Liverpool vs Newcastle. Prediction and Betting Tips for English Premier League (April 24, 2021).

After they were knocked out of the Champions League, Liverpool can focus exclusively on the Premier League, where the Merseysiders so far haven't been doing so well. Prior to the upcoming games against Newcastle, Jurgen Klopp's team is in seventh place in the Premier League standings. The Reds are two points behind the top four teams, and the task for Liverpool is to get into that Top-4. Their main competitors in the challenge are Chelsea, West Ham, Tottenham, and Everton. And the gap between them and Leicester in the third place is only six points.

In the last round of the League, Jurgen Klopp's men tried to beat Leeds at home, but couldn't take the lead and in the end, the game against the Peacocks finished in a 1:1 draw. This draw interrupted Liverpool's three-matches winning streak. Those were the good days: the Merseysiders beat Wolverhampton (1:0), Arsenal (3:0), and Aston Villa (2:1).

The victory over the Villans was at the home arena, where Liverpool have been playing catastrophically badly lately. Before that long-awaited win, the Reds lost six games in a row at Anfield and scored just one goal. Moreover, during this unlucky streak, the Reds lost to the outsiders as well as the leaders of the League. Out of 16 matches this season, Liverpool won eight at home, lost in six, and ended two in a draw.

Three key defenders, Joel Matip, Joe Gomez, and Virgil van Dijk, as well as midfielder Jordan Henderson, have been injured and are out till the end of the season. Curtis Jones, Nathaniel Phillips, Divock Origi, and Caoimhin Kelleher might also not be able to play.

For Newcastle now, too, every point earned is extremely valuable. In the last two rounds, the Magpies won two important games against Burnley (2:1) and West Ham (3:2), and those victories helped them to improve their standings. In general, in the last segment of the season, Steve Bruce's charges showed themselves as a very uncompromising team. In seven previous fixtures of the Premier League, they lost only to Brighton (0: 3).

Newcastle moved up to 15th place. in the Premier League table, having earned 35 points, and they are seven points ahead of Fulham, who are the leaders of the group of outsiders. But Steve Bruce's men have a game in hand, so they can widen that gap with the Cottagers even more. 

At the same time, Newcastle have had three defeats in their previous five away games. Apart from Brighton, the team also lost to Chelsea (0:2) and Manchester United (1:3). In general, when it comes to playing on the rivals' fields, the Magpies have only the 17th result in the League. They lost nine out of the 16 away games.

Defenders Jamaal Lascelles (the team's captain) and Fabian Schar, as well as midfielders Ryan Fraser and Isaac Hayden, will miss the upcoming game due to injuries.