Goals and Highlights: Leeds United 0-1 Newcastle United in Premier League
Newcastle was looking for the victory to get out of the last places, however they faced a Leeds team that had won their last two games, the game started and Leeds looked better on the field, however in the first half they were tied, for the second half Newcastle adjusted and took the lead that would give them the victory.
Ryan Fraser , who recorded an assist in last season's trip to Elland Road and Allan Saint-Maximin , who scored in the return leg against the Whites in September, will aim to support Chris Wood , who spent three seasons with the Yorkshire outfit, in attack.
"He has a unique idea and is slightly different to the norm. I think anyone who has those strong beliefs and is a little bit different has all my respect, because he's also been successful and has brought his idea and his identity to many different clubs."
Raphinha has scored in his last two Premier League appearances against Newcastle United for Leeds United. The last White player to score in three consecutive league games against the Magpies was Albert Johanneson in October 1967.
Leeds have scored three goals in each of their last two Premier League games, 3-1 and 3-2 wins over Burnley and West Ham respectively. The last time they scored more than three goals in three consecutive Premier League games was in December 2001, while they last won three in a row and scored at least three in November 1997.
Welcome to the rebroadcast of the match between Leeds and Newcastle, today's game is very important for both teams, Leeds are looking for their third consecutive victory and Newcastle needs to start adding three points to forget about relegation, stay to see how this story ends.
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Saint Maximin, a 24-year-old French winger, is one of the jewels of the team. The skillful player has played in all 19 games played by Newcastle, scoring five times and assisting on three occasions, the Newcastle 10 only needs a better offensive partner to be even more dangerous and with the team's investment they will surely achieve this with him as a fundamental part of the project.
Raphinha, Brazilian striker of 25 years of age, wearing the 10 of Leeds, has become one of the best players of his team thanks to his good performances match after match, in this campaign he has played 15 of 17 games and has been able to concede 7 goals, being the top scorer of Leeds this season, his talent and nose for goal make him a very dangerous player for any defense so if he lines up in the starting 11 against Arsenal they will have to be very close to prevent him from scoring goals.
Leeds United and Newcastle faced each other last September 17 in the current Premier League season, the game ended in a one-goal draw, the goals came in the first half and the rest of the game was just a formality, the scorers were Rafael and Saint-Maximin.
Newcastle still unable to climb out of the relegation zone
Newcastle since before the start of the season was giving a lot of talk because it had been bought by a group of businessmen who would bring a lot of money, in the summer did not arrive the star reinforcements, that was reflected when the team began to occupy the last places of the Premier League, the team in the relegation zone decided to make a change of technical director, but things did not improve much, although the team has good players the results have not accompanied him, after 19 games the team only accumulated a victory, 10 defeats and 8 draws, with this situation, Trippier arrived to the team from Atletico Madrid, the English right back already knows the league as he played for Tottenham and had very good performances, Chris Wood arrives from Burnley to cover the absence of Wilson who will be out for eight weeks, Newcastle has a four-game winless streak with three consecutive defeats and two draws, the duel against Watford was a very important game to leave the bottom of the table, however the draw kept them down despite the reinforcements.
In their return to the Premier League, Marcelo Bielsa's team has surprised more than one since, with the exception of Leicester City who managed to win the championship after promotion, the newly promoted teams struggle in the last places to avoid returning to the lower category, the team managed by Bielsa finished in ninth position out of the relegation fight, their style of play and the determination of the players has given them the possibility of staying in the top category, in this season the team has been solid against similar teams while against the big six they have not been so lucky, Leeds had several games without winning with three consecutive defeats, those defeats were against Chelsea, ManchesterCity and Arsenal, Bielsa's team was already in the lower parts of the Premier League, however the victory against Burnley 3-1 gave them a break because against West Ham they also won 3-2, Leeds is on a good run and if they get another victory against Newcastle they would move away from the bottom.
The Premier League is at its most cardiac point of the season at the bottom of the table, one mistake and it could mean throwing the whole season away, for Newcastle every duel is life or death as they are second to last in the standings and need to start adding three points to get out of that position, Leeds went through a bad time losing several games however in the last two games they have found the victory.
Good afternoon to all VAVEL readers! Welcome to the live broadcast of Leeds United vs Newcastle United in the Premier League. The match will take place at Elland Road, at 10:00 PM ET.
