Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta expects the atmosphere at Newcastle to be white-hot on Saturday.
Arteta accepts they face a massive battle on Tyneside.
He said, "It's one of the toughest places to go and win. We have done that before and it's nothing new to us."
On Newcastle boss Eddie Howe, he also said: "Huge credit to him. He has transformed the club, environment and atmosphere. I give huge compliments to him for the job he has done.
"The way his team plays and the environment he's created is great. He's had a lot of support and now they are big contenders."
Arsenal go to Newcastle on the back of their Carabao Cup defeat at West Ham. Arteta also said: "It always takes a few days to get over a defeat like that but now we focus on Newcastle. I don't think the scoreline reflects the performance but we move on.
"You have to be at it and if you take your foot off the gas against any opponent at this level, you get punished.
"We dropped in one phase in the second half and we need to find a different way to recover to keep momentum. The way we played in the second half was not good enough."
