VS
Newcastle vs Leeds is an English matchup built from close margins, repeated draws and occasional bursts of scoring. Newcastle have taken important narrow wins, Leeds have produced a clear high-scoring answer, and several contests have finished level. That blend gives the fixture a balanced, volatile character: a future meeting may again turn on whether either side can convert pressure into separation before the familiar stalemate returns.
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Starting eleven
Substitutes Leeds
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16G
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11M
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23F
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26D
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15D
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7F
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8M
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14F
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10F
Newcastle Substitutes
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G
1
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D
2
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D
5
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M
8
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M
14
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F
17
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M
28
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M
41
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M
76
Match events
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19'Sean Steur Nico González
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32'⚽Lewis Miley Own Goal
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34'⚽Jayden Bogle Normal Goal (Asst: Dominic Calvert-Lewin)
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44'Dominic Calvert-Lewin Yellow Card
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45' +1⚽Dominic Calvert-Lewin Normal Goal (Asst: Tarik Muharemovic)
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54'Jacob Murphy Yellow Card
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57'Bazoumana Touré Jacob Murphy
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58'Joe Willock Matias Fernandez-Pardo
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58'Valentino Livramento Amar Dedić
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59'⚽Noah Okafor Normal Goal
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72'Harry Wilson Noah Okafor
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72'Brenden Aaronson Ao Tanaka
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72'Melvin Bard Gabriel Gudmundsson
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78'Lukas Nmecha Dominic Calvert-Lewin
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80'Aladji Bamba Lewis Miley
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83'Daniel James Jayden Bogle
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88'Sean Longstaff Anton Stach
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90'⚽Bazoumana Touré Normal Goal
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90' +1Valentino Livramento Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Newcastle VS Leeds
Draws are part of the identity
Newcastle and Leeds drew 1–1 in April 2017, a result that underlines how often the matchup resists a clean hierarchy. The scoreline left the same question about who can find the decisive opening, a question that has returned in later meetings as well. It also gives the fixture a patient side beneath its more dramatic results.
Either side can change the tone
Leeds’ 5–2 home win in December 2020 supplied the clearest attacking swing, while Newcastle’s 1–0 victory away in January 2022 showed the other route: a narrow result built on keeping the margin small. The exchange shows a balanced contest, with individual moments deciding games rather than a permanent hierarchy. Newcastle’s greater share of decisive examples does not erase Leeds’ ability to turn the game. A future meeting will ask whether it becomes another draw, a one-goal contest or a more open answer.