Leeds United and Newcastle United will take on on Saturday the 22nd of January at 3:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in Leeds at the Elland Road. The encounter will be officiated by Chris Kavanagh.
Leeds United sits in the 15th position in the table with 22 points. It comes from a 2-3 win against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 5 times, draw 7 times, and lost 8 times.
Newcastle United is in the 19th position in the table with 12 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Watford in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won once, draw 9 times, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Leeds United
Leeds United has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 35.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (7 times), 3-3-3-1 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: I. Meslier, S. Dallas, D. Llorente Ríos, P. Struijk, L. Ayling, M. Klich, J. Harrison, L. Bate, R. Dias Belloli and D. James.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Leeds United would be 26.50.
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera will probably not be able to employ J. Gelhardt and T. Roberts because of injury.
L. Cooper, C. Cresswell, H. Firpo Adames, J. Shackleton, A. Forshaw, K. Phillips and P. Bamford will definitely miss the match.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-4-2 and 5-3-2 (4 times or 20.00% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (4 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 5-4-1 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Leeds United with the following players: M. Dúbravka, K. Darlow, F. Woodman, F. Schär, J. Lascelles, K. Trippier, J. Shelvey, J. Apolinário de Lira, S. Longstaff, A. Saint-Maximin and R. Fraser.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Newcastle United would be 28.73.
Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ C. Clark and M. Ritchie because of injury.
F. Fernández, I. Hayden and C. Wilson will definitely miss the match.