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Newcastle United and Leeds United meet at St. James’ Park, in a match for the 20th round of the Premier League. In the last head-to-head for this edition of the league, on 16‑12‑2020, Leeds United won at home by (5‑2). The record of direct confrontations in the last 3 years is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 2 games won 1 and drew 1. Attention to the home factor, as Newcastle United usually achieve different results at home and away.
Newcastle :
After 5 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses, the home team is currently in 16th position, with 19 points won. In their last match, they lost to Aston Villa away by (2‑0), after in the previous match having lost by (3‑0) away, in a match against Arsenal. This is a stronger team with the support of its fans, since in the last 30 games it has registered 3 victories, 4 draws and 8 losses as a visitor, with 17 goals scored and 24 suffered; against 6 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats in his stadium, with 18 goals scored and 23 suffered. In their last 9 home games for the championship Newcastle United won 3, drew 2 and lost 4, for which they have won 11 points out of 27 possible. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency for goals, since 6 of their last 9 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 19 games in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 11 times and never managed to come back. In the last 11 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 4 of their 11 goals between minutes (76′ ‑ 90 ‘).
Newcastle United enter this match with a 2-0 loss on the road trip to Aston Villa, recording the fourth consecutive defeat in this Premier League. Usually, the home team chooses to play a traditional 5-4-1, where the most advanced player is Callum Wilson. When playing against a competent opponent in attack, the home club is expected to adopt a more defensive stance, with the aim of not losing its balance. Callum Wilson is Newcastle’s top scorer with 8 goals scored. Coach Steve Bruce cannot count on Paul Dummett and Federico Fernandez, players recovering from injury.
Leeds:
The visiting team is currently in 12th position, with 23 points won, after 7 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost away to Tottenham Hotspur by (3‑0). In the last match, they lost at home to Brighton & Hove Albion by (0‑1). This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games it has registered 8 victories and 7 losses as a visitor, with 28 goals scored and 27 suffered; against 7 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats in his stadium, with 28 goals scored and 16 suffered. For the championship, Leeds United won 12 points out of a possible 27, after 4 wins and 5 losses in the last 9 away games. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 7 of the last 9 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 18 games in this competition, he only managed 1 comeback in the 9 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Leeds United arrives unmotivated for this game after the defeat, by 0-1, against Brighton, adding the second defeat in a row in this competition. The visiting team tends to play 4-3-3, favoring a more relaxed style of play, attacking down the center aisle. The three arrows pointing to the “enemy’s” goal will be Jack Harrison, Raphinha and Patrick Bamford, and the player in charge of defining and leading his team’s attacks is midfielder Mateusz Klich. Out of this game are Gaetano Berardi and Robin Koch, both with physical problems.
Newcastle vs Leeds head to head matches
16.12.20 PL Leeds Newcastle 5 : 2
14.04.17 CHA Newcastle Leeds 1 : 1
20.11.16 CHA Leeds Newcastle 0 : 2
25.09.13 EFL Newcastle Leeds 2 : 0
31.07.11 CF Leeds Newcastle 3 : 2