It seems an unlikely pairing for the Premier League's latest rivalry.
But anyone who watched the two feisty, tetchy and splenetic clashes between Newcastle and Liverpool last season will know just how intensely each side wants to beat the other.
The Saudi side against the Culture Club. New money and old dominance, the northern upstarts against the traditional northern powerhouse.
Newcastle pipped Liverpool to the fourth and final Champions League spot last season but host them at St James' Park on Sunday without a win in 14 games across eight years.