Leeds United and Newcastle United both seek to preserve their unbeaten starts in a Premier League clash at Elland Road.
Sat 10th and one position behind Newcastle on goal difference, victory would lift Leeds as high as third in the table if can win by two goals or more.
Matthias Jaissle’s Magpies likewise can go third with a win – even if win by a single goal due to their higher number of goals compared to third-placed Hull.
Team News
Leeds have no fresh injury concerns after their 6-3 Carabao Cup exit at Chelsea last Wednesday evening.
Ilia Gruev could return from a knee injury but Joe Rodon (hamstring) and Mateo Joseph (ACL) remain absent.
Newcastle could be without Amar Dedic after he suffered a hamstring injury during their 1-0 Carabao Cup win at Millwall last Tuesday evening.
Ewen Jaouen (ankle) faces a late fitness test but William Osula (foot), Dan Burn (ankle) and Joelinton (groin) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Leeds meet Newcastle on Monday 14 September at 8pm BST, live on Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Leeds are winless in their last six Premier League meetings against Newcastle (D4, L2).
- Newcastle have lost one of their last eight league visits to Leeds (W4, D3, L1).
- Anton Stach has produced more crosses than any other Leeds players in their first three league matches this season (15).
- No Newcastle player has drawn more fouls than Yoane Wissa in their first three league matches this season (11).
Prediction
Despite having made eight changes for their dramatic Carabao Cup exit at Chelsea, Leeds and Daniel Farke’s biggest worry has to be how the defence chucked a 2-0 lead away after a strong first half and early spell in the second half.
Farke though will have many regulars back in the starting 11 here so this is an opportunity to put that second-string collapse aside and reset, especially with them free to put clear focus on league matters now until January which might not be a bad thing if want to avoid any second season syndrome effect.
Newcastle meanwhile were impressively strong at Millwall but to put just six of 25 shots on target and score just once is pretty poor, yet their defence was crucially solid and they kept a clean sheet and won which is the important thing so I expect them to be sharper here.
This clash therefore should be interesting because neither team will want to lose and have reactions to produce after their Carabao Cup displays, so I expect a tough fight and a point apiece.
Prediction: Leeds 1-1 Newcastle
Leave a Reply