The English Premier League traditionally continues on the first day of the new year, and in one of the derbies of the 20th round, Liverpool will welcome Newcastle on their field. Both teams have big ambitions this season and there is no doubt that we are in for an exciting match. Liverpool has reason to be satisfied with everything done so far in the season, while Newcastle has big problems in the last games, primarily due to a large number of injured players. According to many bookmakers, Liverpool is one of the main favorites for the title, and judging by the results in the previous part of the championship, they fully justified that role. After nineteen rounds, the home team is in first place in the table, with two points more than Arsenal, and considering that Aston Villa, Manchester City and Tottenham are a maximum of six points behind, there is no doubt that a very interesting fight for the title awaits us. In the previous round, Liverpool visited Burnley, and one could get the impression that the "reds" are playing exactly as much as is enough for them to get three points, and to save their strength for the busy schedule at the beginning of January. For this reason, I expect a concentrated host in one of the derby rounds, and I believe that they will give their best to start the new year with a win. They will be weakened by the absence of Salah, who is participating in the AFCON, but Liverpool have a large number of quality players at their disposal who can make up for his absence. After the perfect start to the season, Newcastle found themselves in a position where they cannot be at all satisfied with their performance after nineteen rounds played. The guests are in ninth place in the table, with 29 points won, and the position that leads to the Champions League is getting further and further away from them from round to round. Newcastle's form in the domestic championship is also at an unenviable level, and the visitors have recorded as many as four defeats in the previous five rounds (Everton 3:0, Tottenham 4:1, Luton 1:0 and Nottingham 1:3) with only one triumph, against Fulham and there is no doubt that they will have a difficult task to return from Anfield undefeated.

传统上，英超联赛在新年的第一天继续进行，在第20轮的德比中，利物浦将在他们的球场上欢迎纽卡斯尔。两支球队本赛季都雄心勃勃，毫无疑问，我们将迎来一场激动人心的比赛。利物浦有理由对本赛季到目前为止所做的一切感到满意，而纽卡斯尔在最后几场比赛中遇到了很大的问题，主要是由于大量的球员受伤。根据许多博彩公司的说法，利物浦是冠军的主要热门之一，从之前的比赛结果来看，他们完全证明了这一角色。19轮过后，主队在积分榜上排名第一，比阿森纳多2分，考虑到阿斯顿维拉、曼城和热刺最多落后6分，毫无疑问，一场非常有趣的冠军争夺战等待着我们。在上一轮比赛中，利物浦客场挑战了伯恩利，人们可以感觉到“红魔”踢得足够多，足以让他们拿到三分，并为1月初繁忙的赛程表保留实力。基于这个原因，我期待着在德比中有一个集中的东道主，我相信他们会尽最大努力以一场胜利开始新的一年。由于萨拉赫正在参加非洲杯的比赛，他们的实力将会受到削弱，但是利物浦有很多优秀的球员可以弥补萨拉赫的缺阵。在本赛季完美的开局之后，纽卡斯尔发现自己在19轮比赛后的表现一点也不满意。客队目前排在积分榜第9位，积29分，一轮比一轮离欧冠冠军的位置越来越远。纽卡斯尔在国内联赛中的状态也不令人羡慕，客队在之前的五轮比赛中有四场失利(埃弗顿3:0，热刺4:1，卢顿1:0和诺丁汉1:3)，只有一场胜利，对阵富勒姆，毫无疑问，他们要从安菲尔德不败归来将是一项艰巨的任务。