Is Leeds vs Newcastle on TV? Kick-off time and how to watch Premier League fixture
Everything you need to know ahead of the top flight fixture
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Your support makes all the difference.Leeds United host Newcastle United on Wednesday night in the Premier League.
Marcelo Bielsa’s team have been winning admirers for their approach since being promoted, but they have only won one of the last six and sit 14th in the table following a 2-1 home defeat to West Ham last time out. That was a match where the omnipresent threat of debatable VAR calls loomed large once more.
Leeds’ big problem at present is a relative lack of goalscoring potential; they have scored fewer than one per game on average across that recent six-game spell - by contrast, Newcastle have scored twice in each of their last two matches, earning back-to-back wins in the process.
The Magpies are up to 12th in the table as a result and have played one game fewer than most of the teams around them after their match against Aston Villa was postponed at the start of December.
Patrick Bamford and Callum Wilson have both been in great form this season as the main strikers for each side, netting eight and seven league goals respectively so far, which accounts for precisely half of Newcastle’s goals altogether this term and just shy of that, 47 per cent, of Leeds’ strikes coming from their No. 9.
Marcelo Bielsa was recently shortlisted for the FIFA Men’s Best coach of the year award following Leeds’ promotion, but the merit of that must now be proven with more regular top-flight victories.
Here’s everything you need to know before the match.
When is it and what time is kick-off?
The match will begin at 6pm on Wednesday 16 December at Elland Road.
How can I watch it online and on TV?
The match will be broadcast live on Amazon Prime.
New subscribers will be able to watch all the matches for free due to Amazon’s 30-day trial, which can be cancelled at any time. After the trial ends, a subscription will cost £7.99 per month or £79 per year.
Matches can be streamed online and on TV via the Prime Video app, Fire TV, games consoles, BT TV, Apple TV, Virgin’s V6 TV Box, Chromecast, TalkTalkTV and online.
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Official line-ups
Leeds: Meslier; Dallas, Ayling, Cooper, Alioski; Phillips; Raphina, Rodrigo, Klich, Harrison; Bamford
Newcastle: Darlow; Murphy, Hayden, Fernandez, Clark, Lewis; Hendrick, S Longstaff, Fraser; Joelinton, Wilson
What are the odds?
Leeds - 3/4
Draw - 3/1
Newcastle - 7/2
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