LFC v Newcastle: The key statistics
Liverpool lock horns with Newcastle United at Anfield tonight in an eagerly-anticipated Barclays Premier League clash. Here are all of the key facts and figures on the showdown.
The Reds are unbeaten in the last 19 home league clashes with the Magpies, winning 16. They have won eight of the last nine.
They have scored 84 goals against Newcastle in the Premier League - more than they have achieved against any other team - and the 130 by both sides in the meetings is the most in any Liverpool fixture in the division with the exception of games with Tottenham Hotspur (134).
There has not been a goalless draw in the last 59 league meetings between the teams, since February 1974 on Tyneside, while at Anfield there has been only one game that failed to produce a goal in the last 52 league and cup meetings - February 1970.
Lucas Leiva's only league goal for Liverpool came against Newcastle in a 3-0 win in May 2009 - a header.
If the Reds score twice they will record 50 Premier League goals against a single team at Anfield for the first time.
Emre Can's one-match suspension interrupted a run of 22 successive starts.
Jordan Henderson has scored four goals in his last five league games.
Liverpool have won more home games against Newcastle (16) than against any other team in the Premier League era.
The Reds have not scored more than once in any of the last five games - netting four goals in that spell.
The Magpies' only Premier League win at Anfield came on April 16, 1994 courtesy of a 2-0 result thanks to goals from Rob Lee and Andy Cole. It is their only clean sheet in 33 league visits.
Newcastle have won once in the last 10 on the road in the Premier League, 3-0 at Hull City on the last day of January with goals from Remy Cabella, Sammy Ameobi and Yoan Gouffran.
They have conceded nine goals in their last three away league games, including five at Manchester City and three at Everton.
The Tynesiders have recorded two wins in the last 12 league games home and away.
They have lost their last four league games, to Manchester United, Everton and Arsenal prior to their 1-0 defeat by Sunderland eight days ago.
Since John Carver was appointed as manager until the end of the season, the Magpies have taken eight points out of a possible 27.
