Opta Big Match Stats: Suarez and Cisse show at Anfield

Luis Suarez has two goals in his last two games

With the help of Opta, Christian Crowther picks out Liverpool to win and main man Luis Suarez to get on the scoresheet...

Liverpool have won 15 and lost none of the last 17 Premier League games at Anfield against Newcastle
Without the Capital One Cup as a distraction anymore, the Premier League will once again take priority for Liverpool and, as stats go, this one is fairly compelling for Brendan Rodgers' side. No pressure on the Northern Irishman then. Despite their cup wobble, Liverpool will look to build on that first home win against Reading and an encouraging performance away at Everton, which they will feel should have culminated in successive league victories. The Reds are now unbeaten in four Premier League games, picking up two wins, so for the first time this season you could say they have momentum.

Suarez has been involved in 80% of Liverpool's Premier League goals this season (excluding own goals)
Love him, hate him or absolutely despise him, Luis Suarez has the rare gift of changing any game that he plays in and this season he has even started to score on a consistent basis. The Uruguayan infuriates as much as he dazzles but nine goals in 14 appearances goes someway to dispelling the theory that he struggles to find a finishing touch. With Liverpool's obvious dearth in striking options, frankly Suarez is the only option, meaning that as long as he is able to pull on a pair of boots, 90 minutes is practically guaranteed in every Premier League game. Suarez scored in this fixture in his first season at Liverpool too. 

Newcastle's match against West Brom last weekend was only the second time that Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse have scored in the same Premier League match
Although Liverpool have finally worked up a head of steam, Newcastle still possess one of the deadliest striking duos in the Premier League. Ironically though, as this stat tells us, the Senegalese pair haven't quite worked out a method of combining their immense talents by netting in the same games often enough for Toon liking. The pair hadn't both had their names printed on the same scoresheet since Cisse's debut against Aston Villa back in February. This time around Ba, a reported 7 million January target for Rodgers, may miss out through injury after sustaining a shin problem against the Baggies. This could be the cue for Cisse to step into the limelight at Anfield and notch. 

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Back Liverpool to beat Newcastle @ 1.618/13
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