English Premier League

FT Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Leeds United DWDDD 3
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Newcastle United WDLWW 4
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LEE213
NEW134
St. James' Park · 52,176 att.

Match Report

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Newcastle strike late to edge Leeds in 7-goal thriller

Harvey Barnes snatched a 4-3 victory over Leeds as Newcastle served up a seven-goal Premier League thriller of which Kevin Keegan would be proud.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
3
37.5
Possession
62.5
14
SHOTS
18
6
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
256
Accurate Passes
471
334
Passes
545
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
9
12
Crosses
35
0.3
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
47
24
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
16
Interceptions
9
33
Effective Clearances
32
33
Clearances
32

Head to Head

NEW leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

NEW · 4-3-3

  1. 1Nick PopeG
  2. 5Fabian SchärCD-L
  3. 12Malick ThiawCD-R
  4. 3Lewis HallLB
  5. 67Lewis MileyRB
  6. 8Sandro TonaliCM
  7. 7JoelintonLM
  8. 39Bruno GuimarãesRM
  9. 27Nick WoltemadeF
  10. 10Anthony GordonLF
  11. 11Harvey BarnesRF

Substitutes

  1. 21Tino LivramentoSUB
  2. 2Kieran TrippierSUB
  3. 28Joe WillockSUB
  4. 41Jacob RamseySUB
  5. 9Yoane WissaSUB
  6. 4Sven BotmanSUB
  7. 37Alex MurphySUB
  8. 32Aaron RamsdaleSUB
  9. 23Jacob MurphySUB

LEE · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Lucas PerriG
  2. 15Jaka BijolCD
  3. 5Pascal StruijkCD-L
  4. 6Joe RodonCD-R
  5. 4Ethan AmpaduSW
  6. 44Ilia GruevCM-L
  7. 18Anton StachCM-R
  8. 3Gabriel GudmundssonLM
  9. 24James JustinRM
  10. 11Brenden AaronsonCF-L
  11. 9Dominic Calvert-LewinCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Jack Harrison
  2. 19Noah Okafor
  3. 26Karl Darlow
  4. 23Sebastiaan Bornauw
  5. 22Ao Tanaka
  6. 14Lukas Nmecha
  7. 25Sam Byram
  8. 29Wilfried Gnonto
  9. 10Joël Piroe

Timeline

  1. 7' Malick Thiaw (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 22' Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 32' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Leeds United 1. Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
  4. 36' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Leeds United 1. Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nick Woltemade.
  5. 45'+3' Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45'+5' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Leeds United 2. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  7. 45'+6' Joelinton (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 45' Substitution, Newcastle United. Sven Botman replaces Malick Thiaw.
  9. 45' Substitution, Newcastle United. Tino Livramento replaces Sandro Tonali.
  10. 54' Goal! Newcastle United 2, Leeds United 2. Joelinton (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
  11. 75' Substitution, Newcastle United. Yoane Wissa replaces Nick Woltemade.
  12. 76' Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Ramsey replaces Fabian Schär because of an injury.
  13. 79' Goal! Newcastle United 2, Leeds United 3. Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ilia Gruev.
  14. 80' Substitution, Leeds United. Noah Okafor replaces Anton Stach.
  15. 81' Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Murphy replaces Anthony Gordon.
  16. 87' Substitution, Leeds United. Lukas Nmecha replaces Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
  17. 90'+1' Goal! Newcastle United 3, Leeds United 3. Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  18. 90'+7' Substitution, Leeds United. Sebastiaan Bornauw replaces Joe Rodon.
  19. 90'+7' Substitution, Leeds United. Ao Tanaka replaces Ilia Gruev.
  20. 90'+7' Substitution, Leeds United. Wilfried Gnonto replaces Brenden Aaronson because of an injury.
  21. 90'+10' Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  22. 90'+12' Goal! Newcastle United 4, Leeds United 3. Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sven Botman.

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