Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 20 September 2006

Result

Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United

Premier League · Wednesday 20 September 2006, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United: match report

Liverpool won against Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 20 September 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Dirk Kuyt opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Dirk Kuyt (29') and Xabi Alonso (79'). Newcastle United did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Liverpool were 15th on 4 points from 4 and Newcastle United 9th on 6 points from 4. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-L-W-D and Newcastle United's W-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Dirk KuytLiverpool · 1-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Luis GarcíaLiverpool
  • 62'Yellow card · Craig MooreNewcastle United
  • 79'Goal · Xabi AlonsoLiverpool · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 5, draws 3, Newcastle United 2.

Team news

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Daniel Agger, Fábio Aurélio, Jamie Carragher, Luis García, Mohamed Sissoko, Craig Bellamy, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso

Newcastle United line-up

Damien Duff, Steve Harper, Stephen Carr, Craig Moore, Peter Ramage, Celestine Babayaro, James Milner, Obafemi Martins, Shola Ameobi, Emre Belözoğlu, Scott Parker