Newcastle host Liverpool at St James’ Park on Sunday, August 23 (11:30 AM ET \/ 10:30 AM CT \/ 8:30 AM PT).<\/p>\n
Doubtful Valentino Livramento and Fabian Schar are being managed through fitness concerns, and the injured Joelinton is unavailable, but Newcastle can still call on Bruno Guimar\u00e3es, Anthony Gordon and Nick Woltemade, who all played major roles last season. Liverpool’s list is longer: the injured Hugo Ekitike, Conor Bradley, Jayden Danns and Giovanni Leoni, plus the unavailable Joe Gomez, are all out, while doubtful Alexis Mac Allister and Curtis Jones face late tests \u2014 leaving Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Dominik Szoboszlai and Florian Wirtz to lead the attack at St James’ Park.<\/p>\n
Both sides leaked goals as well as scored them at the back end of last season. Newcastle lost 1-2 at home to Bournemouth and were beaten without scoring at Arsenal, while Liverpool were beaten 4-2 at Aston Villa despite finding the net themselves. That points to a St James’ Park opener with goals in it, Newcastle’s Woltemade, Barnes and Gordon asked to match a Liverpool front line that still has Salah, Gakpo, Szoboszlai and Wirtz to call on even without the injured Hugo Ekitike.<\/p>\n\n\n