Newcastle United 2-0 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 6 December 2015
Result
Newcastle United 2-0 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 6 December 2015, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newcastle United 2-0 Liverpool: match report
Newcastle United won against Liverpool 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 6 December 2015. The half-time score was 0-0.
Newcastle United's goals came from an own goal by Martin Škrtel (69') and Georginio Wijnaldum (90+3'). Liverpool did not score.
Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 19th on 9 points from 14 and Liverpool 10th on 21 points from 14. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Liverpool 8th with 58.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Georginio Wijnaldum of Newcastle United (7.7), ahead of Paul Dummett (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 5 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-L-W-D-L and Liverpool's W-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Jack Colback
- 45'Yellow card · Lucas Leiva
- 60'Yellow card · Vurnon Anita
- 63'Yellow card · Papiss Cissé
- 69'Own goal · Martin Škrtel
- 90+3'Goal · Georginio Wijnaldum
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Robert Elliot, Daryl Janmaat, Fabricio Coloccini, Chancel Mbemba, Paul Dummett, Moussa Sissoko, Jack Colback, Vurnon Anita, Georginio Wijnaldum, Siem de Jong, Papiss Demba Cissé
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Martin Škrtel, Dejan Lovren, Alberto Moreno, Lucas Leiva, Joe Allen, Jordon Ibe, Roberto Firmino, James Milner, Christian Benteke