Newcastle United vs Liverpool LIVE!
Striker Divock Origi scored a rare goal as champions Liverpool came from behind to close out their magnificent Premier League season with a 3-1 win at Newcastle United on Sunday.
Liverpool end the season on 99 points, 18 points ahead of nearest rivals Manchester City, while Newcastle finish 13th on 44 points.
Liverpool went behind to the fastest goal ever scored against them in the Premier League era as Dwight Gayle latched on to Jonjo Shelvey's free kick and slotted it past Alisson with just 26 seconds on the clock.
With Liverpool having made five changes to the team that started the 5-3 win over Chelsea, it fell to ever-present Virgil van Dijk, to score the equaliser with a towering header seven minutes before half-time.
Liverpool turned the screw by bringing on the attacking trio of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah in the 64th minute, with Mane firing home in the 89th minute to round off the season in style for the Reds.
With kick-off at 4pm BST, follow all the action LIVE!
Date, time and venue
Newcastle vs Liverpool is scheduled for a 4pm BST kick-off this afternoon.
The match will be behind closed doors at St James' Park with no fans due to be present due to government guidelines regarding coronavirus.
How to watch
TV channel: The match will be televised live on BT Sport 2, with coverage starting from 3.30pm.
Live stream: BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.
Team news
Newcastle: Dubravka, Manquillo, Fernandez, Rose, Lazaro, Shelvey, Bentaleb, Almiron, Ritchie, Saint-Maximin, Gayle
Subs: Carroll, Joelinton, Muto, Hayden, Yedlin, Darlow, Sean Longstaff, Watts, Young
Liverpool: Alisson, Williams, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Keita, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Origi, Minamino
Subs: Fabinho, Firmino, Mane, Salah, Adrian, Shaqiri, Jones, Alexander-Arnold, Elliott
Prediction: Newcastle 0-2 Liverpool
Newcastle have been on the beach since the start of the month. Liverpool should wrap up the season with three more points.
Head to head (h2h) history and results
Newcastle have 50 wins against Liverpool in all competitions, a figure dwarfed by the Reds' 86.
Liverpool are won their last four on the trot against the Magpies, 12 goals.
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