Liverpool will be looking to build upon their thumping 9-0 win over Bournemouth when they entertain Newcastle tonight.
Following a poor start to the new Premier League campaign, Jurgen Klopp's side got up and running properly with a devastating victory over the Cherries on Saturday.
Klopp's Liverpool smashed Bournemouth 9-0 over the weekend
The Reds will now hope to go on a run and climb up the top-flight table.
Newcastle remain unbeaten this term but have drawn their last three games including a 1-1 at Wolves over the weekend.
The Toon have already taken a point off Manchester City this season and will be eager to put in a big display at Anfield this evening.
But the Magpies have a poor record against Liverpool and have not beaten them since 2015.
Liverpool v Newcastle: Date and how to follow
This Premier League clash will take place on Wednesday, August 31.
The game at Anfield is scheduled to kick off at 8pm.
It will be broadcast on BT Sport 1 with coverage starting at 7pm.
BT Sport customers can live stream this via the app using their mobile, tablet or computer devices.
Updates will also be live on talkSPORT throughout the evening.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
Howe's Newcastle remain unbeaten this season
Liverpool v Newcastle: Team news
Joel Matip and Curtis Jones are back in training ahead of the visit of Newcastle.
While Klopp issued promising updates on Diogo Jota and Thiago Alcantara - with the former set to return to training later this week - neither will be available to face the Magpies.
Ibrahima Konate, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Caoimhin Kelleher and Calvin Ramsay are all expected to miss out.
Newcastle's record signing Alexander Isak faces an anxious wait to see if his work permit is processed in time for him to finally make his debut at Anfield.
Allan Saint-Maximin is struggling with a hamstring problem while Bruno Guimaraes missed the draw at Molineux with a similar injury and remains a doubt.
Emil Krafth is facing up to nine months on the sidelines with knee ligament damage and joins Jonjo Shelvey and Callum Wilson on the casualty list.
Liverpool v Newcastle: What's been said?
Newcastle boss Howe is facing a race against time to have Isak available.
Asked if Isak would be available at Anfield, Howe said: "We don't know, we still don't know and I still don't know. I hope so, I desperately hope so.
"It would be great to see him involved for us, but we're in the hands still of other people.
"We're desperately hoping that gets done before the game, but there's no guarantee as I sit here now."
Asked if there was a cut-off point, Howe added: "I think it's 75 minutes before kick-off. We don't know, so it could go down to the wire. We'll wait and see."
Newcastle are desperate for Isak to play against Liverpool
Liverpool v Newcastle: Match stats
- After scoring just four goals in their first three Premier League games this season, Liverpool won 9-0 last time out against Bournemouth, equalling their biggest ever top-flight win (also 9-0 vs Crystal Palace in 1989). They also scored five times in the first half of a top-flight game for the first time since 1927 against Portsmouth.
- Newcastle have won their last two Premier League games on a Wednesday, having won just one of their previous 24 such matches (D5 L18).
- Liverpool have won 10 of their last 11 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games, winning each of the last six by an aggregate score of 18-2 since a 1-0 loss at Leicester in December 2021.
- Liverpool have scored more Premier League goals against Newcastle (109) than they have against any other opponent. Meanwhile, only against Manchester United (113) have Newcastle conceded more goals in the competition than they have against Liverpool.
- Newcastle are winless in 11 Premier League games against Liverpool (D4 L7), since a 2-0 home win in December 2015 under Steve McClaren.
- Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 26 Premier League home games against Newcastle (W21 D5), since a 2-0 loss in April 1994. The Reds have scored in all 26 of these games.
- Since his first Premier League appearance at Anfield in February, no Liverpool player has more home Premier League goals than Luis Díaz (6 in 10 games). In Premier League history, only Fernando Torres (9) has scored more Premier League goals in his first 10 home appearances for the Reds.
- Roberto Firmino was involved in five goals in Liverpool's 9-0 win over Bournemouth (2 goals, 3 assists), one more than in his previous 16 Premier League games combined (1 goal, 3 assists). Firmino is one of only five players to have assisted three goals in two different Premier League games (also vs Southampton in 2020), along with Eyal Berkovic, Thierry Henry, Cesc Fàbregas and Dusan Tadic.
- Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has lost his last eight Premier League matches against Liverpool since a 2-2 draw at Anfield with Bournemouth in April 2017. Only Gary Megson, between 1995 and 2009, has ever lost nine consecutive Premier League matches against Liverpool as a manager.
- Mohamed Salah has scored in all five of his Premier League home games for Liverpool against Newcastle. The only player with a better 100% home scoring record for a club against an opponent is former Man City striker Sergio Agüero, who scored in all seven of his games at the Etihad against Liverpool.
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