career minutes. He sports a save percentage of 70.2 and his clean sheet rate is 22.4%. He has surrendered 1.48 goals per 90 mins while holding a record of 48-22-77. In his career, Ramsdale has conceded 218 goals while totaling 409 stops in 147 starting assignments.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Arsenal (-106)

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