Match
start: 18:30 (GMT+1)
Liverpool
In
the previous round the Reds have ruined West Ham (4:1), and the trio
Mane — Firmino — Salah have made three goals and assist.
The
best goalscorer of Liverpool Mohamed Salah was the author of the pass
on goal who with 23 goals and 8 assist takes the second place in the
list of goal-scorers of the EPL. In a match against the Hammerers the
football player made 82.8% of exact passes and also made 5 shots, 3
of them reached the alignment.
But
Salah’s achievements aren’t maximum in his team. Mane shot 6 times
and got into an alignment three times.
In
the last 5 games goalkeepers of Liverpool became the witnesses of dry
matches for three times. Virgil
van Dijk
had played two matches so it is possible to say that the former
player of Southampton found his place in the field.
Newcastle.
The
goal of Rafael Benitez
is to stay in the Premier League. Meanwhile the Magpies are ahead of
the relegation zone only with two points.
In
order to achieve more positive results the Spanish expert uses all
possible methods. Against obviously strong opponents he strengthens
the defense with two and even three echelons, possession was not more
than 30% of time. Against MU (1:0) recently, such tactics resulted in
success.
If
the season of the EPL consisted only of away matches, Newcastle
would feel more surely, taking the 10th place. The Magpies have
gained only 3 victories in away matches, 4draws at 7 defeats. In five
last games outside the home stadium Benitez’s players are scoring the
goals.
The
guests have created many dangerous moments in the match against
Bournemouth (2:2). Newcastle can consider a draw to be the failure
as according to xG the team significantly is stronger than the
opponent in (1,21 — 4,24).
Head-to-heads
Coming
to Liverpool, the Magpies seldom got positive result. At 11 last
meetings they managed to avoid defeat twice, having ended the matches
with a draw. Guests have managed to score in 5 games of this series.
Bookmaker
line
Liverpool
to win 1.20
Draw
– 6.03
Newcastle
10.00
Match
prediction
Virgil
van Dijk
‘s arrival has brought some order to the defense line of the Reds but
it still misses a lot of goals. West Ham managed to score at Anfield,
having created a miserable amount of dangerous situations. We suspect
Benitez’s tactics this meeting will be rather aggressive as Spanish
coach understands that it won’t be easy to defend “0” in
a defense. So it is necessary to risk and score goals.
Both teams to score – odds 1.95 10Bet