Mohamed Salah has been directly involved in 18 Premier League goals against Newcastle (10 goals, eight assists).
The Egypt international has registered at least one assist in each of his last six appearances against the Magpies, the only player to ever achieve that against a club in the competition’s history.
Salah has either scored (four) or assisted (seven) 11 of the Reds’ last 15 Premier League goals against Newcastle.
Salah’s next goal will move him into outright fourth place on the Premier League’s all-time scorers list. He currently has 187 – only Alan Shearer (260), Harry Kane (213) and Wayne Rooney (208) have more.
Hugo Ekitike could become the first Reds player since Daniel Sturridge in January 2013 to score in each of his first three games for the club.
Liverpool have netted 90 goals in 39 Premier League games under Slot so far, an average of 2.3 per match. That is the best ratio of any Reds boss in the top flight.
Newcastle have won their first home fixture of the campaign in all three previous seasons under Eddie Howe.
The Magpies have won each of their last three Premier League games on a Monday to nil, although all of those victories came away from home.
