Newcastle United 2-2 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 August 2026

Result

Newcastle United 2-2 Liverpool

Premier League · Sunday 23 August 2026, 15:30 UTC · St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne · half-time 1-0

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Newcastle United 2-2 Liverpool: match report

Newcastle United drew with Liverpool 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 August 2026 at St. James' Park. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Anthony Elanga opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Anthony Elanga (5') and Joe Willock (57'). Liverpool scored through Cody Gakpo (55') and Dominik Szoboszlai (90+9', penalty).

Discipline: Newcastle United received 5 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.

In the current table Newcastle United are 13th on 11 points and Liverpool are 5th on 15 points.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cody Gakpo of Liverpool (7.9), ahead of Dominik Szoboszlai (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 9 for Liverpool.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Anthony ElangaNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Yoane WissaNewcastle United
  • 30'Yellow card · Jeremie FrimpongLiverpool
  • 30'Yellow card · Milos KerkezLiverpool
  • 34'Yellow card · Lewis MileyNewcastle United
  • 55'Goal · Cody GakpoLiverpool · 1-1
  • 57'Goal · Joe WillockNewcastle United · 2-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Jacob RamseyNewcastle United
  • 79'Yellow card · Jacob MurphyNewcastle United
  • 90'Yellow card · Virgil van DijkLiverpool
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Lukas HornicekNewcastle United
  • 90+9'Penalty goal · Dominik SzoboszlaiLiverpool · 2-2

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
5Liverpool9432119+215WLWWL
13Newcastle United93241215-311WLLWL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 0, draws 1, Liverpool 9.

Team news

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Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lukas Hornicek, Amar Dedic, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Lewis Hall, Sean Steur, Lewis Miley, Anthony Elanga, Yoane Wissa, Harvey Barnes, William Osula

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alisson, Jeremie Frimpong, Jérémy Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch, Rio Ngumoha, Florian Wirtz, Cody Gakpo, Alexander Isak

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