Leeds United and Newcastle United are going to play on Saturday the 13th of May at 12:30 pm in the 36th week of the Premier League. The match will take place in Leeds at the Elland Road. The encounter will be officiated by Simon Hooper.
Leeds United is in the 19th place in the league with 30 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Manchester City in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 9 times, and lost 19 times.
Newcastle United sits in the 3rd place in the table with 65 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Arsenal in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 18 times, draw 11 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Leeds United
Leeds United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (32 times or 91.43%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (32 times), 4-3-3 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Sam Allardyce is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: Robin Koch, Junior Firpo, Rasmus Kristensen, Maximilian Wöber, Luke Ayling, Weston McKennie, Adam Forshaw, Marc Roca, Jack Harrison, Degnand Gnonto and Patrick Bamford.
If this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Leeds United would be 27.09.
Liam Cooper, Stuart Dallas, Tyler Adams and Luis Sinisterra will definitely miss the match.
Newcastle United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (34 times).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Leeds United with the following players: Nick Pope, Dan Burn, Fabian Schär, Sven Botman, Kieran Trippier, Joelinton, Bruno Guimarães, Joseph Willock, Alexander Isak, Jacob Murphy and Callum Wilson.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Newcastle United would be 28.18.
Emil Krafth, Sean Longstaff and Matthew Longstaff will definitely miss the match.