Analysis: Spirited hosts have fortress at Elland Road

A response. How Leeds needed one. Not only did Daniel Farke's side suffer a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Arsenal last week, they crashed out of the Carabao Cup in a penalty shootout defeat against Championship side Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.

You suspect Farke was glad to be back at Elland Road.

Leeds are going to have to find a way to pick up results on the road this season, but Farke's team will always have a chance on home soil, particularly with these fans behind them.

It is far from a coincidence that Leeds have not lost on their own turf in nearly a year. Though the overwhelming majority of these games have, obviously, been contested in the Championship, few top-flight sides will relish the trip to Elland Road.

Having dispatched Everton here on the opening weekend, Farke called on the club's "12th man" to "please stick with us" in his programme notes before the visit of Newcastle - and they did so from the off.

A rousing rendition of Marching on Together set the tone and Leeds players did not show Newcastle undue respect.

Nothing typified that spirt quite like a crunching tackle from Sean Longstaff on former team-mate Bruno Guimaraes, which was roared enthusiastically by the home support.

Leeds battled throughout, limiting Newcastle to just a couple of efforts on target, and the visitors finished strongly following the introduction of substitutes Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Jack Harrison.

In truth, Leeds looked the likelier side to win the game late on, only for Nick Pope to deny Calvert-Lewin.