Newcastle United 1-3 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 July 2020
Result
Newcastle United 1-3 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 26 July 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newcastle United 1-3 Liverpool: match report
Newcastle United were beaten by Liverpool 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 July 2020. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Dwight Gayle opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Dwight Gayle (1'). Liverpool scored through Virgil van Dijk (38'), Divock Origi (59') and Sadio Mané (89').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 13th on 44 points from 37 and Liverpool 1st on 96 points from 37. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Liverpool 1st with 99.
Newcastle United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to James Milner of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Virgil van Dijk (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 6 for Liverpool.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Dwight Gayle
- 33'Yellow card · Federico Fernández
- 38'Goal · Virgil van Dijk
- 59'Goal · Divock Origi
- 89'Goal · Sadio Mané
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (3-5-2)
Martin Dúbravka, Javier Manquillo, Federico Fernández, Danny Rose, Valentino Lazaro, Jonjo Shelvey, Nabil Bentaleb, Miguel Almirón, Matt Ritchie, Allan Saint-Maximin, Dwight Gayle
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Neco Williams, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Naby Keïta, Georginio Wijnaldum, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Divock Origi, Takumi Minamino