Leeds Utd’s poor run of form at home continued last time out as they were beaten 2-1 by West Ham Utd. Bielsa’s men have now failed to win their last five games at Elland Road, losing three times and drawing twice.
Wednesday’s hosts had appeared to have turned their form around with a draw against Arsenal followed by a win at Everton, but since then, they have lost their next two games.
The most recent encounters between Leeds and Newcastle have tended to go the way of the Magpies. Newcastle have won three of their last four competitive games against Leeds and are unbeaten against them since 2002.
Newcastle Utd head into Wednesday’s Premier League clash sitting two positions and 3pts above Leeds. The visitors are the clear form favourites heading into this match as they have won three of their last five league games. During that run Newcastle have beaten Everton, Crystal Palace and West Brom, and will be looking to make it three wins on the trot when they face-off against Leeds.
Under 2.5 goals have been produced in four of Newcastle’s last six matches, suggesting that we won’t have a goal-fest in Wednesday’s match. The last four competitive meetings between Leeds and Newcastle have also featured under 2.5 goals, with the Magpies keeping three clean sheets in those four fixtures.
Newcastle also kept a clean sheet in their last away game, beating Crystal palace 2-0 and over the weekend they followed that result with a 2-1 home win over West Brom.
Newcastle have heavily relied on the goals of Callum Wilson so far this season. The English international striker has bagged 7-goals in the Premier League this season, which is a good job as no other Newcastle player has chipped in with more than 1-goal so far.
The hosts are expected to be without Llotente, Berardi, Forshaw and Koch due to injury, while Dummett has officially been ruled out for the visitors. Newcastle do have concerns over Fernandez, Saint-Maximin, Lascelles, Fraser and Dubravka, so some late fitness tests will be required.
The form favourites, Newcastle, look best placed to claim all 3pts on Wednesday. The visitors have scored exactly 2-goals in three of their last five matches, making a 2-0 final scoreline look probable.
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