The Gunners are currently second in the Premier League table and will guarantee a top-five finish by securing all three points at home to the Magpies. However, given they have lost four of their last five games with Newcastle, they will be taking nothing for granted at the Emirates Stadium.

Liverpool apart, the occupants of England’s five Champions League spots are still unknown; four will go to the remainder of the top five, while Manchester United and Tottenham’s Europa League final will add a surprising sheen to one of those sides’ worst seasons in recent history.