Leeds vs Newcastle Predicted Lineups

Lineups will be updated throughout the week in live time as and when injury and lineup news is announced.

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Leeds Predicted Lineup:

Leeds Predicted Lineup GW3

GK - Perri

RB - Bogle

CB - Rodon

CB - Struijk

LB - Gudmundsson

CM - Longstaff

CM - Gruev

CM - Stach

RW - James

LW - Gnonto

ST - Nmecha

Leeds Team News:

• Ampadu is set to be sidelined with an MCL injury until post-international break.
• Fellow starting midfielder Tanaka also suffered an MCL injury of some kind against Arsenal but managed to continue playing. Daniel Farke revealed “After a tackle in the first half, he had problems with his MCL. He kept going and I hope it’s not too bad… There are a few concerns that it would be an injury but it’s normally positive that he could play further on. But we will have to assess him and we will see how long it takes to get him fit and back to full fitness.”
• While it is as positive a diagnosis on an MCL injury could be, and he is in with a shot of playing in GW3, it’s more likely Tanaka is not fit enough for this weekend’s game and Longstaff comes into midfield to replace him.
• Gruev came in to midfield for the injured Ampadu last week and will retain his place.
• Despite scoring the winning goal in GW1, Nmecha did not take Piroe’s place in the starting lineup. One to watch especially with Piroe playing all 90 minutes in the EFL Cup game against Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday. It would stand to reason that this is because Nmecha is starting this weekend against Newcastle.

Players to watch:

Ampadu:

Longstaff:

Nmecha:

Piroe:

Newcastle Predicted Lineup:

Newcastle Predicted Lineup GW3

GK - Pope

RB - Livramento

CB - Thiaw

CB - Burn

LB - Hall

CM - Miley

CM - Guimaraes

CM - Ramsey

RW - Elanga

LW - Barnes

ST - Osula

Newcastle Team News:

• Lewis Hall made a good returning cameo off the bench against Liverpool and should be fit to start in GW3 against Leeds. As good of a servant as Trippier has been, Livramento and Hall are better players than him at his age and are the future at full-back for Newcastle.
• Schar, Tonali and Joelinton all suffered injuries that forced them off against Liverpool in GW2. All 3 will almost certainly miss this clash against Leeds.
• Schar suffered what looks to be a concussion, and Eddie Howe essentially confirmed as much. Players typically miss between 7-10 days of football activities and on average at least 1 match before rejoining the team for training after entering the concussion protocol.
• Tonali suffered what looks to be a shoulder injury and you could see he could not move or lift his arm without extreme pain against Liverpool once he suffered the injury. Joelinton suffered a groin injury and came off immediately.
• Howe, speaking on Friday revealed the two midfielders injuries are actually not as bad as first thought. He stated “Relatively good news on both players. When they left the pitch we feared they’d be out long term because it didn’t look good for either but Joelinton’s scan was relatively good – he will miss this weekend but there’s a chance he could be available the other side of the international break… Similar for Tonali, I think his injury isn’t serious, he’s battling trying to be fit for tomorrow but whether he will make it I’m not sure. But really positive signs because we thought we’d be losing them for longer.”
• The fact Tonali even has a remote chance to play this weekend is a great sign but I highly doubt he will start. Best case scenario is starting on the bench. Joelinton will miss GW3.
• Gordon serves the first match of his 3 match ban for the red card he received for his tackle on Van Dijk that is deemed at violent conduct. Remember, a straight red is only a 3 match ban if it is deemed violent/serious foul play.
• Howe spoke highly of Will Osula on friday who is in line to start at striker in GW3 after his equalising goal for Newcastle against Liverpool in GW2 before Liverpool eventually got their stoppage time winner. Howe said “I thought Will did really well when he came on on Monday night. He gave us renewed energy, he has improved a lot from this time last year”.

Lewis-Hall:

Barnes:

Osula:

Ramsey:

Miley:

Gordon:

Tonali:

Joelinton:

Schar: