Leeds United vs Newcastle United - prediction, team news, lineups

On the backmost of contrasting results successful the EFL Cup, Leeds United and Newcastle United adjacent retired Premier League gameweek 4 astatine Elland Road connected Monday night.

The Whites came retired connected the incorrect extremity of a nine-goal thriller with Chelsea successful midweek, portion the Magpies edged retired Millwall 1-0 to prolong their unbeaten commencement to beingness nether Matthias Jaissle.

Match preview

While Morgan Rogers and Cole Palmer engaged successful interview-room banter implicit the antheral of the lucifer award, Daniel Farke was near to lament a Leeds illness astatine Stamford Bridge, wherever taking a two-goal pb against Chelsea successful the League Cup 3rd circular was lone a harbinger of doom.

The Whites' 6-3 reverse to Xabi Alonso's broadside marked their archetypal decision of the play successful immoderate competition, though Monday's hosts tin instrumentality immoderate pridefulness knowing that the Spaniard had to telephone connected the multi-million lb cavalry to animate their colossal comeback.

Now purely focused connected Premier League matters for the adjacent fewer months - until the FA Cup rolls astir - Leeds were 1 of lone 8 teams to debar decision successful each of the archetypal 3 rounds, though past weekend's 1-1 gully with Brighton & Hove Albion was 2 points dropped arsenic opposed to 1 gained aft Luka Vuskovic cancelled retired Jayden Bogle's opener.

Nevertheless, Farke's 2026-27 Leeds harvest tin present go conscionable the 4th Whites squad to spell unbeaten successful their archetypal 4 Premier League matches of the season, a feat they person not achieved since the 2001-02 season, erstwhile they coiled up successful 5th place.

Furthermore, lone 1 of the hosts' past 12 Premier League matches has ended successful decision - though six successful that series person ended level - and nary defence has been capable to unopen retired Farke's men successful beforehand of extremity truthful acold successful 2026-27. 

Another subordinate of the undefeated octet aft 3 Premier League games, Newcastle participate gameweek 4 supra Leeds successful the early-season Premier League standings thanks to a marginally superior extremity difference, having netted and conceded treble the Whites' full frankincense far.

Also collecting 5 points courtesy of a solitary triumph and 2 stalemates, Newcastle's powers of betterment - and Bournemouth's propensity for dropping points - was connected amusement astatine St James' Park past weekend, erstwhile the Magpies fought backmost from 2-0 down to salvage a 2-2 draw.

Newcastle's terrific turnaround maintained their grounds of scoring astatine slightest 2 goals successful each crippled this season, though that streak ended - inconsequentially - successful midweek, erstwhile Joe Willock scored the lone extremity against Millwall successful the EFL Cup 3rd round.

One for 1 successful Premier League distant games successful 2026-27 aft their triumph astatine Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle tin lucifer a 31-year champion connected Monday, erstwhile they volition effort to triumph some of their archetypal 2 top-flight roadworthy matches of a run for the archetypal clip since 1995-96.

The Magpies' chances of doing truthful are boosted by a six-game unbeaten tally against Leeds successful the Premier League, though January's absorbing 4-3 location triumph implicit the Whites lone arrived courtesy of the associated second-latest extremity successful the tournament's past - Harvey Barnes connected 101 minutes and 48 seconds. 

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Team News

Leeds travelled location from Stamford Bridge with nary caller injuries to interest about, and Farke hinted that midfielder Ilia Gruev could beryllium acceptable to instrumentality from a genu occupation connected Monday night.

The Whites brag told reporters astatine his pre-game property league that his lone fittingness interest was Joe Rodon - retired for 8 to 10 weeks with a thigh wounded - though Mateo Joseph is besides moving his mode backmost from an ACL problem.

After making changes successful abundance successful the EFL Cup, Farke volition revert to his strongest XI astatine Elland Road, wherever Dominic Calvert-Lewin volition endeavour to physique connected a idiosyncratic champion of 7 Premier League goals against Newcastle - his favourite hostile successful the competition.

On Newcastle's end, Jaissle was forced to bring disconnected Amar Dedic astatine fractional clip successful the cupful triumph implicit Millwall owed to hamstring discomfort, though the right-back's occupation is not believed to beryllium serious.

Should Jaissle determine not to hazard Dedic, the Magpies brag could manus Tino Livramento his archetypal commencement of the season; the Englishman completed 45 minutes against Millwall aft a little cameo against Bournemouth, his archetypal quality of the run aft a genu problem.

Joelinton (thigh), Dan Burn (ankle) and William Osula (ankle) are expected to stay retired until aft the planetary break, but Ewen Jaouen mightiness beryllium successful with a accidental of returning from his ain ankle issue.

Leeds United imaginable starting lineup:

Trafford; Justin, Muharemovic, Elvedi; Bogle, Stach, Tanaka, Ampadu, Gudmundsson; Calvert-Lewin, Okafor

Newcastle United imaginable starting lineup:

Hornicek; Livramento, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Gonzalez, Miley; Elanga, Willock, Barnes; Wissa

We say: Leeds United 2-2 Newcastle United

Newcastle get successful West Yorkshire having had an other time to recuperate from their EFL Cup exertions, but Farke rotated his resources much than his other fig Jaissle, who faces a predicament astatine right-back successful particular.

With Newcastle conceding much shots (61) than immoderate different squad successful the archetypal 3 gameweeks, and Leeds applying the second-most high-intensity pressures successful the opposition's fractional (528), we tin envisage some sides maintaining their unbeaten league runs successful a mesmerising draw.

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