The biggest clash of Machweek 3 will be played between Newcastle and Liverpool at St. James' Park. All we can expect from this match is tough old school Premier League football with the crowd getting involved with every action on the pitch.
The two sides have not managed to get off to a perfect start but are definitely willing to end this month with a win.
Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest: EPL Match Preview, Predicted Line-ups and Fantasy XI
Match Details
- Date: 27 August, 2023 (Sunday)
- Venue: St. James 'Park, Newcastle, England
- Time: 9:00 pm IST
- Referee:
- VAR:
Match Preview
Newcastle United will be looking to get back to winning ways after suffering a hard fought defeat against the defending champions, Manchester City.
Their performance on the first Matchweek of the Premier League against Aston Villa showed their true potential and the defeat in the previous match was just deemed as a small obstacle along the way.
In their tie against Liverpool, they will hope to keep things tight in the midfield and try to play more on the wings which would make things difficult for the Liverpool fullbacks who likes to go up front.
Liverpool on the hand, have definitely learnt a lot about their strengths in their 3-1 win against Bournemouth. They played good attacking football in the match and took control of the game after the opening few minutes.
But Jurgen Klopp's side is still conceding a lot of goals from open play and when they visit Newcastle, they will have to take care of it, because the Magpies are great in finding open spaces and exposing the defensive incapablity of the team.
Team News
Joelinton is set to be fit for the hosts despite limping off injured in the loss to Manchester City, while Joe Willock, Emil Krafth and Javier Manquillo are unavailable.
Liverpool have Alexis Mac Allister available after his red card against Bournemouth was overturned.
Jurgen Klopp has confirmed Trent Alexander-Arnold's availability after an injury worry but Ibrahima Konate is a doubt. Thiago Alcantara and Curtis Jones are absent.
Newcastle vs Liverpool Predicted Line-ups
Newcastle United predicted lineup:
Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Almiron, Isak, Barnes.
Liverpool predicted lineup:
Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Mac Allister, Endo, Szoboszlai; Salah, Jota, Diaz.
Newcastle vs Liverpool Fantasy XI
Alisson; Trippier, Van Dijk, Konate, Robertson; Tonali, Guimaraes, Mac Allister; Salah, Isak, Diaz.