PREMIER LEAGUE : LEEDS UNITED VS NEWCASTLE UNITED – 30/08/2025 (PHOTO – SEAN LONGSTAFF WENT IN FOR SOME FLYING TACKLES AGAINST HIS OLD TEAM)

PREMIER LEAGUE – LEEDS UNITED VS NEWCASTLE UNITED – 30/08/2025

NEWCASTLE MADE 547 PASSES, WITH AN 84% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 5 CORNERS (57% POSSESSION) AND 8 SHOTS WITH 2 ON-TARGET, IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST LEEDS, BUT NO GOALS YESTERDAY.

LEEDS MADE 414 PASSES, WITH A 79% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 5 CORNERS, AND 10 SHOTS, WITH 1 ON-TARGET, BUT AGAIN NO GOALS YESTERDAY, SO THE MATCH ENDED WITH BOTH TEAMS SHARING A 0 – 0 DRAW!

AFTER THE MATCH, LEEDS BOSS DANIEL FARKE SAID THAT HE WAS HAPPY WITH HIS TEAM’S COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE, PARTICULARLY THEIR DEFENSIVE RESILIENCE AGAINST A TOP SIDE LIKE NEWCASTLE, AND SAID THAT THEY EARNED A WELL-DESERVED POINT AND TOOK FOUR POINTS FOR THEIR FIRST THREE GAMES, WITH TWO HOME CLEAN SHEETS.  HE ALSO SAID THAT HIS TEAM CREATED THE BETTER CHANCES ESPECIALLY IN THE SECOND-HALF, AND PRAISED THE COMPETITIVE APPROACH NECESSARY FOR A NEWLY PROMOTED SIDE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.

LEEDS MANAGER, DANIEL FARKE (BELOW)

EDDIE HOWE ALSO SPOKE AFTER THE MATCH PRAISING HIS NEWCASTLE PLAYERS FOR HANDLING THE “ALEXANDER ISAK SAGA” SO WELL AND THEIR OVERALL COMMITTMENT AND DEFENSIVE RESOLVE IN A TOUGH AWAY GAME SAYING “THIS IS A TOUGH PLACE TO COME TO AND I THINK WE STOOD UP TO IT REALLY WELL. DEFENSIVELY IT WAS A VERY STRONG PERFORMANCE.”

NEWCASTLE MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE (BELOW)