Arsenal vs. Newcastle: Live Score, Analysis, Recap

The fight for fourth place is heating up, and so is the race for third.

Arsenal host Newcastle United on Monday night in an English Premier League match both teams need to win. Arsenal are level on points with Chelsea in fourth place and four behind Tottenham Hotpsur in third.

Chelsea beat Stoke on Saturday, while Spurs lost to Everton.

Newcastle, meanwhile, can pull within two points of Arsenal and Chelsea, and put more space between themselves and seventh-placed Liverpool.

The last time Arsenal and Newcastle met—on the opening day of the season—Joey Barton and Gervinho mixed it up, some argy bargy followed and the Ivorian was sent off.

Barton is now with QPR, but with all that is on the line this late in the season, the bad blood could still linger.

Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. Eastern. We'll have live commentary right here starting at 3:45. See you then.

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Lineups

Arsenal: Wojciech Szczesny, Thomas Vermaelen, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Bacary Sagna, Alex Song, Mikel Arteta, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Theo Walcott, Tomas Rosicky, Robin van Persie

Subs: Yossi Benayoun, Johan Djourou, Andre Santos, Lukasz Fabianski, Marouane Chamakh, Aaron Ramsey, Gervinho

Newcastle: Tim Krul, Fabricio Coloccini, Michael Williamson, Davide Santon, Danny Simpson, Cheik Tiote, Yohan Cabaye, Jonas Gutierrez, Gabriel Obertan, Demba Ba, Hatem Ben Arfa

Subs: Shola Ameobi, James Perch, Robert Elliot, Danny Guthrie, Dan Gosling, Papiss Demba Cisse, Haris Vuckic

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Goals

Arsenal: Robin van Persie (15'); Thomas Vermaelen (90')

Newcastle: Hatem Ben Arfa (14')