📏 Form Guide

Newcastle United

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Newcastle United will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following the 2-0 Premier League victory versus Crystal Palace.

In that game, Newcastle United managed 59% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 7 of them on target. For Newcastle United, the goals were scored by Bruno Guimarães (71') and Malick Thiaw (78'). For their opponents, Crystal Palace had 11 shots on goal with 1 on target.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Newcastle United have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Newcastle United have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 8 goals in the process.

Analysis of their past results shows that Newcastle United:

• haven't lost in the league to Leeds United in their previous 5 games.
• have not registered a win against Leeds United in their previous 3 league games.

Leeds United

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In their last fixture, Leeds United drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Manchester United.

In that game, Leeds United managed 45% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The scorer for Leeds United was Brenden Aaronson (62'). Manchester United got 15 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Cunha (65') scored for Manchester United.

The stats tell the story, and Leeds United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 7 goals in total. Defensively, Leeds United have been far from perfect. Having said that, we must now wait to see if such a trend will continue on in this match.

Their previous form shows that Leeds United:

• have not beaten Newcastle United when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
• haven't been beaten by Newcastle United in games played away from home for the previous 4 matches in the league. A solid away record against them.
• are without a win away from home in their last 7 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 26/01/2021, there has been little to separate the clubs with Newcastle United winning 1 of those games, Leeds United 1 and 4 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A total of 10 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 from The Magpies and 5 belonging to The Whites. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.67.

The last league encounter between these clubs was Premier League match day 3 on 30/08/2025 when it ended Leeds United 0-0 Newcastle United.

On that occasion, Leeds United had 43% possession and 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.

Newcastle United had 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Peter Bankes.

📰 Team News: Newcastle United

William Osula (Ankle injury) and Dan Burn (Bruised ribs) aren’t available for Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe.

It seems likely that The Magpies will probably go for a 4-3-3 formation in the match, utilising Nick Pope, Lewis Miley, Malick Thiaw, Fabian Schaer, Lewis Hall, Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Harvey Barnes, Nick Woltemade and Anthony Gordon.

ℹ️ Team News: Leeds United

There’s a good chance that The Whites seem most likely to utilise a 3-5-2 system by sending out Lucas Perri, Joe Rodon, Jaka Bijol, Pascal Struijk, James Justin, Anton Stach, Ethan Ampadu, Ilia Gruev, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Brenden Aaronson and D. Calvert-Lewin.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that Leeds United will likely be able to put one past this Newcastle United side, although that realistically won’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re predicting a close game with a 2-1 winning score for Newcastle United at full-time. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Renata Leite, 20:03 07/01/2026