Gabriel Obertan of Newcastle United monitors Alberto Moreno of Liverpool during the 1-0 win for Newcastle United over Liverpool at St James’ Park on November 1, 2014 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Getty)
Liverpool will host Newcastle United on April 13rd, 2015 in a English Premier League match with European implications for Liverpool. The year began nearly perfectly for Liverpool, but they have lost to Manchester United and Arsenal in consecutive games. Liverpool is now seven points adrift of Manchester City for Champions League qualification. Newcastle has lost their past four games and was beaten 1-0 by Sunderland on April 5th, 2015. Newcastle United beat Liverpool 1-0 on November 1st, 2014.
Liverpool was in outstanding form leading into their matchup with Manchester United on March 22nd, 2015, but lost that match and their next against Arsenal. Liverpool did beat Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the FA Cup quarterfinals on April 8th, 2015 and that may be enough to boost Liverpool’s Champions League hopes. Liverpool has the semifinals of the FA Cup on April 19th, 2015 at Wembley Stadium against Aston Villa, but only has two matchups with top half clubs in the English Premier League remaining. Liverpool will travel to London to play Chelsea on May 10th, 2015 and Stoke on May 24th, 2015 to play Stoke City.
Newcastle United had a winless March and opened April with the derby loss to Sunderland on April 5th; their last win was 1-0 win over Aston Villa on February 28th, 2015. Newcastle United is 2-3-8 in 2015 and has three consecutive games against teams in the upper half of the English Premier Leagie table. Newcastle United plays Tottenham on April 19th, 2015 and Swansea City on April 25th, 2015.
The Basics
Who:
Liverpool vs. Newcastle United
What:
English Premier League Game Week 33
When:
Monday, April 13
Where:
Anfield in Liverpool, England
Time:
3:00 PM Eastern Time
Channel:
NBCSN (US)/Sky Sports 1(UK) (International viewers, click here for your local provider)
Odds:
Newcastle United +650, Liverpool -250, Draw +350
Stats You Need to Know
Scouting Liverpool
Record: 16-6-9, 5th (54 points)
Coach: Brendan Rodgers, 3rd season
Goals Per Game: 1.45
Clean Sheets: 12
Leading Goal Scorer: Raheem Sterling/Steven Gerrard/Jordan Henderson, 6
Assist Leader: Raheem Sterling/Jordan Henderson, 7
Card Leader: Steven Gerrard, 6 yellow cards and 1 red card (will miss the match against Newcastle United)
Scouting Newcastle United
Record: 9-8-14, 13th (35 points)
Coach: John Carver, 1st season (took over on January 26th, 2015)
Goals Per Game: 1.06
Clean Sheets: 7
Leading Goal Scorer: Papiss Demba Cisse, 11
Assist Leader: Daryl Janmaat, 6
Card Leader: Jack Colback, 11 yellow cards
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