Source: Liverpool_Echo
Pre-match preview: Everton FC v Newcastle United, Premier League
Everton's last five games[LNB]Sept 11: Premier League - Everton 3 Manchester United 3[LNB]August 29: Premier League - Aston Villa 1 Everton 0[LNB] August 25: Carling Cup - Everton 5 Huddersfield 1[LNB]August 21: Premier League - Everton 1 Wolves 1[LNB]August 14: Premier League - Blackburn 1 Everton 0[LNB]Newcastle's last five games[LNB]Sept 11: Premier League - Newcastle 0 Blackpool 2[LNB]August 28: Premier League - Wolves 1 Newcastle 1[LNB]August 25: Carling Cup - Accrington Stanley 2 Newcastle 3[LNB]August 22: Premier League - Newcastle 6 Aston Villa 0[LNB]August 16: Premier League - Manchester United 3 Newcastle 0[LNB]Past meetings[LNB]11 May 2008: Premier League - Everton 3 Newcastle 1 (match report)[LNB]17 August 1996: Premier League - Everton 2 Newcastle 0[LNB]27 August 1988: Division One - Everton 4 Newcastle 0[LNB]Everton v Newcastle has been a remarkably equal fixture throughout its long history. In a total of 158 games between the two sides in all competitions - dating back to the first meeting in February 1920 - each team has won 62 times, with 34 draws. Goal difference separates them, but only just: Everton have scored 238 goals against the Geordies, and have conceded 239.[LNB]In the last game of the 2007/08 season, the Blues beat Newcastle 3-1 at Goodison, clinching fifth place in the league and European football for the next year. The game was notable for an immense performance from Yakubu who bagged a brace, with Joleon Lescott getting on the scoresheet too.[LNB] Everton's 2-0 win over the Barcodes in August 1996 came on the opening day of the season. While all the attention was on the debut of Newcastle's new £15m signing Alan Shearer, Blues' debutant Gary Speed stole the thunder, notching his first goal for the club with David Unsworth getting the other from the penalty spot to help secure the win.
