Football. ua presents preview of the match of the 7th round of the English Premier League between Newcastle and Liverpool.

Newcastle - Liverpool Sunday, 18:30, Newcastle, St. James Park. Live broadcast on Football 2.

Approximate compositions:.

Newcastle: Elliott - Jedlin, Lassels, Clark, Mbemba - Merino, Hayden - Ritchie, Perez, Atsu - Mitrovic.

Liverpool: Minole - Alexander Arnold, Matip, Lovren, Moreno - Veynaldum, Henderson, Coutinho - Salah, Sturridge, Manet.

Do not play: Dammett, Aidara - Kline, Lallana.

Scorers: Lassels, 2 - Salah, 4.

Referee: Craig Powson.

Before this meeting, a lot of attention is focused on Rafael Benitez. The Spaniard, who won with the "red" Champions League in 2005, is still popular with fans of Liverpool and he himself remains a fan of the Merseyside. On the question of whether he will return to Liverpool, Rafa gave the only possible answer - "I do not know, everything can be, now I'm happy in Newcastle". Well, what else could he say?.

A very important moment for Liverpool can be the return of Sadio Manet - Senegalese finally served a disqualification for the knockout of Ederson in a match with Man City. However, even with his leader Liverpool in the week managed to play only a draw with Spartacus ... His return will be and Newcastle - Alexander Mitrovic "stayed" his three-legged disqualification. You can expect the Serb even at the base. He probably will be accompanied by a couple of great passes Matt Ritchie, who has already made 4 assists this season, well, and then - the case of technology.

Interesting Facts:.

- In the previous 44 matches of these teams in the Premier League has never been recorded a zero draw. Among the 41 oppositions that have been played more than 40 times, the meeting between Newcastle and Liverpool leads in average performance - 3.14 goals per game (138 goals in 44 games).

- Newcastle - one of the three clubs of the Premier League, which Jurgen Klopp has not yet beat. But Rafael Benitez in two matches to his former club did not lose.

- If Mohamed Salah scores, he will be the first player of Liverpool, who managed to excel in 5 of the first 7 Premier League matches for the "Reds".

The trainers say:.

Rafael Benitez, Newcastle: "For me, this match is special, because I spent so many years in Liverpool. But now I need to think only about Newcastle, I will try to win ".

Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool: "I saw the game Newcastle against Brighton - a good team. They were not lucky there, but we know that the "magpie" is a very serious rival ".

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Author: Евгений Музыка.