LATEST INJURY NEWS
Liverpool - Johnson, Agger, Kelly and Gerrard are out while Carroll is doubtful.
Newcastle - Harper, Smith, Guthrie, Gosling, Ireland, Leon Best and Lua Lua are injured while Ben Arfa is due to return on 1st May so he could make the bench. Nolan is a slight doubt.
PAST RESULTS
11/12/10, 18:30 Newcastle - Liverpool 3 : 1
03/05/09, 14:30 Liverpool - Newcastle 3 : 0
28/12/08, 13:00 Newcastle - Liverpool 1 : 5
08/03/08, 16:00 Liverpool - Newcastle 3 : 0
24/11/07, 13:45 Newcastle - Liverpool 0 : 3
10/02/07, 16:00 Newcastle - Liverpool 2 : 1
20/09/06, 21:00 Liverpool - Newcastle 2 : 0
19/03/06, 14:30 Newcastle - Liverpool 1 : 3
26/12/05, 16:00 Liverpool - Newcastle 2 : 0
05/03/05, 16:00 Newcastle - Liverpool 1 : 0
19/12/04, 14:30 Liverpool - Newcastle 3 : 1
we've not lost to them at home for years now and the past 2 meetings at home has been 3:0 while the previous two before before that were 2:0. if this trend continues, this week's result would be 4:0

STATISTICS
Newcastle - Kevin Nolan is their top scorer with 12 goals followed by the injured Leon Best with 6. Joey Barton, with 4 goals and 7 assists is the man to watch. off the bench, Newcastle has this player called Nile Ranger who gave us problems on the flanks when he played against us earlier this season. hopefully the fullbacks can contain him as he's really fast and has a few tricks up his sleeve.
Liverpool - Dirk Kuyt is our top scorer with 11 goals followed by (surprise surprise) Rodriguez with 6. Kuyt also has 6 assists to his name followed by Meireles with 5. the key question on most Liverpool fans would be if Carroll is playing. he was left out in the last game as he suffered a knock to the knee but he should be fit by the first Saturday of next month.
KEY BATTLE
i reckon the game would be won in midfield. Barton, Tiote and Nolan against Meireles, Lucas and Spearing. this isn't gonna be a walkover like the previous game against Birmingham but as i am your match thread hero, you should approach this game with confidence

SQUADS
Liverpool - Reina, Gulasci, Carragher, Skrtel, Kyrgiakos, Wilson, Flanagan, Robinson, Spearing, Shelvey, Lucas, Poulson, Meireles, Maxi, Cole, Ince, Jovanovic, Kuyt, Suarez, Carroll and Ngog.
Newcastle - Krul, Soderberg, Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Enrique, Barton, Tiote, Nolan, Gutierrez, Ameobi, Ranger, Ben Arfa, Lovenkrands and Kuqi.