Newcastle United VS Liverpool

2026/2027 Premier League, England

St. James' Park Sun, 23 Aug - 3:30 PM

Premier League

Newcastle United NEW

Liverpool LIV

KICKOFF : Sun, 23 Aug - 3:30 PM

Round 1 Regular Season

CONTEXT

In the Premier League regular season of 2026/2027 Newcastle United welcome Liverpool to St. James' Park. Liverpool arrive as the stronger side on power metrics with a narrow 1.7 point advantage. League positions place Newcastle United in 11th and Liverpool in 3rd domestically. Both teams lack recent form records or last outing details ahead of kickoff. Set piece analysis carries low confidence and relies on proxy data for attack and defence metrics. Efficiency and transition figures remain unavailable in current records. The fixture pits an established home side against a higher placed visitor in a standard league encounter. Power scores stand at 89.67 for Newcastle United and 91.33 for Liverpool.

TL;DR

Structural: Newcastle United occupy 11th place while Liverpool sit 3rd in domestic league standings.
Form: Both teams enter the match without available recent form records or last outing results.
Squad: Liverpool hold a 1.7 point power advantage over Newcastle United according to available metrics.
Efficiency: Efficiency data for both sides remains unavailable ahead of this fixture.
Transition: Transition metrics are not provided in the current data set for either team.
Set pieces: Set piece analysis shows low confidence and proxy usage for Newcastle United and Liverpool.
xVariable: Power scores read 89.67 for Newcastle United and 91.33 for Liverpool.
Market: Baseline split: Newcastle United 0% (Δ+0%) | Draw 0% (Δ+0%) | Liverpool 0% (Δ+0%).

No standings statistics available.

No head-to-head records found.

0.5+ goals: 85%

1.5+ goals: 70%

2.5+ goals: 50%

3.5+ goals: 25%

Confidence: High (≥8 matches)

Quality vs Volume

Home: xG 1.8, Shots 12, xG/Shot 0.15

Away: xG 1.5, Shots 14, xG/Shot 0.11

Open Play vs Set Play

Open Play: 65%

Set Play: 35%

Expected Points

Team	xPts
Home	1.8
Away	1.2

Jan 25 vs Team A

Feb 1 vs Team B

Feb 8 vs Team C

M. Jaissle

A. Iraola

1.18

Avg Points / Game (Last 100 Matches)

1.36

Avg Points / Game (Last 6 Matches)

Head to Head (Wins - Draws - Losses)

0 - 1 - 3

No sidelined player data available.

Team Power Ranking

89.67

91.33

0 (Weakest) 100 (Strongest)

Metric

Newcastle United

Liverpool

Power Score

89.67

91.33

League Position

Global Rank

Form Analysis Opponent-Weighted

Line chart of recent results (points/trend). Friendlies excluded by default. Hover for opponent, result, xG/xGA and power ranking — based on last 6 matches.

Newcastle United — Opponent-weighted form score

Liverpool — Opponent-weighted form score

Win (3 pts) Draw (1 pt) Loss (0 pts) Newcastle United Liverpool

Team Head to Head Last 6 Seasons

Summary of 4 matches between these sides — filtered by competition and venue context.

Newcastle United NEW Home

4 matches

Liverpool LIV Away

Match Record

Wins

Draws

Losses

Goals

Goals Scored

Goals Conceded

-6

Goal Difference

Expected Goals

xGA

Data last updated: 2026-08-17T01:01:41+00:00

General Information

Date & Time

Aug 23, 2026, 03:30 PM

Competition

2026/2027 Premier League, England · Round 1 · Regular Season

Stadium

St. James' Park

Capacity

52409

Pitch Surface

Grass

Weather

☀️ 12°C, Fair

Squad

Manager ▼

M. Jaissle Coach

Squad ▼

Nick Pope Goalkeeper

Mark Gillespie Goalkeeper

Lukáš Horníček Goalkeeper

Ewen Jaouen Goalkeeper

Aidan Harris Goalkeeper

Dan Burn Defender

Fabian Lukas Schär Defender

Sven Botman Defender

Malick Thiaw Defender

Valentino Livramento Defender

Lewis Hall Defender

Leo Shahar Defender

Joelinton Cassio Apolinário de Lira Midfielder

Joseph Willock Midfielder

Jacob Ramsey Midfielder

Lewis Miley Midfielder

Aladji Bamba Midfielder

Sean Steur Midfielder

Jacob Murphy Attacker

Harvey Lewis Barnes Attacker

Yoane Wissa Attacker

Anthony Elanga Attacker

Nick Woltemade Attacker

Will Osula Attacker

Bazoumana Touré Attacker

Manager ▼

A. Iraola Coach

Squad ▼

Freddie Woodman Goalkeeper

Alisson Ramsés Becker Goalkeeper

Vítězslav Jaroš Goalkeeper

Giorgi Mamardashvili Goalkeeper

Harvey Peter Davies Goalkeeper

Joe Gomez Defender

Virgil van Dijk Defender

Konstantinos Tsimikas Defender

Ronald Federico Araújo da Silva Defender

Jeremie Frimpong Defender

Calvin Ramsey Defender

Conor Bradley Defender

Milos Kerkez Defender

Jérémy Jacquet Defender

Giovanni Leoni Defender

Alexis Mac Allister Midfielder

Wataru Endo Midfielder

Dominik Szoboszlai Midfielder

Curtis Jones Midfielder

Ryan Gravenberch Midfielder

Harvey Elliot Midfielder

Florian Wirtz Midfielder

Stefan Bajcetic Maquieira Midfielder

Trey Nyoni Midfielder

Cody Mathès Gakpo Attacker

Alexander Isak Attacker

Federico Chiesa Attacker

Hugo Ekitike Attacker

Víctor Muñoz Villanueva Attacker

Rio Ngumoha Attacker

CONCLUSION

Liverpool carry a modest power edge into this Premier League meeting at St. James' Park. Newcastle United will look to use home support to offset the visitor's higher league standing. Limited recent data leaves both sides without clear form indicators for this round. Set piece reliance sits under low confidence flags for the pair. The contest shapes as a standard league test between mid table and upper table sides. Liverpool's slight overall rating suggests they may control key phases. Newcastle United must find ways to disrupt the away rhythm early. Expect a competitive encounter shaped by positional differences and available power metrics.

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