How to watch Liverpool vs Newcastle United: TV channel, live stream and team news for Carabao Cup final preview

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Newcastle United take on Liverpool in the Premier League on Wednesday in a preview of next month’s Carabao Cup final.

After just about hanging on to beat Nottingham Forest 4-3 on Sunday, Newcastle United have a quick turnaround before they’re back in action against Liverpool on Wednesday.

Eddie Howe’s side managed to blow Forest away thanks to the brilliance of Alexander Isak and Lewis Hall as they scored four times in an 11-minute stretch.

That’s unlikely to happen against the Premier League leaders, though, who comfortably dispatched Manchester City 2-0 in the following game.

What makes Wednesday’s game particularly interesting is that it will serve as a preview of the Carabao Cup final between the two sides on March 16.

Whoever emerges victorious will be full of confidence ahead of Wembley, with more on the line in this fixture than just three points.

Liverpool vs Newcastle United kick-off time

Liverpool vs Newcastle United will have a late kick-off time of 8:15 pm on Wednesday, February 26, at Anfield.

How to watch Liverpool vs Newcastle

Every Premier League game during this midweek’s round of fixtures will be broadcast by TNT Sports and that includes this game.

TV channel

The match will be broadcast on TNT Sports 1 and coverage will get underway at 6:30 pm.

Liverpool vs Newcastle live stream

The streaming home for TNT Sports is Discovery+.

Those with a subscription will be able to stream the game live on their laptops, smart TVs, smartphones and tablets via the Discovery+ app.

It will cost you £30.99 per month to subscribe to Discovery+.

Liverpool vs Newcastle team news

Newcastle have received some positive injury news this week as Joelinton could return from injury against Brighton.

The Brazilian midfielder has missed the last four matches with a knee injury but is nearly fit again, though he won’t play against Liverpool.

Sandro Tonali is ‘fine’ to start, however, after the Italian was benched on the weekend due to a hamstring problem.

Howe said in his pre-match press conference: “Again with Joe, it is similar to Sven, he is really improving and doing really well and pushing.

“He is another player who could be quite close [for Liverpool]. Joe is always important from a number of perspectives, especially in defending set pieces.

“Sandro came through fine, I anticipate he will be fully fit for Wednesday.”

Whether Tonali will replace Lewis Miley, who was excellent against Forest, remains to be seen.

Sven Botman and Jamaal Lascelles remain sidelined.

Liverpool, meanwhile, expect Alexis Mac Allister to be available but will be without defensive duo Conor Bradley and Joe Gomez.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
1	LiverpoolLiverpool	27	19	7	1	64	26	38	64
2	ArsenalArsenal	26	15	8	3	51	23	28	53
3	Nottm ForestNottingham Forest	26	14	5	7	44	33	11	47
4	ChelseaChelsea	27	13	7	7	52	36	16	46
5	Man CityManchester City	26	13	5	8	52	37	15	44
6	NewcastleNewcastle	26	13	5	8	46	36	10	44
7	B’mouthBournemouth	27	12	7	8	45	32	13	43
8	BrightonBrighton	27	11	10	6	44	39	5	43
9	FulhamFulham	27	11	9	7	40	36	4	42
10	Aston VillaAston Villa	28	11	9	8	40	45	-5	42

Referee and officials

• Referee: Chris Kavanagh
• Assistants: Simon Bennett, Dan Robathan
• Fourth official: Darren Bond
• VAR: Matt Donohue
• Assistant VAR: Wade Smith

Prediction

Newcastle are increasingly difficult to predict at the moment, especially in the wake of a match in which they led 4-1 and came perilously close to throwing it all away.

The Magpies were sublime when they met Liverpool in December, with Fabian Schar’s late equaliser more than deserved. Isak managed to rumble Virgil van Dijk, which not many strikers do, and Newcastle proved they can hurt them.

Yet, if they defend like they did vs Forest against Liverpool and Mohamed Salah, then they could be in real trouble.

Prediction: Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle.