Newcastle 2–2 Liverpool
Premier League · Round Regular Season - 1 · 23 August 2026 at 15:30 UTC · St James' Park
Newcastle
2–2HT 1–0
Liverpool
Newcastle played Liverpool in the Premier League on 23 August 2026 at St James' Park. The match finished 2–2.
Goals and cards
- 5'A. Elanga (assist by W. Osula)
- 25'Yoane Wissa — Yellow card
- 30'Jeremie Frimpong — Yellow card
- 30'Miloš Kerkez — Yellow card
- 34'Lewis Miley — Yellow card
- 55'C. Gakpo (assist by R. Gravenberch)
- 57'J. Willock (assist by Y. Wissa)
- 64'Jacob Ramsey — Yellow card
- 79'Jacob Murphy — Yellow card
- 90'Virgil van Dijk — Yellow card
- 90'D. Szoboszlai
- 90+3'Lukáš Horníček — Yellow card
Line-ups
Newcastle 4-2-3-1
- L. Hornicek
- A. Dedic
- M. Thiaw
- S. Botman
- L. Hall
- S. Steur
- L. Miley
- A. Elanga
- Y. Wissa
- H. Barnes
- W. Osula
- SUBSTITUTES
- E. Jaouen
- L. Shahar
- F. Schar
- J. Willock
- J. Ramsey
- A. Bamba
- B. Toure
- J. Murphy
- N. Woltemade
- COACHES: Matthias Jaissle
Liverpool 4-2-3-1
- Alisson
- J. Frimpong
- J. Jacquet
- V. van Dijk
- M. Kerkez
- D. Szoboszlai
- R. Gravenberch
- R. Ngumoha
- F. Wirtz
- C. Gakpo
- A. Isak
- SUBSTITUTES
- G. Mamardashvili
- K. Tsimikas
- R. Araujo
- A. Mac Allister
- W. Endo
- J. McConnell
- T. Nyoni
- L. Koumas
- V. Munoz
Match statistics
| Newcastle | | Liverpool |
|---|
| 4 | Shots on goal | 7 |
| 5 | Shots off goal | 4 |
| 13 | Total shots | 27 |
| 4 | Blocked shots | 16 |
| 6 | Shots inside box | 16 |
| 7 | Shots outside box | 11 |
| 16 | Fouls | 15 |
| 2 | Corners | 6 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 39% | Possession | 61% |
| 5 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 296 | Total passes | 445 |
| 224 | Accurate passes | 375 |
| 76% | Pass accuracy | 84% |
| 1.58 | Expected Goals (xG) | 2.98 |
| -0.44 | goals_prevented | -0.44 |