Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 20 September 2006
Result
Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Wednesday 20 September 2006, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle United: match report
Liverpool won against Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 20 September 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Dirk Kuyt opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Dirk Kuyt (29') and Xabi Alonso (79'). Newcastle United did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 15th on 4 points from 4 and Newcastle United 9th on 6 points from 4. Liverpool went on to finish that season 3rd with 68 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 43.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-L-W-D and Newcastle United's W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Dirk Kuyt
- 48'Yellow card · Luis García
- 62'Yellow card · Craig Moore
- 79'Goal · Xabi Alonso
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up
Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Daniel Agger, Fábio Aurélio, Jamie Carragher, Luis García, Mohamed Sissoko, Craig Bellamy, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso
Newcastle United line-up
Damien Duff, Steve Harper, Stephen Carr, Craig Moore, Peter Ramage, Celestine Babayaro, James Milner, Obafemi Martins, Shola Ameobi, Emre Belözoğlu, Scott Parker