Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2018
Result
Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle United: match report
Liverpool won against Newcastle United 4-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Dejan Lovren opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Dejan Lovren (11'), Mohamed Salah (47', penalty), Xherdan Shaqiri (79') and Fabinho (85'). Newcastle United did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 48 points from 18 and Newcastle United 15th on 17 points from 18. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 97 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 45.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Xherdan Shaqiri of Liverpool (8.5), ahead of Trent Alexander-Arnold (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 4 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Newcastle United's D-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Dejan Lovren
- 47'Penalty goal · Mohamed Salah
- 79'Goal · Xherdan Shaqiri
- 85'Goal · Fabinho
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, Xherdan Shaqiri, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané, Mohamed Salah
Newcastle United line-up (5-3-2)
Martin Dúbravka, DeAndre Yedlin, Federico Fernández, Jamaal Lascelles, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Isaac Hayden, Mohamed Diamé, Kenedy, Yoshinori Muto, Joselu