Newcastle United vs Leeds United, 2025-26 English Premier League
· English Premier League
- 36': Harvey Barnes
- 54': Joelinton
- 90'+1': Bruno Guimarães (P)
- 90'+12': Harvey Barnes
FT
4 - 3
4 - 3
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.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Foul by Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United).
- 4': Ilia Gruev (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Malick Thiaw (Newcastle United).
- 7': James Justin (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 7': Malick Thiaw (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 7': Attempt missed. Pascal Struijk (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Anton Stach with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 10': Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United).
- 13': Foul by Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United).
- 13': Joelinton (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Foul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
- 14': Lucas Perri (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 20': Foul by Malick Thiaw (Newcastle United).
- 20': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Anton Stach.
- 22': Foul by Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United).
- 22': Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 25': Attempt saved. Anton Stach (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nick Pope (Newcastle United). Assisted by Ilia Gruev.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lewis Hall.
- 25': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Joe Rodon.
- 26': Attempt missed. Lewis Miley (Newcastle United) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães with a cross following a corner.
- 27': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Joelinton.
- 28': Attempt missed. Pascal Struijk (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Anton Stach with a cross following a corner.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Brenden Aaronson.
- 29': Attempt missed. Anton Stach (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
- 31': Attempt saved. Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Lucas Perri (Leeds United). Assisted by Lewis Hall.
- 31': Foul by Nick Woltemade (Newcastle United).
- 31': Joe Rodon (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 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.
- 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.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 39': Foul by Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United).
- 39': Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 39': Lewis Miley (Newcastle United) hits the right post with a left footed shot from very close range. Assisted by Anthony Gordon with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 44': Delay in match (Newcastle United).
- 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Joelinton (Newcastle United).
- 45'+2': Penalty conceded by Malick Thiaw (Newcastle United) with a handball in the penalty area.
- 45'+3': Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
- 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.
- 45'+6': Joelinton (Newcastle United) has gone down, but the referee deems it simulation.
- 45'+6': Joelinton (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
- 45'+7': First Half ends, Newcastle United 1, Leeds United 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Newcastle United 1, Leeds United 2.
- 45': Substitution, Newcastle United. Sven Botman replaces Malick Thiaw.
- 45': Substitution, Newcastle United. Tino Livramento replaces Sandro Tonali.
- 49': Foul by Anton Stach (Leeds United).
- 49': Lewis Hall (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by James Justin.
- 52': Foul by Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United).
- 52': Sven Botman (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Attempt saved. Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nick Pope (Newcastle United). Assisted by Anton Stach.
- 53': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Nick Pope.
- 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.
- 56': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Lewis Hall.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 64': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Ethan Ampadu.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Joelinton (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Lewis Miley with a headed pass.
- 64': Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Nick Woltemade following a corner.
- 64': Attempt saved. Nick Woltemade (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Lucas Perri (Leeds United).
- 67': James Justin (Leeds United) hits the bar with a header from the right side of the six yard box. Assisted by Gabriel Gudmundsson with a cross.
- 67': Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Fabian Schär.
- 68': Attempt blocked. Jaka Bijol (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anton Stach with a cross.
- 70': Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 70': Foul by Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United).
- 71': Delay in match because of an injury Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
- 75': Substitution, Newcastle United. Yoane Wissa replaces Nick Woltemade.
- 76': Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Ramsey replaces Fabian Schär because of an injury.
- 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 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.
- 80': Substitution, Leeds United. Noah Okafor replaces Anton Stach.
- 81': Attempt missed. Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tino Livramento with a cross.
- 81': Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Murphy replaces Anthony Gordon.
- 82': Foul by Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United).
- 82': Joelinton (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Attempt saved. Joelinton (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Lucas Perri (Leeds United). Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.
- 84': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Gabriel Gudmundsson.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Sven Botman (Newcastle United) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Lewis Hall with a cross.
- 85': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Noah Okafor.
- 85': Attempt missed. Yoane Wissa (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 86': Foul by Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Leeds United).
- 86': Lewis Miley (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Substitution, Leeds United. Lukas Nmecha replaces Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
- 87': Attempt missed. Lukas Nmecha (Leeds United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right.
- 88': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Jaka Bijol.
- 88': Penalty conceded by Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United) with a handball in the penalty area.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 10 minutes of added time.
- 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.
- 90'+2': Foul by Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United).
- 90'+2': James Justin (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+4': Foul by Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United).
- 90'+4': Gabriel Gudmundsson (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Attempt saved. Lukas Nmecha (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Nick Pope (Newcastle United).
- 90'+5': Offside, Newcastle United. Yoane Wissa is caught offside.
- 90'+6': Delay in match because of an injury Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United).
- 90'+7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+7': Substitution, Leeds United. Sebastiaan Bornauw replaces Joe Rodon.
- 90'+7': Substitution, Leeds United. Ao Tanaka replaces Ilia Gruev.
- 90'+7': Substitution, Leeds United. Wilfried Gnonto replaces Brenden Aaronson because of an injury.
- 90'+10': Foul by Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United).
- 90'+10': Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+10': Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+12': Attempt blocked. Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães with a cross.
- 90'+12': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Pascal Struijk.
- 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.
- 90'+14': Attempt missed. Yoane Wissa (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
- 90'+14': Second Half ends, Newcastle United 4, Leeds United 3.
- 0': Match ends, Newcastle United 4, Leeds United 3.
Statistics
 LEE |
NEW |
|
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: St. James' Park
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Attendance: 52,176
Venue: St. James' Park
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Attendance: 52,176
Premier League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 22 | +26 | 50 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 22 | +24 | 43 |
| 3 | Aston Villa | 22 | +8 | 43 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 22 | +4 | 36 |
Line-Ups
Newcastle United (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Pope (GK) |
| 5 | Fabian Schär |
| 12 | Malick Thiaw  |
| 3 | Lewis Hall |
| 67 | Lewis Miley |
| 8 | Sandro Tonali |
| 7 | Joelinton |
| 39 | Bruno Guimarães |
| 27 | Nick Woltemade |
| 10 | Anthony Gordon |
| 11 | Harvey Barnes |
Leeds United (3-1-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Perri (GK) |
| 15 | Jaka Bijol |
| 5 | Pascal Struijk |
| 6 | Joe Rodon |
| 4 | Ethan Ampadu |
| 44 | Ilia Gruev |
| 18 | Anton Stach |
| 3 | Gabriel Gudmundsson |
| 24 | James Justin |
| 11 | Brenden Aaronson |
| 9 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin |
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