Liverpool go to Newcastle for their opening game of the new Premier League season on Sunday. We crunch the numbers ahead of the big game at St James’ Park…
Newcastle are winless in their last 19 Premier League games against Liverpool (D5 L14). Only against Manchester City have they ever gone 20+ consecutive meetings without a victory against an opponent in the competition (22 between February 2006 and September
Liverpool haven’t lost any of their last nine Premier League games against Newcastle at St. James’ Park (W6 D3) and could equal the longest unbeaten run by a team away to the Magpies in the competition here: 10 games by Manchester City (March 2007 – December 2017). There have been 198 goals scored in Premier League meetings between Newcastle and Liverpool, and with two goals in this game it would be the third fixture to reach 200 in the competition, after Liverpool v Tottenham (211) and Arsenal v Tottenham (200).
Liverpool are unbeaten in their first Premier League match in the last 13 seasons (W10 D3) since losing 3-0 to West Brom in 2012-13. It’s the longest current ongoing run and longest since Chelsea went 18 seasons without losing the opener between 1999-00 and 2016-17.
Liverpool lost nine Premier League away games last season – including four of their last five. It was their most away defeats in a league campaign since 2011-12 (10).
This will be Andoni Iraola‘s first game in charge of Liverpool. The Spaniard is on the longest current unbeaten run of any manager in the Premier League (last 18 games of 2025-26 with Bournemouth), while he’s also never lost any of his six meetings with Newcastle in the competition (W3 D3).
This could be Alexander Isak‘s first Premier League appearance against Newcastle United since leaving the club for Liverpool in 2025. Only 10 players (and none for Liverpool) have ever scored on MD1 of a Premier League season against a side they previously played for in the competition, including Andy Cole against the Magpies for Man Utd in 2000-01.
