Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005
Result
Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United: match report
Liverpool beat Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2005. The half-time score was 2-0.
Steven Gerrard opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Steven Gerrard (14') and Peter Crouch (43'). Newcastle United did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 31 points from 15 and Newcastle United 10th on 25 points from 17. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 82 points, and Newcastle United 7th with 58.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Newcastle United's W-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 43'Goal · Peter Crouch
- 66'Yellow card · Peter Crouch
- 66'Red card · Lee Bowyer
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up
Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Jamie Carragher, Luis García, Peter Crouch, Morientes, Sami Hyypia, Harry Kewell, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso
Newcastle United line-up
Shay Given, Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong, Peter Ramage, Steven Taylor, Celestine Babayaro, Charles N'Zogbia, Amdy Faye, Michael Owen, Albert Luque, Alan Shearer, Lee Bowyer