Newcastle vs Liverpool Predicted Lineups

Lineups will be updated throughout the week in live time as and when injury and lineup news is announced.

Green Light: Confident the player will start.

Amber Light: A toss up on whether the player will start.

Red Light: Confident the player will not start.

Newcastle Predicted Lineups:

Newcastle Predicted Lineup GW2

GK - Pope

RB - Trippier

CB - Schar

CB - Burn

LB - Livramento

CM - Guimaraes

CM - Tonali

CM - Joelinton

RW - Elanga

LW - Barnes

ST - Gordon

Newcastle Team News:

• After Alexander Isak’s Instagram post on Tuesday night that blew up social media, addressing his placement in the PFA Team of the Season and why he was not attending, as well as him publicly stating Newcastle broke promises to him and he would like to leave to join Liverpool, this game is going to be pure Barclays madness. St James Park is going to be a cauldron of anger.
• What this also means is we can safely rule Isak out of Newcastle’s starting XI until this situation is resolved and he should not be in any FPL teams. He is an immediate sell if you decided to own him for GW1.
• Lewis-Hall could come back in to the starting lineup, and he is better suited to play against a team like Liverpool, however the fact he did not come off the bench against Villa, to gain match fitness makes it less likely he starts against an attack that will punish any rust or lack of fitness/focus.
• Same centre-back paring, in Schar and Burn. Howe won’t throw Thiaw into the mix for this game, no chance.
• Same midfield trio of course.
• Speaking on Jacob Ramsey, Howe stated “He’ll be available. We’ve still got training sessions to go before the game but he’s in a good place and has looked really impressive in his first couple of days.” It is unlikely that Ramsey starts with how good Newcastle’s midfield 3 is and with Howe likely wanting to build some chemistry between a Barnes-Gordon-Elanga front 3.
• Osula had a decent outing off the bench against Aston Villa in GW1 but Howe will likely stick with the same front 3 for Liverpool. There is a chance Murphy starts over Barnes at left-wing after Barnes pretty poor performance in GW1, however it would be unlike Howe to overreact to one performance and he tends to have his favourites.

Players to watch:

Trippier:

Lewis-Hall:

Barnes:

Ramsey:

Murphy:

Isak:

Liverpool Predicted Lineup:

Liverpool Predicted Lineup GW2

GK - Alisson

RB - Szoboszlai

CB - Konate

CB - Van Dijk

LB - Kerkez

CM - Gravenberch

CM - Mac Allister

AM - Wirtz

RW - Salah

LW - Gakpo

ST - Ekitike

Liverpool Team News:

• Frimpong had a decent game in GW1 but is now set to be sidelined until after the first international break of the season wit ha hamstring injury.
• Joe Gomez who came on and made a good cameo against Bournemouth at right-back, will likely start for Frimpong, although Arne Slot did reveal that Gomez “has not had a setback but he was not able to train three days in a row (after Bournemouth). We will see where he is on Monday and if he can start”. Given this Monday tie is still 4 days away, Gomez will be fit enough to make the squad, but whether he is fit enough to start is a real question mark right now.
• Slot revealed Connor Bradley has returned to individual training but he is not in full team training yet, and he is unlikely to be ready to start against Newcastle in GW2.
• If neither Gomez or Bradley are fit to start, Szoboszlai will likely start at right-back.
• Kerkez will still get the starting nod over Robertson. He may not have had a good game, but both goals Liverpool conceded came with Robertson on the pitch, not Kerkez and Kerkez has the skillset to keep Elanga in check.
• Given Szoboszlai likely starts at RB, Mac Allister will start alongside Gravenberch.

Players to watch:

Frimpong:

Gomez:

Bradley:

Kerkez:

Gravenberch:

Szoboszlai:

Mac Allister:

 

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