Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Friday 30 December 2011
Result
Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Friday 30 December 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle United: match report
Liverpool defeated Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Friday 30 December 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.
Liverpool's goals came from Craig Bellamy (30'), Craig Bellamy (67') and Steven Gerrard (78'). Newcastle United scored through an own goal by D. Agger (25').
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 6th on 31 points from 18 and Newcastle United 7th on 30 points from 18. Liverpool went on to finish that season 8th with 52 points, and Newcastle United 5th with 65.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Liverpool wins, 0 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read D-D-W-W-L and Newcastle United's W-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 25'Own goal · D. Agger
- 28'Yellow card · Jonás Gutiérrez
- 30'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 36'Yellow card · Ryan Taylor
- 67'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 78'Goal · Steven Gerrard
Head-to-head
Team news
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Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)
Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, José Enrique, Daniel Agger, Jordan Henderson, Stewart Downing, Jay Spearing, Andy Carroll, Craig Bellamy, Charlie Adam, Martin Škrtel
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Ryan Taylor, Yohan Cabaye, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Gabriel Obertan, Demba Ba, H. Vučkić, Fabricio Coloccini