Leeds United v Newcastle United live: Updates and analysis from Elland Road, Lucas Nmecha starts

Leeds United face Newcastle United at Elland Road today in their last Premier League game before the September international break.

Here, upon landing at LS11, we will bring you all of the pre-match build-up followed by line-ups, in-game updates and then post-match reaction and analysis.

The 5.30pm kick-off is being broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HDR.

Daniel Farke’s verdict

Whites praise from Eddie Howe

Graham Smyth’s player ratings

Full time report from Elland Road as tough Whites make their point

Full time

A decent display and a decent point. Leeds given a warm reception by their fans for that. Take that all day long. Up to 4 points. Not bad from Everton home, Arsenal away and Newcastle at home.

Chance

94: Rodon header saved by Pope. Newcastle then attack but stinker of a cross from Elanga behind for a goal kick

Chance Leeds

93: Harrison in behind Miley but cross is cleared for a corner

Added time

Six minutes. Elanga runs the ball behind for a goal kick.

CHANCE LEEDS

90: Bogle slips in DCL, fierce low drive saved by the boot of Pope, cleared for a throw. Bogle then gets into the box but cross is gathered by Pope

Wasted

87: Leeds foul at the corner

Attendance

37,727. As Leeds win a corner

Leeds sub

81: Justin debut - on for injured Gudmundsson. It’s all Newcastle now.

Gudmundsson gone down

79: Justin getting ready

Very open now

79: Newcastle turning the screw but Leeds flying out on the counter

Almost

74: Harrison looks to play in DCL, heavy touch to his through ball and he’s just offside anyway. Harrison did well. DCL then hammers a shot well wide

Chance Newcastle

72: Hall fizzes one over from the edge of the box

Leeds pressure

70: Gudmundsson wins a corner. Calvert-Lewin on for Nmecha. Pope gathers the corner.

Newcastle sub

69: Barnes - fine record v Leeds - on for Botman.

Here comes DCL

68: Getting ready to come on. Botman down for Newcastle after landing awkwardly.

Rapid

64: Elanga, beats Gudmundsson to a ball down the right despite starting a yard behind him

Newcastle subs

62: Elanga on for Murphy, Hall on for Trippier.

Leeds subs

60: James off for Aaronson, Gnonto off for Harrison, mixed reception for the latter

Bogle lucky

59: Catches Livramento late and could have been a booking that, free kick wasted

Leeds subs

Aaronson and Harrison coming on.

Perri save

54: Fine effort from Murphy from 25 yards out, palmed behind for a corner. A cross from Kieran Tripper then causes a mix up between Struijk and Perri but Perri clears.

Waste form Newcastle

54: Miley puts too much on a cross that is behind for a goal kick but they are getting on top a bit here

Half a chance Leeds

52: Bogle edge of the box, tees himself up after a good pass by Gnonto but well wide and over

Back underway

Newcastle sub

Young midfielder Miley coming on for Ramsey who must be injured. Another blow for them. Miley just 19, big half for him in midfield.

Subs

Could be crucial here, you look at the Magpies bench with Elanga and Murphy and can see them causing issues when coming on. Okafor might be the one for Leeds.

Half time report

Newcastle made a bright start as the dangerous Tino Livramento got in behind Joe Rodon down the left flank but his cross flew through the area and evaded striker William Osula as Leeds survived.

Leeds, though, then began to push the Magpies back, Anton Stach seeing a shot from the edge of the area blocked before later sending a free-kick well wide.

Two excellent tackles from ex-Newcastle man Sean Longstaff kept the Whites on the front foot but the Magpies squandered arguably the best chance of the half in the 16th minute as Jacob Ramsey's cross pickled out Osula whose shot was blocked by Gabriel Gudmundsson near the line.

Another dangerous Newcastle cross from Jacob Murphy then flew through the box before Leeds' most advanced midfielder Stach drilled another shot wide from the edge of the area.

Whilst not counting as an attempt at goal, possibly the best Leeds chance of the half was wasted in the 36th minute as a peach of a cross from Gudmundsson sailed through the box with the onrushing Dan James and Jayden Bogle unable to get to it.

A decent attempt from Gnonto was then deflected wide but Newcastle finished the half with a flourish as the game's first shot on goal from Murphy was beaten away by Whites keeper Lucas Perri for a corner.

From the corner, a curling shot from Fabian Schar took a deflection before dropping on to the roof of the net and the half ended with a poor cross from Gnonto sailing behind for a goal kick.

Leeds United v Newcastle United: Perri; Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson; Gruev, Stach, Longstaff; James, Gnonto, Nmecha. Subs: Darlow, Justin, Bornauw, Bijol, Okafor, Harrison, Aaronson, Piroe, Calvert-Lewin.

Poor cross

45: From Gnonto behind for a goal kick after a driving Stach run

Close

44: Deflected Schar shot drops on to the roof of the net, corner cleared. Another shot from Schar from distance is then well wide. Four minutes added time now

First shot on target

43: Murphy for Newcastle just inside the box, beaten away by Perri for a corner

Half a chance Newcastle

42 Murphy on the stretch at the far post, well over the top

Booking

40: For Gnonto for a sliding tackle which stopped a counter, Farke going mad, claims he got the ball and might be right

More Leeds pressure

39: Good direct play by Gnonto, drives forward and shot deflected behind for a corner which is cleared

Booking

37: For Newcastle keeper Pope as he takes out the spare ball so Leeds can’t take a quick throw-in after he clears near the touchline. “England’s no 6” is the chant from the South Stand.

CHANCE LEEDS

35: Lovely ball from Gudmundsson through the box to the far right post. Bogle and James charging in but neither can get there,

Stach attempt

34: Drilled wide from the edge of the box after a lovely pass from Struijk down the left for Gnonto.

Great run Bogle

33: But then doesn’t pass early enough and loses the ball.

Good defending

27: By Bogle, stuck to Livramento after he glided past him, didn’t give up and sees ball behind for a goal kick. Newcastle come again and a dangerous cross from Murphy flies through the box. Leeds chance gone at the other end as Nmecha gets his feet in a muddle trying to latch on to a James through ball.

CHANCE LEEDS

23: From a Newcastle corner, Struijk heads it clear, Gnonto races away, passes to Gruev who slips him back in with a lovely ball, Gnonto cross just misses Nmecha.

Ramsey down injured

20: Collided with Longstaff, no foul, Leeds allowed to pile forward and James shot blocked. Ramsey going to carry on.

CHANCE NEWCASTLE

16: Osula picked out in the middle of the box, low shot blocked by Gudmundsson, Newcastle in too easy down the left again through Ramsey, behind Gruev this time.

Longstaff again

15: Another excellent tackle sets Leeds away but Stach gets the pass wrong.

Break in play and Speed chants

14: Think the coms had gone with the officials. Back underway. Leeds chants for Gary Speed during the break. Not a bad start from Leeds here.

Better from Leeds, Stach in the thick of it

8: Stach - looks bright - shot blocked from the edge of the box after a good direct James run. Game very open. Leeds then have a free kick 25 yards out, Stach tries to catch Pope out with a low shot to the right corner but it’s well wide. Newcastle being pushed back, fine tackle from Longstaff to win the ball back.

CHANCE NEWCASTLE

5: Too easy down the left, Livramento in behind Rodon, low cross flies through the box and misses Osula. Dangerous.

Poor kick

3: From Perri - again - out for a throw, the pass back to him was a bit short though. A right racket in here, both sets of fans going for it. Perri is then pressed again by the Newcastle front line and boots it long in the air to Dan James who not surprisingly cannot win the ball.

Underway!

1: Leeds kick us off through striker Nmecha. A massive early clearance from big Dan Burn out for a goal kick. Stach the more advanced of the three centre mids. James on right wing, Gnonto on left,

Here we go then

All set at Elland Road which is again bouncing. As good a time as it’s going to get to play Newcastle probably with no Isak, Joelinton or Gordon and with Barnes and Elanga on the bench. Still a very good team though. Start key.

Warm ups

In the rain at Elland Road, very interesting Newcastle team with both Elanga and Barnes on the bench

Newcastle team

Team news in full

Leeds team

Leeds United v Newcastle United: Perri; Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson; Gruev, Stach, Longstaff; James, Gnonto, Nmecha. Subs: Darlow, Justin, Bornauw, Bijol, Okafor, Harrison, Aaronson, Piroe, Calvert-Lewin.

Leeds arrivals

Okafor the first one out, Bogle doing pre-match press.

Team news boost

Okafor with the squad

Very honest stuff from Ethan Ampadu

Stage is set, big game for Longstaff

Here we go again then, good afternoon from Elland Road

Leeds team news

Whites boss Daniel Farke is without two of his main central midfield options in captain Ethan Ampadu and Ao Tanaka, both of whom are sidelined with MCL knee injuries.

Ampadu suffered the injury in the first game of the new Premier League season at home to Everton whilst Tanaka’s blow then occurred in the 5-0 loss at Arsenal.

Both players are facing several weeks out.

New £18m winger signing Noah Okafor is also a doubt due to groin problems, reported on the back of his Whites debut in Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup clash at Sheffield Wednesday.

Okafor, though, has dropped a hint that he could be making a quick return by posting a photograph of himself with a match graphic on his Instagram story, usually a sign that a player is part of the matchday squad.

Predicted Leeds line up: Perri; Bogle, Rodon, Struijk, Gudmundsson; Gruev, Stach, Longstaff; James, Gnonto, Piroe.