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Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 190
Newcastle wins: 51
Draws: 45
Liverpool wins: 94
The inaugural meeting between Newcastle United and Liverpool proved to be a precursor for the future, as the Reds ran out 5-1 winners in that Division Two clash in 1893 and have prevailed in 94 of the 190 clashes between the two sides.
Liverpool's 94th and most recent victory in this Northern scrap was a relatively straightforward one, as goals from Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister secured a 2-0 success in February 2025.
In contrast, the Magpies have come up trumps on 51 occasions, although one of those represented their most momentous success of the 21st century so far, a 2-1 win in the 2024-25 EFL Cup final as they ended an excruciating 70-year drought without a major trophy.
Another 45 other battles have ended all square, including an engrossing 3-3 Premier League stalemate in December 2024, as Fabian Schar levelled for Eddie Howe's team in the dying embers.
Before that six-goal spectacular, Liverpool had triumphed in six straight matches against their Northern counterparts, including a 2-1 away triumph and 4-2 home win during Jurgen Klopp's farewell season in the 2023-24 campaign.
The Reds also did the double over Newcastle in the 2022-23 and 2021-22 campaigns, winning both matches at St James' Park without conceding, but the Magpies did manage to take a point off Liverpool at Anfield in the COVID-19 era of April 2021.
On that day, Joe Willock saved Newcastle's bacon with a 95th-minute equaliser at Anfield - that 1-1 draw was the third of seven successive Premier League games that the on-loan Arsenal midfielder scored in that season - and the Magpies also held out for a goalless stalemate at St James' Park in December 2020.
However, the 2024-25 EFL Cup winners have not managed to come up trumps in any of their last 17 Premier League matches against Liverpool since a 2-0 home victory in December 2015, where a Martin Skrtel own goal and late strike from future Reds man Georginio Wijnaldum did the damage.
Newcastle have to go even further back to November 1995 for their last win at Anfield - a 1-0 EFL Cup success - and their most recent Premier League triumph on Liverpool's turf came under Kevin Keegan in April 1994.
Among the documented individual scorers in this fixture, Michael Owen is by far and away the most prolific; the former Newcastle and Liverpool striker netted 14 goals in matches between his two old clubs.
Last 20 meetings
Mar 16, 2025: Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle (EFL Cup Final)
Feb 26, 2025: Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
Dec 04, 2024: Newcastle 3-3 Liverpool (Premier League)
Jan 01, 2024: Liverpool 4-2 Newcastle (Premier League)
Aug 27, 2023: Newcastle 1-2 Liverpool (Premier League)
Feb 18, 2023: Newcastle 0-2 Liverpool (Premier League)
Aug 31, 2022: Liverpool 2-1 Newcastle (Premier League)
Apr 30, 2022: Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Dec 16, 2021: Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle (Premier League)
Apr 24, 2021: Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle (Premier League)
Dec 30, 2020: Newcastle 0-0 Liverpool (Premier League)
Jul 26, 2020: Newcastle 1-3 Liverpool (Premier League)
Sep 14, 2019: Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle (Premier League)
May 04, 2019: Newcastle 2-3 Liverpool (Premier League)
Dec 26, 2018: Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
Mar 03, 2018: Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
Oct 01, 2017: Newcastle 1-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Apr 23, 2016: Liverpool 2-2 Newcastle (Premier League)
Dec 06, 2015: Newcastle 2-0 Liverpool (Premier League)
Apr 13, 2015: Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
Last 10 Premier League meetings
Feb 26, 2025: Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
Dec 04, 2024: Newcastle 3-3 Liverpool (Premier League)
Jan 01, 2024: Liverpool 4-2 Newcastle (Premier League)
Aug 27, 2023: Newcastle 1-2 Liverpool (Premier League)
Feb 18, 2023: Newcastle 0-2 Liverpool (Premier League)
Aug 31, 2022: Liverpool 2-1 Newcastle (Premier League)
Apr 30, 2022: Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool (Premier League)
Dec 16, 2021: Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle (Premier League)
Apr 24, 2021: Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle (Premier League)
Dec 30, 2020: Newcastle 0-0 Liverpool (Premier League)
Ben Knapton
