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Match predictionOur tip: 1-1
Newcastle vs Liverpool Prediction: Jaissle and Iraola's High-Press Clash Opens 2026/27
The Premier League opener at St James' Park on 23 August 2026 is different from most season openers in one concrete way: both clubs have changed managers since May. Matthias Jaissle, confirmed as Eddie Howe's replacement on 5 August 2026…
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- 2026-08-23 at 16:30 GMT marks a key week 1 encounter between Newcastle United and Liverpool in 2026-2027's Premier League.
- Over the past 10 outings, Referee S. Attwell has shown 4-5 yellows and 0 reds, and 24 fouls each fixture.
- With the data available to us, M. Jaissle and Andoni Iraola have not met as managers before.
- Newcastle United are missing 4 players: Joelinton (Injury), D. Burn (Injury), V. Livramento (Hamstring Injury), L. Miley (Injury) whereas Liverpool are missing 5 players: C. Bradley (Knee Injury), H. Ekitike (Achilles Tendon Injury), J. Gomez (Injury), C. Jones (Hip Injury), G. Leoni (Knee Injury).
- We're predicting Newcastle United to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Liverpool are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
- Newcastle United could only draw 1-1 with Strasbourg, but Liverpool bounced back with a 2-0 win over Como.
- Neither side is flying – Newcastle United 1-1-3 and Liverpool 2-1-2 over the last 5 matches.
- Liverpool lead this rivalry - 27 wins from 41 matches versus Newcastle United (who've won just 7 games), alongside 7 draws.
- 1-2 leads the pack at 19.8% of all our users' guesses, with 2-1 next on 9.4%.
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Most Guessed Score
2
1
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Team Kits
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Events
| 5' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 25' | Y. Wissa | ||
| 30' | M. Kerkez | ||
| 30' | J. Frimpong | ||
| 34' | L. Miley | ||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
| 55' | 1 - 1 | ||
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| 57' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 63' | |||
| 63' | |||
| 65' | J. Ramsey | ||
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| 79' | J. Murphy | ||
| 90' | V. van Dijk | ||
| 90+3' | L. Hornicek | ||
| 90+5' | |||
| 90+9' | 2 - 2 | ||
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Newcastle is going head to head with Liverpool on 23/8/2026 15:30 GMT for the England Premier League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 1. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Newcastle v Liverpool H2H statistics!