Liverpool vs Newcastle prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2023-12-31 20:00.
[p]The Premier League (PL) will be ushered into the new year in stylish fashion, as another rendition of a PL classic between Liverpool and Newcastle United takes place at Anfield. We’ve reached the half-way point of the 2023/24 season and it’s Liverpool who hold the ascendancy ahead of this latest round, which you could argue is thoroughly deserved given they’ve lost the least amount of games and possess the league’s best defensive record so far this season.[/p]
[p]Jürgen Klopp will be hoping that his team can ride that momentum and take advantage of their New Year’s Day good fortune, having won four of their last five outings on January 1st (D1), although they’ve failed to win their opening league game in the last three calendar years (D1, L2). The Anfield faithful will hope to be the catalyst in ending that run, given the Reds have avoided defeat in 50 of their last 51 home PL matches (W38, D12).[/p]
[p]Newcastle won on their first ever PL trip to the red half of Merseyside in 1994, but have felt the force of the Anfield fortress ever since, failing to win any of their subsequent 27 top-flight visits (D5, L22). Ending that misery here seems unlikely considering they travel in dreadful form having lost six of their last seven matches (W1), putting them at risk of suffering a sixth successive defeat against their hosts.[/p]
[p]The Magpies also currently hold a poor habit of starting the new year on a winless note in the league, with Newcastle beginning just one of the last 11 calendar years with a victory (D3, L7). Newcastle’s form on the road only serves to compound Eddie Howe’s misery as well, with their sole PL away victory this season (D2, L6) resulting in them possessing the league’s second-worst away record.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah will be looking to make history before heading off to the Africa Cup of Nations, as he’s just one strike away from becoming the fifth player to register 150 PL goals for a single club. Looking to undercut the Egyptian will be Alexander Isak, who has seen his last three strikes all serve as match openers. He also opened the scoring in this corresponding fixture last season, which was also his first goal for Newcastle.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Eight of the last 11 H2Hs at Anfield have seen both teams score.[/p]