The Premier League season is still in its early stages, but Arsenal must secure a victory against Newcastle when they travel to St. James’ Park on Sunday (11:30 am ET) in order to remain close to Liverpool in the championship race.

WATCH — Newcastle vs Arsenal

For real-time updates and key moments during the Newcastle vs Arsenal match, visit PST’s live blog below.

How to watch Newcastle vs Arsenallive stream link and start time

Kick off time: 11:30am ET Sunday

Venue: St. James’ Park – Newcastle

TV Channel: USA

Streaming: Watch live on NBC.com

Newcastle versus Arsenal live score: 0-0

Newcastle vs. Arsenal live coverage — by Nick Mendola

Excellent stop from Nick Pope

Eze excels at snatching a wild cross from the air and converting it into a powerful half-volley.

Pope shoots to his left and minimizes the damage to an Arsenal corner.

The Pope dismisses that service as well, and Newcastle struggles to launch a counterattack.

Underway

A first-minute statement of intent from Joelinton as he knocks down Saka, resulting in a set piece for Arsenal.

Nick Pope stops Viktor Gyokeres’ deflected header.

Saka is in the starting lineup, Odegaard on the bench

William Saliba and Martin Odegaard start the day sitting on the bench for Arsenal.

Eddie Howe benches Kieran Trippier to field Dan Burn, Sven Botman, and Malick Thiaw in his defensive lineup. Anthony Elanga remains on the sidelines, waiting for his chance to come on.

Newcastle lineup

Pope, Burn, Thiaw, Botman, Livramento, Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Gordon, Murphy, Woltemade

Arsenal lineup

Raya, Timber, Mosquera, Magalhaes, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Rice, Eze, Saka, Trossard, Gyokeres

What to see in the Newcastle vs Arsenal team updates

Arsenal will face Olympiacos on Wednesday, just a few hours after Newcastle’s match against Union Saint-Gilloise. Both teams are experiencing limited depth due to injuries but appear set to field their full strength for this game.

Following his extended absence due to injury, Bukayo Saka played against Port Vale and lasted for an hour. Will Arteta include him again before the UCL match? Is Martin Odegaard’s shoulder fit for action?

Eddie Howe likely took advantage of the Bournemouth match and their League Cup game against Port Vale to give his top midfielders some rest. He’s likely planning to deploy Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimaraes, and Joelinton in both matches. What’s his plan in the forward line? Nick Pope is almost certainly going to start, but Harvey Barnes, Anthony Gordon, Jacob Murphy, and Anthony Elanga are expected to share playing time over the next two games.

Newcastle team news, focus

OUT: Jacob Ramsey (foot), Yoane Wissa (knee), Fabian Schar (concussion)

Arsenal team news, focus

OUT: Piero Hincapie (groin), Noni Madueke (knee), Kai Havertz (knee –MORE), Gabriel Jesus (knee) | QUESTIONABLE: Martin Odegaard (shoulder –MORE)

Newcastle vs. Arsenal analysis — by Andy Edwards

Arsenal (second place – 10 points) managed to secure a last-minute draw against Manchester City last weekend but still dropped two points further behind as the Reds continued their flawless start with a victory over Everton. Over five matches, the Gunners have earned all nine points from three games against teams currently in the lower half of the standings and only one point out of a possible six against their top title contenders, Liverpool and Manchester City.

Luckily for Mikel Arteta’s team, Newcastle (13th – 6 points) have only secured one victory and scored three goals this season. Eddie Howe and his squad are evidently still getting used to life without Alexander Isak, and may be starting to understand how many weaknesses the outstanding Swede covered up with his 21- and 23-goal campaigns. The Magpies have only surpassed the 1.0 xG threshold in two of their five matches and recorded a dismal 0.14 in a goalless draw against Bournemouth last weekend (0.46 for the Cherries).

Newcastle vs Arsenal prediction

If Arsenal aim to launch an offensive and control the match against Newcastle, they are likely to secure an easy victory, but this hinges on whether Arteta considers it a “significant game.” Newcastle 0-1 Arsenal.