Liverpool vs Newcastle – Preview, H2H, Line-ups, Prediction | EPL 2021-22

Liverpool host Newcastle United in the Premier League on Thursday night.

Venue: Anfield stadium

Key Statistics

Liverpool are undefeated in their last 21 home matches against Newcastle in all competitions.

Liverpool are undefeated in 25 of their last 26 Premier League matches.

Newcastle have failed to win 15 of their last 16 Premier League matches.

Head to Head

These two sides have faced each other 181 times in the past with Liverpool winning 87 times and Newcastle picking up 50 wins. The other 44 matches have ended in a draw.

Latest Performances in all competitions

Liverpool: WWWWWW

Newcastle: DDLDWL

Liverpool

The Reds are in rampant form right now and they have managed to win five of their last Premier League matches in a row.

Jurgen Klopp’s men are second in the league table right now just four points adrift of Manchester City who have played one extra match. Liverpool will be hoping to close the gap with the league leaders with the win here and they will be full of confidence heading into this contest.

The Reds have done well against Newcastle in recent seasons and they have picked up four wins and two draws in their last six meetings against the magpies.

???? NEW: Liverpool are likely to be without Divock Origi for the visit of Newcastle to Anfield on Thursday evening.

Klopp: “Divock has a little issue, and Adrian obviously. So the rest should be fine.” #awlive [lfc] pic.twitter.com/mhMiklw0US

— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) December 15, 2021

Possible Liverpool Starting Line-up

Alisson Becker; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil Van Dijk, Kostas Tsimikas; Naby Keita, Fabinho Tavares, Jordan Henderson; Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mane

Newcastle United

The visitors are 19th in the league table with just one win from 16 league matches this season and they are on a dreadful run of form right now.

A game against Liverpool at Anfield will be a massive challenge for them especially in the kind of form the Reds are in right now. It seems highly unlikely that Newcastle will be able to pull off an upset here and this could be a torrid evening for the away side.

Eddie Howe on Liverpool:

"There's so many different things you need to get right because the top teams find different ways of winning. Also bringing a threat is very important – that we bring a challenge to them. I believe we have players and a way of playing that can do that." pic.twitter.com/2nrnBeVKfL

— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 15, 2021

Possible Newcastle United Starting Line-up

Martin Dubravka; Javier Manquillo, Fabian Schar, Ciaran Clark, Jamal Lascelles, Jamal Lewis; Allan Saint-Maximin, Isaac Hayden, Jonjo Shelvey, Joelinton; Callum Wilson

Prediction

Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle