Football
Newcastle United vs Arsenal. Premier League.
1:30pm, Sunday 29th December 2013.
St James' Park, NewcastleAttendance: Attendance52,161.
Match ends, Newcastle United 0, Arsenal 1.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 0, Arsenal 1.
Attempt missed. Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Carl Jenkinson.
Attempt missed. Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cheick Tioté.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Per Mertesacker.
Foul by Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal).
Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Arsenal. Nicklas Bendtner replaces Olivier Giroud.
Attempt saved. Shola Ameobi (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Substitution, Arsenal. Carl Jenkinson replaces Theo Walcott.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Massadio Haïdara replaces Moussa Sissoko.
Bacary Sagna (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United).
Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shola Ameobi (Newcastle United).
Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal).
Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Shola Ameobi replaces Vurnon Anita.
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Arteta replaces Kieran Gibbs because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jack Wilshere with a through ball.
Attempt missed. Davide Santon (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Kieran Gibbs.
Goal! Newcastle United 0, Arsenal 1. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Theo Walcott following a set piece situation.
Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United).
Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United).
Substitution, Newcastle United. Hatem Ben Arfa replaces Yoan Gouffran.
Offside, Arsenal. Theo Walcott is caught offside.
Offside, Newcastle United. Loïc Rémy is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Tomas Rosicky.
Foul by Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).
Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United).
Attempt blocked. Davide Santon (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yohan Cabaye.
Second Half begins Newcastle United 0, Arsenal 0.
First Half ends, Newcastle United 0, Arsenal 0.
Attempt blocked. Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle United) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yohan Cabaye with a cross.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Wojciech Szczesny.
Attempt saved. Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vurnon Anita.
Attempt missed. Per Mertesacker (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Delay in match because of an injury Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Cheick Tioté (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Loïc Rémy (Newcastle United).
Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jack Wilshere.
Attempt saved. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tomas Rosicky.
Attempt saved. Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Wilshere.
Attempt missed. Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Yohan Cabaye following a set piece situation.
Foul by Per Mertesacker (Arsenal).
Loïc Rémy (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Santi Cazorla.
Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Davide Santon.
Attempt missed. Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Bacary Sagna (Arsenal).
Attempt missed. Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mathieu Debuchy.
Attempt blocked. Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.