Newcastle United vs Leeds United LIVE: Premier League updates

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.

As the rain lashes down on Tyneside, several meaty challenges come in, with Trippier, Harrison and Gnonto all penalised by conceding free-kicks.

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.

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.

Following a layoff from Wood, Joelinton slightly scuffs a shot from just inside the area, which trundles harmlessly towards Meslier in the Leeds goal.

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!

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.