For Liverpool, Cisse and Garcia are still out but Baros is fit again, while Kirkland is struggling with a back injury so Dudek will probably start in goal, despite his mistake in midweek. Like ourselves, they're coming off the back of a disappointing performance in 1-1 home draw vs Portsmouth. Before that, they lost at Everton, so they'll be looking for a win to get back on track and try and close the 11 point gap on the Toffees.

For us, Butt and Carr are still out but Andy 'the nose' OB is fit again. Dyer hopes to have shaken off a strain in time for the game, and even if Robert is fit (which is doubtful) he won't start the game. On the striker front, Bellamy was taken off as a precaution against Lisbon after picking up a knock to his back but insists he'll be 100% for the trip to Merseyside, while Shearer and Kluivert are in contention again, although Kluivert is less likely to feature than the Lion of Gosforth. Bowyer and Johnsen return to the squad after being ineligible for the Lisbon game.

Probable Toon team:

Given
Taylor - Johnsen - Bramble - Hughes
Dyer - Bowyer - Jenas - Bernard
Bellamy - Shearer (c)

Subs: Harper, Elliott, Milner, Ambrose, Ameobi.

Bernard will probably continue at LM after a decent performance on Thursday, although it's quite possible that Souness will put Milner there again and either stick Bernard at LB at the expense of either Hughes or Johnsen, or just leave Olly out as his contract negotiations continue to drag on.

O'Brien could be on the bench ahead of Elliott, and if Kluivert is fit he'll replace either Ameobi or Ambrose among the subs.

		Last 10 Results
		Liverpool       Newcastle United Ven Versus Pos H 1 - 1 Portsmouth D 10 A 0 - 1 Everton L 3 A 1 - 1 Aston Villa D 6 H 2 - 1 Arsenal W 2 A 0 - 2 Middlesbrough L 4 H 3 - 2 Crystal Palace W 15 H 0 - 1 Birmingham L 16 A 2 - 2 Blackburn D 19 H 2 - 0 Charlton W 10 A 4 - 2 Fulham W 14 Ven Versus Pos H 1 - 1 Portsmouth D 9 A 0 - 4 Chelsea L 1 H 1 - 1 Everton D 3 A 2 - 0 Crystal Palace W 16 H 1 - 3 Man Utd L 7 H 1 - 4 Fulham L 15 A 1 - 2 Bolton L 4 H 4 - 3 Man City W 10 A 1 - 1 Charlton D 9 A 2 - 2 Birmingham D 15 Ven Home or Away Pos Opposition League Position at Kick Off

		Leading League Scorers Comparison
		Milan Baros 5 Craig Bellamy 10 7 Goals 7 12 Games Played 17 0.58 Goals Per Game Average 0.41 5 Total Games Scored In 7 4 Games Scored 1 Goals 7 0 Games Scored 2 Goals 0 1 Games Scored 3 Goals 0 2 Scoring Run (games) 2 3 Dry Spell (games) 5 3 Close Range 2 3 Inside 18 Yard Box 5 1 Outside 18 Yard Box 0 5 Shots 3 0 Headers 2 0 Volleys 2 2 Penalties 0 0 Free Kicks 0 Importance of Goals taking out top socrers, how results are affected. 1 W>L 0 1 W>D 1 1 D>L 4 6 Total Points 6 W>L Number of games which, had the top scorer not scored, would have been lost instead of won. W>D Would have been drawn instead of won D>L Would have been lost instead of drawn

 Previous Meetings between these two clubs

		Summary of Past Meetings

		Pld		Won		Drawn		Lost		For		Against		GD		Pts
Anfield
Liverpool	11	8	2	1	26	14	12	26
Newcastle	11	1	2	8	14	26	-12	5
St James' Park
Newcastle	11	4	4	3	15	15	0	16
Liverpool	11	3	4	4	15	15	0	13
Total
Liverpool	22	11	6	5	41	29	12	39
Newcastle	22	5	6	11	29	41	-12	21

		Home and Away with dates and attendance

15/5/2004		Liverpool  1		Newcastle  1
44,172		Owen		Ameobi
6/12/2003		Newcastle  1		Liverpool  1
52,151		Shearer		Murphy
1/1/2003		Newcastle  1		Liverpool  0
52,147		Robert
2/9/2002		Liverpool  2		Newcastle  2
43,241		Hamann, Owen		Speed, Shearer
6/3/2002		Liverpool  3		Newcastle  0
44,204		Murphy (2), Hamann
30/9/2001		Newcastle  0		Liverpool  2
52,095				Riise, Murphy
5/5/2001		Liverpool  3		Newcastle  0
44,363		Owen (3)
26/11/2000		Newcastle  2		Liverpool  1
51,949		Dyer, Solano		Heskey
25/3/2000		Liverpool  2		Newcastle  1
44,743		Camara, Redknapp		Shearer
26/12/1999		Newcastle  2		Liverpool  2
36,445		Shearer, Ferguson		Owen (2)
28/12/1998		Liverpool  4		Newcastle  2
44,605		Owen (2), Riedle (2)		Solano, Andersson
30/8/1998		Newcastle  1		Liverpool  4
36,740		Guivarc'h		Owen (3), Berger
20/1/1998		Liverpool  1		Newcastle  0
42,791		Owen
28/12/1997		Newcastle  1		Liverpool  2
36,702		Watson		McManaman (2)
10/3/1997		Liverpool  4		Newcastle  3
40,751		McManaman, Berger, Fowler (2)		Gillespie, Asprilla, Barton
23/12/1996		Newcastle  1		Liverpool  1
36,570		Shearer		Fowler
3/4/1996		Liverpool  4		Newcastle  3
40,702		Fowler (2), Collymore (2)		Ferdinand, Ginola, Asprilla
4/11/1995		Newcastle  2		Liverpool  1
36,547		Ferdinand, Watson		Rush
4/3/1995		Liverpool  2		Newcastle  0
39,300		Fowler, Rush
24/9/1994		Newcastle  1		Liverpool  1
34,435		Lee		Rush
16/4/1994		Liverpool  0		Newcastle  2
44,601				Lee, Cole
21/11/1993		Newcastle  3		Liverpool  0
36,374		Cole (3)

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