[BPL] Newcastle vs Liverpool Fc
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This Sunday , morning 1.30am .
Playing @ St James' Park
Liverpool favourite to win .
Asian handicap -0.5
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Mark Lawrenson said :
"Good luck to Alan Pardew. It's not his fault that he has been appointed as Newcastle boss - it is them who look foolish for sacking Chris Hughton.
Magpies supporters are not happy, yet again, which is hardly a shock under the reign of owner Mike Ashley but they should back Pardew. He has a problem because he has to start winning games straight away to try to win those disaffected fans over.
But they are up against a Liverpool side who have improved of late and, dare I say it, when Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher have been out, some of their other players have stepped up and taken some responsibility.
For Liverpool fans, the best way to look at the Reds' away form is very quickly - it's that bad - but I can see them getting a point here. "
Prediction: 1-1
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Steven Gerrard coming back for this match
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Good time to play against Newcastle .....
Not the best of form .
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Newcastle still winless for the last 5 matches .
Lost 3-1 at West brom
Drew 1-1 with Chelsea
Lost 5-1 at Bolton
Lost 2-1 to Blackburn
Drew 0-0 with Fulham ......
Last win 7th November against Arsenal @ The Emirates
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Sacking of Houghton also one kind ... wrong timing .
This Pardew cannot la .....
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Liverpool's last 6 results not too bad
Won Chelsea 2-0
Drew Wigan 1-1
Lost Stoke 2-0
Won West ham 3-0
Lost Spurs 2-1
Won 3-0 Villa
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Premier League Preview: Newcastle United - Liverpool
Torres is back for the visitors and Gerrard misses out as Alan Pardew faces challenging first game as manager.
How Not To Run A Football Club
It has been a whirlwind of a week for Newcastle. They parted company with their manager Chris Hughton due a perceived lack of experience, only to replace him with Alan Pardew – whose CV hardly embarrasses his predecessors’. Mike Ashley clearly is a man who aspires to be pantomime villain No.1 in the North East this Christmas.
Murmurs of discontent abound, with fans promising to demonstrate against the appointment ahead of the game on Saturday. Suffice to say, if Pardew can deliver three points on Saturday there will be a heavy sigh of relief within the corridors of power at St James’. Newcastle are sliding down the table, and don’t have much breathing space before they are sucked into the mire.
Consistency Is The Key For Hodgson’s Reds
It’s been a peculiar season for Liverpool, by all accounts they’ve been far from brilliant thus far - yet they sit in eighth position in the league. The problem has been securing back-to-back wins in the league, with the victories against Blackburn, Bolton and Chelsea the only consecutive triumphs the club have tasted this term.
The trip up to Tyneside is as good an opportunity as any to put this right. Newcastle’s home form has been unspectacular this season, and with new boss Alan Pardew promising an attacking brand of football, there could be ample opportunity for Liverpool to strike on the counter. The Reds will be hoping three points would start to see them pull away from the middle of the Premier League pile and towards the coveted Champions League spots.
TEAM NEWS
Newcastle
Alan Pardew will be able to call upon Joey Barton as the midfielder returns from suspension, but it looks as if captain Kevin Nolan (ankle) will remain sidelined.
Steve Harper (collar bone) returned to action this week, saving a penalty as his side cruised to a 7-1 victory in a specially arranged practice game against Middlesbrough. Despite featuring for 65 minutes, it’s expected that Harper’s deputy Tim Krul will keep his place in goal against Liverpool.
With centre-backs Fabricio Coloccini and Mike Williamson still suspended, expect Sol Campbell and Steven Taylor to start at the heart of Newcastle’s defense. Other absentees include Ryan Taylor (ankle), Hatem Ben Arfa (leg) and Dan Gosling (knee).
Possible starting XI: Krul; Simpson, S Taylor, Campbell, Enrique; Routledge, Barton, Tiote, Gutierrez; Carroll, Ameobi.
Liverpool
Captain Steven Gerrard (hamstring) and Daniel Agger (calf) are on the verge of returning to the first team squad but manager Roy Hodgson has confirmed that both will miss out on the trip to Tyneside.
With Jamie Carragher (shoulder) out for the next few months, Liverpool will continue with the powerful combination of Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Martin Skrtel at center-back.
Fernando Torres missed last weekend’s 3-0 win against Aston Villa as his wife gave birth to their child, meaning that the Spaniard will return to the starting line-up for the visitors. Jay Spearing (ankle) is the only other absentee for Liverpool.
Possible starting XI: Reina; Johnson, Kyrgiakos, Skrtel, Konchesky; Kuyt, Meireles, Lucas, Maxi; Ngog, Torres. -
I really hope Hodgson keep the winning 11's that won against Villa .
Give Gerrard and Torres more rest .
Without this 2 , we won .
So let them rest more , and win .
Both win win situation .
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lucas form improving.
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Liverpool really need to improve..
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