How to watch Newcastle vs Liverpool live: Stream, TV channel, team news, prediction

Four months ago, Newcastle and Liverpool fans expected their sides would still be led by Eddie How and Arne Slot when the 2026-27 Premier League season kicked off but both clubs will have new managers in charge when they face off on Sunday.

Howe watched as Sandro Tonali, Anthony Gordon and Bruno Guimaraes all made their way out of the club before he eventually stepped down himself on July 30. A year after Alexander Isak forced his way out to join Liverpool, perhaps Howe had seen enough and felt he could do no more with what he would be given. After breaking the Magpies' 70-year trophy drought by winning the 2024-25 League Cup, Newcastle slumped to a 12th-place finish in 2025-26 and that was the end of the road for virtually every key figure at the club.

Liverpool lifted silverware the same season as Arne Slot guided them to the Premier League title in his first season in charge, only to be sacked after a 5th-place finish in year no. 2. The squad will look quite different as well, with Mohamed Salah, Ibrahima Konate and Andrew Robertson all moving after their contracts expired this summer. The bulk of their transfer business is still to come between now and the end of the transfer window, excluding the $121 million already spent to acquire defender Jeremy Jacquet and winger Victor Muñoz.

Here's everything you need for Newcastle vs Liverpool.

Kick off time:11:30 am ET Sunday (August 23)

Venue: St. James' Park — Newcastle

TV Channel: USA

Stream link: Watch online via USA

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Both sides will have considerable kinks to work out early on, which should make for an entertaining, if not instructive, opening fixture. Newcastle 2-3 Liverpool.