Liverpool 4-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2026
Result
Liverpool 4-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Liverpool 4-1 Newcastle United: match report
Liverpool beat Newcastle United 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 January 2026. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Anthony Gordon opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Hugo Ekitiké (41'), Hugo Ekitiké (43'), Florian Wirtz (67') and Ibrahima Konaté (90+3'). Newcastle United scored through Anthony Gordon (36').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 6th on 36 points from 23 and Newcastle United 10th on 33 points from 23. Liverpool went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 49.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Florian Wirtz of Liverpool (8.2), ahead of Hugo Ekitiké (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 0 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Anthony Gordon
- 36'Goal · Anthony Gordon
- 41'Goal · Hugo Ekitiké
- 43'Goal · Hugo Ekitiké
- 45+3'Yellow card · Jacob Ramsey
- 59'Yellow card · Alexis Mac Allister
- 67'Goal · Florian Wirtz
- 86'Yellow card · Dan Burn
- 90+3'Goal · Ibrahima Konaté
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alisson, Dominik Szoboszlai, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Mohamed Salah, Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo, Hugo Ekitiké
Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Malick Thiaw, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall, Jacob Ramsey, Sandro Tonali, Joe Willock, Anthony Elanga, Anthony Gordon, Harvey Barnes