Newcastle vs. Liverpool: Head-to-head record and past meetings before Premier League clash

Playing in one of the most hostile Premier League atmospheres in recent memory, Liverpool took all three points in a thrilling 3-2 victory over Newcastle United at St James' Park on Monday.

The Magpies - fans, staff and players alike - were fired up for the occasion due to the ongoing drama involving the potential transfer of Alexander Isak to Liverpool, with everyone involved with the Tyneside club feeling frustrated by the Reds.

This emotional intensity initially benefitted Eddie Howe's side as they applied pressure to the 20-time champions in the opening stages, but some of their challenges were dangerous, including a high boot from Joelinton that caught Cody Gakpo on the head, and a reckless sliding tackle on Virgil van Dijk that saw Anthony Gordon sent off.

Arne Slot's men did their best to remain composed, and despite some close moments, they took the lead in the first half through Ryan Gravenberch, before Hugo Ekitike - who had rejected offers from Newcastle on several occasions in the past - doubled the visitors' advantage.

However, Liverpool threw away their two-goal lead for the second time in as many games, allowing Bruno Guimaraes to reinvigorate the 10-man Geordies and substitute William Osula to level the clash late on.

The game was balanced on a knife edge when teenager Rio Ngumoha was brought on for Gakpo, but the youngster applied the final twist to the tale by finishing off a fine Reds move with aplomb in the tenth minute of second-half stoppage time, belying the fact that he was making his top-flight debut.

After that five-goal thriller between Newcastle and Liverpool, Sports Mole looks at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 191

Newcastle wins: 51

Draws: 45

Liverpool wins: 95

The inaugural meeting between Newcastle United and Liverpool proved to be a precursor for the future, as the Reds ran out 5-1 winners in that Division Two clash in 1893 and have prevailed in 95 of the 191 clashes between the two sides.

Liverpool's 95th and most recent victory in this Northern scrap was a 3-2 triumph that will go down in history for the transfer-related drama surrounding the clash, as well as the Premier League debut winner scored by 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha in the 100th minute.

In contrast, the Magpies have come up trumps on 51 occasions, although one of those represented their most momentous success of the 21st century so far, a 2-1 win in the 2024-25 EFL Cup final as they ended an excruciating 70-year drought without a major trophy.

Another 45 other battles have ended all square, including an engrossing 3-3 Premier League stalemate in December 2024, as Fabian Schar levelled for Eddie Howe's team in the dying embers.

Before that six-goal spectacular, Liverpool had triumphed in six straight matches against their Northern counterparts, including a 2-1 away triumph and 4-2 home win during Jurgen Klopp's farewell season in the 2023-24 campaign.

The Reds also did the double over Newcastle in the 2022-23 and 2021-22 campaigns, winning both matches at St James' Park without conceding, but the Magpies did manage to take a point off Liverpool at Anfield in the COVID-19 era of April 2021.

On that day, Joe Willock saved Newcastle's bacon with a 95th-minute equaliser at Anfield - that 1-1 draw was the third of seven successive Premier League games that the on-loan Arsenal midfielder scored in that season - and the Magpies also held out for a goalless stalemate at St James' Park in December 2020.

However, the 2024-25 EFL Cup winners have not managed to come up trumps in any of their last 18 Premier League home matches against Liverpool since a 2-0 victory in December 2015, when a Martin Skrtel own goal and late strike from future Reds man Georginio Wijnaldum did the damage.

Newcastle have to go even further back to November 1995 for their last win at Anfield - a 1-0 EFL Cup success - and their most recent Premier League triumph on Liverpool's turf came under Kevin Keegan in April 1994.

Among the documented individual scorers in this fixture, Michael Owen is by far and away the most prolific; the former Newcastle and Liverpool striker netted 14 goals in matches between his two old clubs.