As things stand, Leeds are on course for a third loss in four games and will be stay fifth in the table, just two points above seventh-placed Fulham, who are in form.

It is very, very close in the play-off race. Fourth-placed Reading, who have a game in hand and play Villa tomorrow, are only three points above Fulham.

Aleksandar Mitrovic climbs highest at a Newcastle corner but he heads wide.

Matt Ritchie has been very busy once again. A creative display from him.

He goes off to warm applause, to be replaced by DeAndre Yedlin.

Charlie Taylor goes in late on Newcastle's Matt Ritchie near the touchline and gets a talking to from the referee.

Leeds bring on Charlie Taylor for Gaetano Berardi.

Then the hosts bring on Jack Colback for Issac Hayden in midfield.

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Now will we see Leeds go for it at the other end? Will they be able to, with Newcastle so on top?

The race for the play-offs is getting tense and the visitors could use any points they can get.

Newcastle's Jonjo Shelvey gets his free-kick up and over the wall but off target.

The visitors bring on Souleymane Doukara for Liam Bridcutt while Newcastle wait to take the free-kick.

Now Newcastle have a free-kick six yards outside the penalty area as Kalvin Phillips goes into the referee's book.

Magnificent, reaction save from Rob Green to deny Ayoze Perez from yards out. Great stuff.

Newcastle break quickly, looking for the second, but Matt Ritchie's low square ball is cut out by Pontus Jansson.

The noise around St James' Park is deafening!

It is the Newcastle captain's third goal of the season and surely his most important.

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Steve Stone
Former England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live

Newcastle deserve it, they've been the better team.

It's been all Newcastle with all the tempo, all the flair, there was no way they could keep it out, the pressure they were under.

After a Newcastle corner is initially cleared, the ball comes back into the box, it is headed back across goal and there is Jamaal Lascelles, who does really well to rise highest inside the six-yard box to nod in.

Rob Green got a hand to it and clawed the ball away - but it had already crossed the line.

Newcastle finally, finally, find a way past this battling Leeds defence.

This time Rob Green is beaten, but Pontus Jansson saves Leeds.

Aleksandar Mitrovic got the better of Luke Ayling and dinked the ball over Green, but Jansson scampered back to stop the Newcastle striker tapping into an empty net.

The crowd has been confirmed as Newcastle's highest of the season: 52,301.

Second-tier leagues around the rest of the world look on in envy...

T.K: Agree w/ Alex (see 20:38). Green was fantastic at Griffin Park more than a week ago. If it was not for him Leeds would have conceded 4 or 5.  

Rob Green has been very solid so far today.

Newcastle left-back Paul Dummett drills in from the left but Rob Green holds the save.