Newcastle vs Liverpool live Team news and line-ups from Premier League clash

As expected Eddie Howe names the same starting XI for Newcastle that lined up against Aston Villa in their opening match.

Anthony Gordon leads the line once again and Jacob Ramsey is on the bench and could make his debut for the club this evening.

Arne Slot makes two changes to the Liverpool team that started against Bournemouth last week.

Jeremie Frimpong is injured so drops out as does Alexis Mac Allister who isn’t in the squad.

Curtis Jones and Ryan Gravenberch are the men brought in with Dominik Szoboszlai set to start at right-back in the absence of Frimpong.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Szoboszlai, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike

Newcastle XI: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Elanga, Gordon, Barnes

We’re expecting team news and the official line-ups in around five minutes time so stick around for the big news…

Last season, the match at St James’ Park produced one of the games of the season as the teams played out a superb 3-3 draw, while the Reds won 2-0 at home at Anfield.

However, it was the Magpies who got the win in the most important meeting last campaign, when Eddie Howe’s side ran out 2-1 winners in the Carabao Cup final.

These two sides have met 190 times in the past, with the first meeting dating back to 1893.

Unsurprisingly, Liverpool have the better of the head-to-head record, having won 94 matches.

Newcastle have won 51, while 45 have ended as draws.

Newcastle don’t have a striker to start but the player operating instead of one could have gone to Liverpool last summer. Liverpool do have a striker and he is one Newcastle tried to sign this summer. The Alexander Isak derby will not feature Isak, but will be framed around him.

Not so much by Slot, who got through a 15-minute press conference with a solitary, late mention of the forward he has tried to buy, but by the wider world.

More from the Liverpool boss who says that Newcastle will get a boost from the ‘amazing’ atmosphere inside the stadium tonight and likened it to the one at Anfield last week.

“The atmosphere is amazing [is] because the players can perform, they can add to the atmosphere by being as intense as they were, bringing the quality as they brought in that game,” Slot said.

“So, that’s going to be the challenge. The challenge is also playing in a stadium where the fans will be there for the home team, and that always helps every home team.

“I can tell you about us, so the last 15 to 20 minutes at Anfield, it wasn’t a coincidence that we scored twice because the fans helped us in that moment of time.”

Arne Slot isn’t taking this match for granted and knows that Newcastle possess the ability to hurt his Liverpool team as evidenced in the League Cup final last season.

Speaking about what he expects from tonight’s match Slot said: “If you go to Newcastle you know what to expect. We played them three times last season and twice their intensity levels were above ours.

“In the League Cup final, they were more intense than us so I don’t think they need anything to add for them to be intense if they play at St. James’ Park.

“Apart from the intensity, it’s a very good team, they have also a team that can make it a fight, they have players for this but they also have players that are so comfortable on the ball.

“So, one of the best teams in the league and one of the most difficult away games you can have in the season, especially as you say here, ‘under the lights’.”