Following their 3-1 EFL Trophy success against York City on Tuesday, Newcastle U21s made a rather less successful return to the LNER Stadium on Saturday lunchtime.

A goal in each half gave tenants Leeds all three points and extended Newcastle's winless PL2 start to the season to three games - Robbie Stockdale's side further weakened due to senior squad injury issues that saw Miodrag Pivas, Vakhtang Salia, Kyran Thompson, Mason Miley and Michael Mills all promoted to bench duty at Gallowgate this afternoon.

Josh McDonald's 18th minute shot divided the sides at the interval before Freddie Lane's effort was deflected past Roman Dowell 12 minutes from the end of normal time.

Newcastle's best chances of getting on the scoresheet saw Scott Bailey rattle the crossbar with a shot from distance before the interval and Jonny Emerson follow suit, with what was almost the last kick of the second period.