Newcastle United vs Leeds United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow live coverage as Newcastle United face Leeds United in the Premier League today.
The Magpies are firmly fixed in the league’s top four as we head into 2023, following an impressive victory over Leicester last time out. Eddie Howe’s side have won eight in a row in all competitions, with the likes of Miguel Almiron and Joelinton enjoying the best form of their time in the northeast.
Leeds, by contrast, were beaten by Man City in their first top-flight back after the World Cup break and they sit 15th ahead of the match, just two points above the relegation zone and in need of a return to winning form.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Newcastle vs Leeds LIVE: Premier League updates
Newcastle XI - Pope, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn, Guimaraes, Willock, Longstaff, Almiron, Wood, Joelinton
Leeds XI - Meslier, Ayling, Koch, Cooper, Struijk, Forshaw, Adams, Harrison, Aaronson, Gnonto, Rodrigo
Newcastle United FC 0 - 0 Leeds United FC
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FULL-TIME: NEWCASTLE UNITED 0-0 LEEDS UNITED
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⏱ It finishes level.#NEWLEE // #NUFC pic.twitter.com/BmV6kdTKHa
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Yellow Card Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura
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Yellow Card Illan Stéphane Meslier
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Yellow Card Callum Eddie Graham Wilson
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Four minutes of stoppage time are indicated by the officials, as Newcastle seek to build one final burst of momentum. To their credit, Leeds have stood firm so far and could now keep their first clean sheet in nine league games.
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It has now been 33 minutes since Leeds last attempted a shot at goal, as they hang on desperately for a precious point.
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Wasting a rare chance to test Pope in the Newcastle goal, Gelhardt thuds a 20-yard free-kick straight into the Magpies' defensive wall following a layoff from Aaronson.
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Receiving the ball on the left corner of the box from Saint-Maximin's low pass, Joelinton leans back and lifts his effort over the crossbar, very much in the manner of Newcastle's previous attempts today.
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84' Let's go, @JacobMurphy95!
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC // @eToro pic.twitter.com/63GM91Irxj— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Substitution Miguel Ángel Almirón Rejala Jacob Kai Murphy
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84' Saint-Maximin pulls it back for Joelinton who takes a touch but shoots over.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Burn wins a corner on the left by launching himself into a challenge and bouncing the ball off a Leeds defender, but the ball then ends up in Meslier's gloves from Trippier's cross.
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⏱️ Final 10 at St James’ Park! All to play for as we approach full time. 0-0 pic.twitter.com/IlcQPYAPAi
— Leeds United (@LUFC) December 31, 2022
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Substitution Rodrigo Moreno Machado Joseph Paul Gelhardt
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After Saint-Maximin flashes a dangerous whipped ball across the face of Meslier's goal, Leeds immediately counter-attack. However, Rodrigo's attempted throughball to Klich, who is breaking into the box from the left, is overhit and rolls out of play.
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To his immense frustration, Almiron is caught narrowly offside; bringing to an end Newcastle's latest attacking wave.
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Newcastle have not only had 15 shots at goal in today's game so far, they have conceded only one on target at the other end. Yet, they cannot break the deadlock.
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Despite Meslier's best efforts, he fails to keep a Struijk header in play following yet another Trippier free-kick and concedes a corner. The goalkeeper then claims the ball from the subsequent set-piece and hammers it upfield.
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Played in by Almiron on the right side of the area, Longstaff skews another shot far over the crossbar, to the loud groans of the Newcastle fans.
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Substitution Luke David Ayling Rasmus Nissen Kristensen
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Substitution Degnand Wilfried Gnonto Crysencio Jilbert Sylverio Cirro Summerville
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68' Almirón does brilliantly on the right before pulling it back for Longstaff who fires over the bar.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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67' Gnonto booked for not walking away from Trippier who was ready to take a free kick.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Yellow Card Degnand Wilfried Gnonto
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Losing composure at the vital moment, Longstaff blazes over the bar from inside the area. Still, Newcastle can't break through!
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Yellow Card Marc Roca Junqué
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64' Double change.
Let's go, lads! 👊
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC // @eToro pic.twitter.com/CzKseTPCHS— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Substitution Joseph George Willock Allan Irénée Saint-Maximin
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GOOD STOP! Once again, Schar misses a chance following another Trippier corner, and this time Meslier makes a smart save with his foot to keep out the centre-back's header at his near post!
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Substitution Christopher Grant Wood Callum Eddie Graham Wilson
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63' CLOSE The ball breaks for Longstaff in a very promising area but he fires over.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Newcastle turn up the pressure, as they pen Leeds back inside their defensive third. However, the final ball is still lacking.
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62' CLOSE! Trippier's corner is met by Schär at the back post but his header is kept out by Meslier.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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56' Rodrigo goes closest for #LUFC, forcing Pope into a diving save. Still 0-0 pic.twitter.com/ektrqkVwwn
— Leeds United (@LUFC) December 31, 2022
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SAVE! Making his first major save of the game, Pope flings himself to his right to palm away Rodrigo's stinging shot from the right side of the area!
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59' Yellow for Struijk for a foul on Almirón on the right.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Yellow Card Pascal Augustus Struijk
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More midfield scraps ensue, as Bruno Guimaraes and Adams are involved in a coming-together. These three points are being fiercely contested here on Tyneside!
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57' Great save from Pope to push out Rodrigo's curling shot.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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SUPER SAVE! After Wood springs clear of the Leeds defence and closes in on goal, Meslier rapidly closes down the angle and spreads himself to make a crucial save and keep his side level!
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53' Big chance for Wood as Burn nods Trippier's free-kick into his path but Meslier is out quickly to close him down.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Trippier's cross from high up on the right flank strays too close to Meslier, who gathers the ball at his near post. Then, Rodrigo breaks free at the other end and a similarly tame pull-back is claimed by Pope.
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👊 At the heart of midfield! pic.twitter.com/gNdzRultuY
— Leeds United (@LUFC) December 31, 2022
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The referee issues some stern words of warning to Joelinton for raising his hands in a minor scuffle in midfield. The big Brazilian is perhaps fortunate to evade a booking there.
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CLOSE! Right at the start of the half, Newcastle earn a corner on the right. When the cross drops to Schar at the far post, the centre-back engineers some space to shoot before lashing his shot just over the crossbar!
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47' Trippier's free-kick into the back post is taken down by Schär who then has a shot but his effort is over.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Newcastle kick off, and we are back under way at St James' Park!
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Substitution Adam John Forshaw Marc Roca Junqué
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⏱ Back underway...
HWTL! ⚫️⚪️#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Newcastle have now stopped the opposition from scoring a first-half goal in 15 of their 17 Premier League matches, more than any other side in the top flight this season. In fact, Leeds have not even managed a single shot on target so far today.
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🔥🔥@worflags bringing Dan Burn's design to life! https://t.co/pkbVZn5sNE pic.twitter.com/RvJ4PDYLEk
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Having had the better of an often scrappy first half, Newcastle will be disappointed not to have broken through and taken the lead on home soil - particularly against a Leeds side that struggles for clean sheets. Several set-pieces from the refined right foot of Trippier have opened the visitors up, but the Magpies are yet to take advantage. As a result, the game is finely poised at the interval, and it may be that changes of shape or personnel in the second half decide the destiny of the points.
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𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: All square after the first 45 minutes, at a very wet St James' Park. 0-0
— Leeds United (@LUFC) December 31, 2022
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HALF-TIME: NEWCASTLE UNITED 0-0 LEEDS UNITED
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Trippier drives his 25-yard free-kick straight into the defensive wall with the final kick of the first half.
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⏱ Goalless at the break.#NEWLEE // #NUFC pic.twitter.com/EwddKCUkBu
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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45' Ayling is booked after a foul on Willock.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Yellow Card Luke David Ayling
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42' Trippier booked after a foul on Gnonto.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Yellow Card Kieran John Trippier
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Ignored by the referee, Schar claims for a penalty following a tangle of legs with Adams in the penalty area. Perhaps fortunately for the Leeds midfielder, play goes on.
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⚡️ Chasing everything down the left! pic.twitter.com/pU2Dy5RfSi
— Leeds United (@LUFC) December 31, 2022
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Beaten for pace, Forshaw clatters Bruno Guimaraes in midfield, but the referee mysteriously waves play on. It has been a hard-fought encounter so far.
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After Harrison skips clear of two challenges on the left side of the Newcastle area, his low shot lacks accuracy and flies wide of the target.
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Adams sees off Willock deep inside his own half after Ayling is caught short, but from the resulting throw-in, Burn pumps an aimless high ball into the box for Meslier to claim.
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Meslier makes a simple stop in his bottom-left corner, following a powerless prod at goal from Willock, who tries his luck from the brink of the box.
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Newcastle's key creative force so far, Trippier tries to release Joelinton through the centre with a long ball, but the Brazilian is caught narrowly offside.
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Cooper makes a crucial intervention to deny Almiron clear access on the right side of the Leeds area, as Newcastle continue to push for an opening goal. The hosts' chances have mainly come through set-pieces, but the general direction of play has swung their way too.
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SAVE! An angled free-kick into the six-yard box from Trippier is met by the outstretched boot of Botman, but the Dutch defender is unable to steer it past Meslier, who gets down low to keep the ball out of the net!
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MISS! Under pressure, Burn can't quite connect with a nod-down into the six-yard box, before Cooper fails to get the ball completely away. It drops to Almiron on the edge of the area, but the in-form forward skews his effort well wide of the left-hand post!
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27' Trippier's free-kick from the left is met by Botman at full stretch but his shot is saved by Meslier.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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24’ Tense opening to the game, neither side able to assert their dominance as the rain lashes down. 0-0 pic.twitter.com/oIHWxXii5n
— Leeds United (@LUFC) December 31, 2022
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Willock pulls clear of Koch on the left, but Forshaw drops back just in time to help his defensive colleagues with a late block and forces the ball behind for a corner.
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24' Another chance for the Magpies with Trippier's deep corner headed back into the middle by Joelinton and Dan Burn just can't quite convert from close range.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Scrambling into action, Burn somehow contrives a last-gasp block on a low shot by Aaronson which was surely set to test Pope in the Newcastle goal.
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JUST WIDE! Schar steers a header wide of the left-hand post! After Struijk intervenes to concede a corner following Trippier's free-kick, the latter's outswinging cross is glanced off target by the Swiss defender!
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20' CLOSE! Trippier's deep cross is headed towards goal by Schär but it's inches wide of the target and may have even clipped the outside of the post.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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A promising start to the game has broken down into a midfield battle at the moment, and the referee once again pulls up Gnonto for a foul; giving Trippier a chance to deliver a long ball into the Leeds box.
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❤️🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/TcBEb9Hh74
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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As the rain lashes down on Tyneside, several meaty challenges come in, with Trippier, Harrison and Gnonto all penalised by conceding free-kicks.
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Newcastle have won each of their last six Premier League games - last having a longer such run in 1996 - but they haven't won their final league fixture in any of the last five calendar years since beating Nottingham Forest in the Championship.
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At the second attempt, the lively Gnonto takes a shot at goal from outside the box, which is heavily deflected wide for Leeds' second corner. The set-piece ultimately comes to nothing, though, after Harrison's cross skims a couple of heads in the area and drifts wide.
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Following a layoff from Wood, Joelinton slightly scuffs a shot from just inside the area, which trundles harmlessly towards Meslier in the Leeds goal.
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Almiron is thwarted in his attempts to escape down the right flank, as the game zips end to end in the early stages; it's being played at quite a pace!
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9' Schär plays a lovely ball over the top for Willock whose touch falls to Wood who then gives it left to Joelinton but his low shot is held.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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Released by Trippier down the right side of the area, Wood calmly takes the ball past an advancing Meslier but then badly mishits his shot from a tight angle - a good chance to open the scoring goes astray.
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Aaronson earns a corner on the right-hand side, but a tangle between Struijk and Schar near the penalty spot then sees the Leeds defender penalised as he attempts to head Harrison's cross goalward.
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After starting the game on the back foot, Leeds press forward and take their first shot at goal through Gnonto, but the young Italian leans back on his 20-yard strike and lifts it well over the crossbar.
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3' Gnonto cuts in off the left and has a go from 25 yards but his shot is high and wide.
[0-0]#NEWLEE // #NUFC— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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After a moment's applause to recognise the passing of Pele, Leeds kick off, and the game gets under way.
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👏 We're underway in our final game of 2022! COME ON #LUFC!
— Leeds United (@LUFC) December 31, 2022
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⏱ HOWAY THE LADS! #NEWLEE // #NUFC
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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What a place to play football. 😍
You Mags. ✊ pic.twitter.com/4ZcJPkU82Q— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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The players are out on the pitch at a vibrant St James' Park, and kick-off is now just moments away!
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Adams returns from suspension to start in the Leeds midfield, as Greenwood, Roca and Kristensen drop out of the first XI. Ayling and Harrison also come in, but Patrick Bamford remains absent due to a groin injury and Luis Sinisterra is still unavailable, so Rodrigo and Gnonto feature up front.
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Almost time for #NEWLEE. ⏳
HWTL! 👊 pic.twitter.com/y6UmtBnd8p— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) December 31, 2022
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🇺🇸 Back in the Starting XI! pic.twitter.com/VqbFhZhcgU
— Leeds United (@LUFC) December 31, 2022
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Though Wilson is fit enough to return after missing Newcastle's win over Leicester through illness, former Leeds striker Wood keeps his place up front today. Howe therefore names an unchanged XI. Meanwhile, Alexander Isak remains sidelined by a thigh problem and Jonjo Shelvey misses out due to a calf injury.
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SUBS: Joel Robles, Mateusz Klich, Joe Gelhardt, Diego Llorente, Rasmus Kristensen, Marc Roca, Sam Greenwood, Junior Firpo, Crysencio Summerville.
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