Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 3 March 2018
Result
Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 3 March 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United: match report
Liverpool beat Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Mohamed Salah (40') and Sadio Mané (55'). Newcastle United did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 4th on 57 points from 28 and Newcastle United 16th on 29 points from 28. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and Newcastle United 10th with 44.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newcastle United in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Emre Can of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Virgil van Dijk (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 4 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-D-W-L and Newcastle United's D-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 55'Goal · Sadio Mané
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Loris Karius, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jordan Henderson, Emre Can, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané
Newcastle United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Florian Lejeune, Jamaal Lascelles, Paul Dummett, DeAndre Yedlin, Mohamed Diamé, Mikel Merino, Kenedy, Christian Atsu, Jacob Murphy, Dwight Gayle