Newcastle United and Leeds United will face on Saturday the 31st of December at 3:00 pm in the 18th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Newcastle upon Tyne at the St. James’ Park. The referee will be Simon Hooper.
Newcastle United occupies the 3rd place in the standings with 33 points. It comes from a 0-3 win against Leicester City in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 9 times, draw 6 times, and lost once.
Newcastle United won the last 6 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 31st of August against Liverpool and the score was 2-1.
Leeds United is in the 15th place in the table with 15 points. It comes from a 1-3 loss against Manchester City in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 4 times, draw 3 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Newcastle United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (16 times).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Leeds United with the following players: N. Pope, F. Woodman, D. Burn, F. Schär, S. Botman, K. Trippier, J. Willock, S. Longstaff, B. Guimarães Rodriguez Moura, Joelinton and M. Almirón Rejala.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Newcastle United would be 27.00.
Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ C. Wilson because of injury.
E. Krafth, J. Shelvey and A. Isak will definitely miss the match.
Leeds United
Leeds United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 93.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Jesse Marsch is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: I. Meslier, P. Struijk, R. Koch, L. Cooper, R. Kristensen, T. Adams, M. Roca, C. Summerville, B. Aaronson, D. Gnonto and Rodrigo.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Leeds United would be 24.45.
S. Dallas, L. Sinisterra Lucumí and P. Bamford will definitely miss the match.