Newcastle United 2-3 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 May 2019
Result
Newcastle United 2-3 Liverpool
Premier League · Saturday 4 May 2019, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Newcastle United 2-3 Liverpool: match report
Newcastle United lost to Liverpool 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 May 2019. The half-time score was 1-2.
Virgil van Dijk opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Christian Atsu (20') and S. Rondón (54'). Liverpool scored through Virgil van Dijk (13'), Mohamed Salah (28') and Divock Origi (86').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 14th on 42 points from 36 and Liverpool 2nd on 91 points from 36. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 97.
Newcastle United lined up in a 5-4-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool (8.6), ahead of Virgil van Dijk (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 5 for Liverpool.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Virgil van Dijk
- 20'Goal · Christian Atsu
- 28'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 45+2'Yellow card · F. Schär
- 54'Goal · S. Rondón
- 86'Goal · Divock Origi
- 90+2'Yellow card · James Milner
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (5-4-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Javier Manquillo, Fabian Schär, Jamaal Lascelles, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Ayoze Pérez, Isaac Hayden, Sung-yueng Ki, Christian Atsu, Salomón Rondón
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Daniel Sturridge, Sadio Mané