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Premier League Matchweek 2
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Score

23Premier League Matchweek 2

Kick-off

25 Aug 2025, 19:00 UTC

Venue

St. James' Park, Newcastle

Attendance

52,230 official

Referee

Simon Hooper

Last verified

24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC

Lineups

Confirmed lineups

Finished

Performance is a derived form score built from official current-season totals, recent starts and recent match events.

Home • Official lineup

Newcastle United

4-3-3
7.245 nations28.2 y184 cm24.1 apps

Official lineup released in 4-3-3.

Away • Official lineup

Liverpool

4-2-3-1
7.457 nations26.2 y187 cm29.2 apps

Official lineup released in 4-2-3-1.

  1. Pope
  1. Burn
    • 44'Dan Burn booked 44'
  2. Livramento
  3. Schär
    • 81'Fabian Schär off 81'
  4. Trippier
    • 76'Kieran Trippier off 76'
  1. Guimarães
    • 47'Bruno Guimarães booked 47'
    • 57'Bruno Guimarães scored 57'
  2. Tonali
    • 66'Sandro Tonali off 66'
  3. Joelinton
    • 76'Joelinton off 76'
  1. Elanga
  2. Barnes
    • 76'Harvey Barnes off 76'
  3. Gordon
    • 48'Anthony Gordon sent off 48'
  1. Ekitiké
    • 46'Hugo Ekitiké scored 46'
    • 80'Hugo Ekitiké off 80'
  1. Jones
    • 96'Curtis Jones off 96'
  2. Gakpo
    • 96'Cody Gakpo off 96'
  3. Gravenberch
    • 8'Ryan Gravenberch booked 8'
    • 35'Ryan Gravenberch scored 35'
  1. Wirtz
    • 80'Florian Wirtz off 80'
  2. Salah
    • 102'Mohamed Salah off 102'
  1. van Dijk
  2. Konaté
    • 25'Ibrahima Konaté booked 25'
  3. Kerkez
  4. Szoboszlai
  1. Becker

Newcastle United

Bench

9
  1. 32A. Ramsdale
    7.3427190 cm12 apps
  2. 3L. Hall
    7.2920179 cm26 apps
    • 76'Lewis Hall on 76'
  3. 4S. Botman
    7.2225193 cm20 apps
  4. 12M. Thiaw
    7.3224191 cm30 apps
    • 81'Malick Thiaw on 81'
  5. 18W. Osula
    7.1522180 cm19 apps
    • 76'William Osula on 76'
    • 88'William Osula scored 88'
  6. 23J. Murphy
    6.9330179 cm28 apps
  7. 28J. Willock
    6.7626179 cm20 apps
  8. 41J. Ramsey
    6.8724180 cm23 apps
    • 76'Jacob Ramsey on 76'
  9. 67L. Miley
    7.2919185 cm21 apps
    • 66'Lewis Miley on 66'

Liverpool

Bench

9
  1. 25G. Mamardashvili
    7.2424197 cm8 apps
  2. 2J. Gomez
    6.8128188 cm17 apps
  3. 3W. Endo
    6.6132178 cm8 apps
    • 102'Wataru Endo on 102'
  4. 12C. Bradley
    7.2222180 cm15 apps
    • 80'Conor Bradley on 80'
    • 87'Conor Bradley booked 87'
  5. 14F. Chiesa
    6.4127175 cm23 apps
    • 80'Federico Chiesa on 80'
  6. 15G. Leoni
    6.2018196 cm0 apps
  7. P. 325
    6.4822170 cm4 apps
    • 96'Player 325 on 96'
  8. 26A. Robertson
    6.9731178 cm21 apps
  9. 73R. Ngumoha
    6.8816170 cm15 apps
    • 96'Rio Ngumoha on 96'
    • 100'Rio Ngumoha scored 100'

Events

Timeline

Finished timeline
  1. 8'
    Away
    Ryan Gravenberch booked

    Liverpool.

  2. 25'
    Away
    Ibrahima Konaté booked

    Liverpool.

  3. 35'
    Away0-1
    Ryan Gravenberch scored

    Liverpool. Assist Cody Gakpo.

  4. 44'
    Home
    Dan Burn booked

    Newcastle United.

  5. 46'
    Away0-2
    Hugo Ekitiké scored

    Liverpool. Assist Cody Gakpo.

  6. 47'
    Home
    Bruno Guimarães booked

    Newcastle United.

  7. 48'
    Home
    Anthony Gordon sent off

    Newcastle United.

  8. 57'
    Home1-2
    Bruno Guimarães scored

    Newcastle United. Assist Tino Livramento.

  9. 66'
    Home
    Lewis Miley on

    Newcastle United. Sandro Tonali off.

  10. 76'
    Home
    Jacob Ramsey on

    Newcastle United. Joelinton off.

  11. 76'
    Home
    Lewis Hall on

    Newcastle United. Kieran Trippier off.

  12. 76'
    Home
    William Osula on

    Newcastle United. Harvey Barnes off.

  13. 80'
    Away
    Conor Bradley on

    Liverpool. Florian Wirtz off.

  14. 80'
    Away
    Federico Chiesa on

    Liverpool. Hugo Ekitiké off.

  15. 81'
    Home
    Malick Thiaw on

    Newcastle United. Fabian Schär off.

  16. 87'
    Away
    Conor Bradley booked

    Liverpool.

  17. 88'
    Home2-2
    William Osula scored

    Newcastle United.

  18. 96'
    Away
    Player 325 on

    Liverpool. Curtis Jones off.

  19. 96'
    Away
    Rio Ngumoha on

    Liverpool. Cody Gakpo off.

  20. 100'
    Away2-3
    Rio Ngumoha scored

    Liverpool. Assist Mohamed Salah.

  21. 102'
    Away
    Wataru Endo on

    Liverpool. Mohamed Salah off.

  22. FT
    Final 2-3

Stats

Top stats

Stored official stats
  1. 0.98
    AttackxG
    0.69
  2. 10
    AttackTotal Shots
    5
  3. 247
    PassingTotal Passes
    445
  4. 5
    DefendingTackles Won
    8
  5. 17
    AttackTotal Dribbles
    8

Official team stats now keep xG, Total Shots, Total Passes, Tackles Won and Total Dribbles in one compact stored match-stats read.

Showing 5 of 188 stored team metrics.

Observed 23 Apr 2026, 14:23 UTC from the stored match stats surface.

Sources

4 official sources
Last verified: 24 Apr 2026, 07:32 UTC