Reds to lock horns with Pardew’s Newcastle on Sunday
Liverpool will square off against Newcastle United in a Premier League match at Anfield on Sunday.
The match will witness the two teams, yearning for a top-four finish, trade blows in order to overcome their slow start to the season and to catch up with their other league rivals.
The Reds will be desperate to make their home advantage count – something that they have struggled to do so far this term. Brendan Rodgers unit have only mustered 10 points from their first 9 games and already trail fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur by a margin
of 7 points.
Newcastle, on the other hand, will be looking to build on their absorbing 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion last week. The Magpies lead the Reds by a margin of 3 points in the table and will seek to put daylight between themselves and the Merseysiders by
coming up with a win.
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The Reds will be l*****g their wounds after their defeat midweek against Swansea City in the Capital One Cup fourth round.
Keeping in view the enormity of the game, Rodgers will field his best defensive unit, with Martin Skrtel, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Glen-Johnson-c15050 all expected to feature in the starting-eleven.
The Ulsterman is not expected to do a lot of tinkering with his midfield, sticking with his trusted combination of Steven Gerrard, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nuri-Sahin-c28251 and Joe Allen.
The attack will once again be led by Luis Suarez, and flanked by Raheem Sterling and Suso.
Goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-Reina-c29672, is also expected to reclaim his place from Brad Jones.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martin-Kelly-c24395 will be unavailable for the fixture, as they are yet to gain full fitness.
Expected Starting Line-up:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196 (Captain), Pepe Reina (Goalkeeper), Martin Skrtel, Daniel Agger, Glen Johnson, Jose Enrique, Nuri Sahin, Joe Allen, Suso, Raheem Sterling, Luis Suarez.
Results of last five league games:
D W D W L
Newcastle United
The Toon will be sweating on the fitness of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Demba-Ba-c10812, whose recent shin injury has put him in doubt for Sunday’s fixture.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alan-c4244 Pardew could start with his other ace striker, Papiss Cisse, in place of Ba, as he will not be willing to risk exacerbating his injury.
Apart from that, the manager is not faced with any major fitness concerns and is expected to field in the same team which beat the Baggies last week.
Expected Starting Line-up:
Fabricio Coloccini (Captain), Tim Krul (Goalkeeper), http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonas-c18967 Gutierrez, Shola Ameobi, Papiss Cisse.
Results of last five league games:
W D L D W
Prediction
Liverpool 2 : 1 Newcastle United
There is very little to choose between the two sides and the match promises to be of intense nature. The writer feels the Reds will be able to get the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 done eventually, but not before being tested to their limits.
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