Newcastle v Liverpool

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Newcastle United and Liverpool are expected to be battling it out for a place in the top four come the end of this season's Premier League campaign and these two sides meet in the early stages of this new term at St James' Park on Sunday afternoon with both teams eager to get ahead in the pecking order.

Last season it was Newcastle United who got the better of Liverpool in the Premier League standings as The Magpies nailed down a fourth place finish which also guarantees them Champions League football this season as well, but the opening two games of this new campaign have produced a mixed bag of results so far for Eddie Howe's side.

Newcastle United opened their account in emphatic style on the opening day of the Premier League season when they inflicted a heavy 5-1 defeat upon Aston Villa who themselves had broken new ground by finishing in a creditable seventh place, but the north-east club were unable to build upon that promising start.

A difficult fixture saw Newcastle travel to the Etihad Stadium to take on Manchester City and Pep Guardiola's title winners duly grabbed all three points but the margin of victory was by a narrow 1-0 scoreline.

Liverpool finished last season in fifth place and four points behind Newcastle United and their failed challenge for Champions League football wasn't helped by the fact that they were held to two draws in their final two games of the previous campaign, in 1-1 and 4-4 draws with Aston Villa and Southampton respectively.

Nevertheless, Liverpool have produced a solid start to this new English top flight season as The Reds have captured four points from their opening two games by way of a 1-1 draw at home with Chelsea followed by a 3-1 home win against Bournemouth, so Jurgen Klopp's side will be quietly confident that they can quieten the Newcastle roar on Sunday afternoon.

These two early results of this season extends Liverpool's unbeaten run in the Premier League to an impressive 13 matches overall and includes picking up eight wins in total which should give the merseyside visitors a timely boost ahead of this Sunday's showdown.

In addition, Liverpool are unbeaten in their last six outings on the road in the domestic top flight and this includes wins on their travels at Leeds United, West Ham and Leicester City, so The Reds should definitely be respected in this upcoming fixture.

Newcastle United v Liverpool Verdict

It's early days in this new Premier League season and as Newcastle United have won once and lost once, Liverpool therefore look a decent price to take all three points here, especially as The Reds have won each of the last four meetings against The Magpies.

Therefore, our main bet will be Liverpool win @ 3.00

Other side bets worth considering:

Liverpool win & Under 3.5 goals @ 5.00

Correct score: Liverpool 2-0 @ 21.00