Liverpool v Newcastle United
Team news
Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister sustained bruising to his face during the weekend win over Manchester City but he is expected to be available.
Conor Bradley will remain sidelined for a "few weeks" with a muscle injury, according to head coach Arne Slot.
Newcastle pair Sven Botman and Joelinton could both return from the knee injuries that have kept them out since the beginning of the month.
Fit-again midfielder Sandro Tonali made his comeback as a substitute against Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Match facts
Head-to-head
Liverpool have gone 28 top-flight matches without defeat in this fixture at Anfield since losing their first Premier League home meeting with Newcastle in April 1994 (W23, D5).
Newcastle are winless against Liverpool in 16 Premier League encounters, home and away, since a 2-0 victory at St James' Park in December 2015 (D5, L11).
Their most recent away win over Liverpool in any competition came in the League Cup fourth round in November 1995.
Liverpool
Liverpool's 11-point lead at the top of the Premier League is their biggest since they won the title by 18 points in 2019-20.
Arne Slot's side have scored at least twice in each of their past 17 home games in all competitions. No English top-flight team has had a longer run since Sunderland's 19-match streak in 1935.
The Reds have won their last 12 midweek league fixtures at Anfield by an aggregate score of 35-6.
Mohamed Salah is the only player in Premier League history to be directly involved in 40-plus goals in multiple seasons, having done so in 2017-18 and the current campaign. He has 25 goals and 16 assists in 2024-25.
Salah has both scored and assisted in 11 top-flight games this season – the last player to do that in one of the top five European leagues was Lionel Messi for Barcelona in 2014-15.
The Egyptian scored twice in each of his last two appearances against Newcastle.
Newcastle United
They have won 13 of their past 16 matches in all competitions since 14 December – the most victories by any Premier League side during that period.
However, Newcastle have never won away against the Premier League leaders in 20 attempts, drawing five and losing 15.
The Magpies have earned 18 points from losing positions this term, a joint-high with Aston Villa prior to the midweek fixtures.
They have lost 13 of their past 17 Premier League away games on a Wednesday, with the most recent of their only two wins coming against West Ham in April 2023.
Alexander Isak has scored 10 Premier League away goals in the current campaign. Only Andrew Cole, with 12 goals in 1993-94, and Alan Shearer, who scored 11 in 2001-02, have fared better for Newcastle in a season.
Jacob Murphy has scored a career-best five Premier League goals in a season.
