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Newcastle Utd. face a trip to Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Magpies will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 50 and win only 12 of the 77 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2006, with Liverpool running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 24 Nov | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 3 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 1 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 20 Sep | Liverpool | 2 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sun 19 Mar | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 3 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 26 Dec | Liverpool | 2 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Mar | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 0 | Liverpool | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 19 Dec | Liverpool | 3 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Liverpool have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. In this time, Reds have rattled up an impressive 18 goals, and conceded 6.
In complete contrast to Liverpool, Newcastle Utd. are having a torrid time on their travels, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Magpies have conceded 18 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Liverpool sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 53 points from their 28 games. Newcastle Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 28 points from their 28 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Magpies are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Liverpool. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Liverpool | Won 3 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Won their latest 4 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Newcastle Utd. | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 7 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |