Leeds United vs Newcastle predictions are already dividing opinion, with pundits Chris Sutton and Alan Shearer landing on different outcomes ahead of Monday night’s Premier League meeting at Elland Road, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post.
The Whites go into the game unbeaten in the Premier League but stinging from Wednesday’s 6-3 Carabao Cup defeat at Chelsea, a night on which Daniel Farke’s heavily rotated side led 2-0 before conceding six after the break.
Leeds United vs Newcastle predictions: how the two sides compare
There is very little between them on paper. Both clubs have taken five points from a possible nine, with Newcastle sitting above Leeds only on goal difference. The visitors arrive under new head coach Matthias Jaissle following the end of Eddie Howe’s tenure, and without Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimaraes and Anthony Gordon, all of whom left over the summer. Newcastle won 1-0 at Millwall in the Carabao Cup in midweek.
Team news may yet settle it. The YEP reports that £30m signing Amar Dedic is a major doubt for Jaissle’s side, while Leeds remain without Joe Rodon after the hamstring injury he sustained against Brentford. Our full Leeds United vs Newcastle injury and team news round-up has the latest on both squads.
Farke, who has not yet met his opposite number, said of Jaissle: “A good and bright start… I haven’t met him yet, never before, so that will be also for me the first time.”
Two evenly matched sides, a rebuilt Newcastle and Elland Road under the lights on a Monday night — it is not hard to see why the pundits cannot agree.
