The Premier League recommences this weekend, and Saturday’s early kick-off sees Newcastle United welcome Liverpool to St. James’ Park.

The hosts go in to the game on the back of their 2-1 win at Cardiff City two weeks ago, a result which saw them rise to eleventh place in the table.

Defender Fabio Coloccini misses out with a muscle injury, while winger Jonas Gutierrez has been given leave for personal reasons.

However, France quartet Matheiu Debuchy, Yohan Cabaye, Moussa Sissoko and Loic Remy have all returned from international duty without knocks.

The latter has scored five goals since arriving on Tyneside, and is priced at 8.0 (7/1) with Bet 365 to open the scoring here, with Papiss Cisse a 9.0 (8/1) shot with the same firm.

Newcastle are 4.5 (7/2) with Betfred to take all three points, with Liverpool a 1.87 (20/23) shot with Bet Victor, who also offer 3.8 (14/5) for the draw.

The visitors, who bounced back from two straight defeats with back to back 3-1 wins over Sunderland and Crystal Palace, will reclaim top spot if they avoid defeat as leaders Arsenal don’t play until later in the day.

Glen Johnson and Aly Cissokho could feature after recovering from their respective injuries, while Joe Allen and Philippe Coutinho are not quite ready to be involved.

Luis Suarez, who has scored three in two league games this season, is 5.5 (9/2) with Bet 365 to get the first goal of the games, with top scorer Daniel Sturridge available at the same price with the same firm. Steven Gerrard, who’s late effort fired England to the World Cup against Poland on Tuesday evening is an 11.0 (10/1) chance.

Brendan Rodgers’ men ran out 6-0 winners in last season’s corresponding fixture – the ninth time in eleven meetings that there has been three or more goals scored in the game.

Bet Victor offer a price of 1.73 (8/11) for there to be over 2.5 goals this time around, while 888 Sport have odds of 3.3 (23/10) for the Reds to win without conceding, as has been the case in seven of the last thirteen meetings between the sides.

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