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Two Liverpool fixtures rearranged in January as Anfield set for huge Saturday night clash

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCLiverpool's matches away at Bournemouth and at home to Newcastle have both been moved by broadcasters Sky Sports and TNT SportsLiverpool have seen their two Premier League matches in late January moved to evening kick-offs after Sky Sports and TNT Sports made their latest selections for live broadcasts.The Reds will close out the month with a trip to Bournemouth on January 24 and then a home game against Newcastle United on January 31, with those fixtures either side of a Champions League tie at home to Azerbaijani minnows Qarabag on January 28.The Reds began the Premier League season with the reverse fixtures against the Cherries and the Magpies, with Arne Slot's champions eventually coming out 4-2 winners over Andoni Iraola's side on the opening night of the season thanks to late strikes from Federico Chiesa and Mohamed Salah, before Rio Ngumoha's 100th minute winner edged out Newcastle 3-2 on Tyneside.READ MORE: Liverpool sent Antoine Semenyo message as £40m transfer agreement reached - 'Would love him'READ MORE: Jamie Carragher urges Liverpool to complete January transfer - 'They have to'In the New Year they will take on Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium at 5.30pm on Saturday, January 24, with the match broadcast live on Sky Sports.Liverpool won 2-0 on the south coast last season en route to the Premier League title thanks to a Salah brace, and after the win at Anfield in August they have won 13 of their last 14 matches against the Cherries.Then after Qarabag come calling to Anfield in the final match of the league phase of the Champions League, it will be the turn of Newcastle United to visit for an 8pm kick-off on Saturday, January 31.The fixture at St James' Park earlier in the season was played out amid Newcastle fans' growing fury over Liverpool's transfer pursuit of Alexander Isak, who will come face-to-face with his former employers for the first time after leaving in a British record £125m transfer.Newcastle possess a dismal record at Anfield and haven't won there since a League Cup tie in 1995, with their last Premier League win at Liverpool's home coming a year earlier.