Liverpool away to Newcastle on Sunday. For the first time since Andy Carroll transferred to Newcastle he would be facing his old club in the afternoon Sunday kick off. This is a difficult game for Liverpool after losing to QPR and Wigan. Newcaste United are chasing the 4th spot or at least European football next season.Liverpool have not done badly playing Newcastle on their own ground in the past. I am going for a score draw: Newcastle 2:2 Liverpool. Other fixtures and predictions: Saturday 31st March 2012 This table charts the fixtures during Saturday 31st March 2012 Barclays Premier League Show last 5 matches and coverage Fixture Date Kick-off Status Sat 31 Mar Aston Villa v Chelsea 1:1 Everton v West Brom 2:1 Fulham v Norwich 2:2 Man City v Sunderland 3:0 QPR v Arsenal 1:2 Wigan v Stoke 2 :1 Woves v Bolton 1:1 Sun 1st April Newcastle v Liverpool 2:2 Tottenham v Swansea 2:1 Blackburn v Man Utd 1:2
Sat 31 Mar Aston Villa v Chelsea 1:0 Everton v West Brom 2:1 Fulham v Norwich 2:2 Man City v Sunderland 3:0 QPR v Arsenal 1:1 Wigan v Stoke 2 :1 Woves v Bolton 0:1 Sun 1st April Newcastle v Liverpool 1:2 Tottenham v Swansea 2:0 Blackburn v Man Utd 2:1
Aston Villa v Chelsea 0:3 villa are awful and cheslea are top 4. Everton v West Brom 1:1 everton played midweek, west brom are dros but need a point or two. Fulham v Norwich 0:0 lawro doesn't care aboutt his and neither deos anyone else Man City v Sunderland 4:0 city are at home, will they bottle another? they can't afford to! QPR v Arsenal 0:3 RVP due a hat trick... Wigan v Stoke 0 :0 wigan are awful, stoke can't play away... all in all a reciepe for a snorefest Woves v Bolton 1:1 relegation 6 points, both sides to lose out. Newcastle v Liverpool 3:0 come on yew reds... even lawro couldn't back us so i hope this jynxes newkie. Tottenham v Swansea 2:0.. swansea away are useless... tottenham to finally get back on track big time. Blackburn v Man Utd 0:12 utd owe blackburn... simple.
Aston Villa v Chelsea 1:1 Everton v West Brom 1:1 Fulham v Norwich 2:0 Man City v Sunderland 2:1 QPR v Arsenal 1:2 Wigan v Stoke 1 :1 Woves v Bolton 0:2 Sun 1st April Newcastle v Liverpool 0:2 Tottenham v Swansea 2:1 Blackburn v Man Utd 0:2
Lawro's Verdict score draw:1:1 [h=2]Newcastle v Liverpool (1330 BST)[/h] please log in to view this image If you took the Carling Cup out of Liverpool's results in 2012, then they are very average to say the least. Their league form has been extremely poor and in the last three games, defensively, they have not been very good. They are clearly missing Daniel Agger's presence at the back. Generally, the Reds create lots of chances whoever they are playing. That is still the case, apart from in last week's defeat by Wigan, but I think they will probably go to Newcastle and play a little bit tighter than usual because they need to stop the rot. Newcastle looked a very good side in their win at West Brom. They picked the Baggies off easily and I was very impressed. In the summer, the Magpies will be able to look back at this season with some satisfaction, but I'm not sure Liverpool can do the same. One of the problems for the Reds lies with some of their signings in the last 18 months. Has Jose Enrique improved them? Yes. Have Craig Bellamy and Luis Suarez? Of course they have. But have Andy Carroll, Stewart Downing, Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam done the same? I would say that, at the moment, probably not. At the end of the season you can evaluate what your players have done for you over the course of the campaign. Who has had a good season, and who hasn't. Downing did well in the Carling Cup final but that was against a Championship team and he is yet to score a Premier League goal for Liverpool, which I find amazing. In terms of goals, players like him, Adam (two league goals) and Henderson (one) should be chipping in to compliment Luis Suarez and Craig Bellamy's output and, along with Carroll (three), I think they should have 30 league goals between them by now. Those goals would make a massive difference. The total for me from those sort of players in a good team is 30. Even when you count Steven Gerrard [five] and Dirk Kuyt [two], they don't make it halfway to that amount, which is quite conservative. The midfield players should have five each, and Carroll should be on at least 10. Therein lies the story of Liverpool's season. They have started to get more men forward since Jay Spearing has come in, allowing Steven Gerrard to join the attack but as can be seen from their goal tallies, Henderson and Downing just don't get into the box. It is not like those two are missing loads of chances every week. Maybe the best thing Liverpool can do is give former Newcastle striker Andy Carroll a start against his old club. Carroll has only started 21 of Liverpool's games this season but, when he has done, they have a 62% win percentage compared to a 38% win percentage without him. Prediction: 1-1
