Newcastle United 4-3 Leeds United: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 7 January 2026

Result

Newcastle United 4-3 Leeds United

Premier League · Wednesday 7 January 2026, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Newcastle United 4-3 Leeds United: match report

Newcastle United beat Leeds United 4-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 7 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-2.

Brenden Aaronson opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Harvey Barnes (36'), Joelinton (54'), Bruno Guimarães (90+1', penalty) and Harvey Barnes (90+12'). Leeds United scored through Brenden Aaronson (32'), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (45+5', penalty) and Brenden Aaronson (79').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 10th on 29 points from 20 and Leeds United 16th on 22 points from 20. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 49 points, and Leeds United 14th with 47.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leeds United in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Brenden Aaronson of Leeds United (8.6), ahead of Harvey Barnes (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 5 draws and 2 for Leeds United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Malick ThiawNewcastle United
  • 22'Yellow card · Dominic Calvert-LewinLeeds United
  • 32'Goal · Brenden AaronsonLeeds United · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Harvey BarnesNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Anthony GordonNewcastle United
  • 45+5'Penalty goal · Dominic Calvert-LewinLeeds United · 1-2
  • 45+6'Yellow card · JoelintonNewcastle United
  • 54'Goal · JoelintonNewcastle United · 2-2
  • 79'Goal · Brenden AaronsonLeeds United · 2-3
  • 90+1'Penalty goal · Bruno GuimarãesNewcastle United · 3-3
  • 90+10'Yellow card · Ethan AmpaduLeeds United
  • 90+12'Goal · Harvey BarnesNewcastle United · 4-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 3, draws 5, Leeds United 2.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)

Nick Pope, Lewis Miley, Malick Thiaw, Fabian Schär, Lewis Hall, Bruno Guimarães, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Harvey Barnes, Nick Woltemade, Anthony Gordon

Leeds United line-up (3-1-4-2)

Lucas Perri, Joe Rodon, Jaka Bijol, Pascal Struijk, Ethan Ampadu, James Justin, Anton Stach, Ilia Gruev, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Brenden Aaronson