Newcastle v Arsenal
St James' Park
Monday, 9 April
Kick-off: 1500 BST
Newcastle captain Scott Parker is a major doubt with the ankle injury that forced him off in the 56th minute the 2-1 victory at Sheffield United.
Emre, who replaced Parker at Bramall Lane, is in line to start should Parker not be passed fit.
Arsenal will bring midfielder Denilson back in the squad after he was rested for the defeat by West Ham on Saturday.
Manager Arsene Wenger may freshen things up at St James' Park following three straight league defeats.
Newcastle (from): Given, Harper, Solano, Carr, Babayaro, Edgar, Taylor, Bramble, Onyewu, Moore, Ramage, Huntington, Butt, Parker, Milner, Duff, Emre, N'Zogbia, Pattison, Troisi, Martins, Dyer, Sibierski, Luque, Carroll.
Arsenal (from): Lehmann, Eboue, Gallas, Toure, Clichy, Hleb, Fabregas, Gilberto, Rosicky, Ljungberg, Adebayor, Almunia, Denilson, Diaby, Aliadiere, Baptista, Senderos, Randall.
BIG-MATCH FACTS
NEWCASTLE UNITED ended a four match winless run in the Premiership with victory at relegation threatened Sheffield United on Saturday. Their best chance of Europe next season would appear to be via by the Intertoto Cup route, while opponents Arsenal need something from this trip to avoid being pushed out of a Champions League pre-qualifying berth.
Glenn Roeder saw his side lose a nine-game unbeaten home League run in their last St James' Park outing, losing 0-1 to Manchester City on 31 March.
The Magpies recorded their first victory in nine League meetings with Arsenal, when Nol Solano scored his first goal in more than two years in a Newcastle shirt to decide the issue in this corresponding fixture last season. The Tyneside club have not managed back-to-back home League victories over the Gunners for 11 years.
ARSENAL and their supporters make the longest trip this Easter Monday in the 275 miles to St James' Park, in danger of losing a fourth successive Premiership match for the first time since between 5 and 22 March 1995 when West Ham (h), Blackburn (a), Newcastle (a) and Manchester United (a) defeated them. Another loss, coupled with victory for Bolton over Everton, would see the Gunners dropping to fifth. They've never finished outside the top four under Arsene Wenger.
The Gunners will hoping this will be a more fruitful trip to the north east, than the previous two were to Merseyside, which both resulted in defeats (1-0 at Everton, and 4-1 at Liverpool).
The Londoners are vying for a third win in six Premiership visits to St James' Park.
REFEREE
Howard Webb (Yorkshire)
SEQUENCES/RECENT FORM
NEWCASTLE UNITED
Club stats
Fixtures
10th 40 points
Highest achievable: 10th
Lowest could fall: 13th
ARSENAL
Club stats
Fixtures
4th 55 points
Highest achievable: 4th
Lowest could fall: 5th
KEY PLAYER NOTES/POTENTIAL MILESTONES
NEWCASTLE UNITED
Obafemi MARTINS is Newcastle's top scorer with 17 goals - 11 of which are Premiership goals.
Kieron DYER is a hat trick shy of 50 career club goals.
ARSENAL
Robin VAN PERSIE is Arsenal's top scorer with 13 goals, 11 in the Premiership.
Cesc FABREGAS is the only remaining player to have participated in at least a part of every one of Arsenal's Premiership matches this season.
If he maintains that record, FABREGAS will be making his 100th Premiership appearance - all for the Gunners.
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Newcastle United 1-0 Arsenal
10 December 2005 - Ref: Dermot Gallagher
Newcastle scorer: Solano 82
Sent Off: Silva (Arsenal) 57
THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE
Arsenal 1-1 Newcastle United
18 November 2006 - Ref: Martin Atkinson
Arsenal scorer: Henry 70
Newcastle scorer: Dyer 30
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
Home and away
League: Newcastle 61 wins, Arsenal 54, Draws 32
Prem: Newcastle 8 wins, Arsenal 13, Draws 6
at Newcastle only
League: Newcastle 40 wins, Arsenal 18, Draws 15
Prem: Newcastle 5 wins, Arsenal 4, Draws 4