Leeds United roundup: unbeaten start, Farke talk and Newcastle next

Three games into the new Premier League season, Leeds United remain unbeaten and tucked into a congested mid-table pack. Here is the full picture at Elland Road — standings, scorers, off-field headlines and the markets — ahead of a two-match home stand.

Where Leeds stand

According to the Premier League table, Leeds sit ninth with five points from one win and two draws. They have scored three, conceded two and carry a +1 goal difference, with a form line of draw, draw, win — the victory arriving last time out at Nottingham Forest.

Leeds are level on points with the four clubs immediately above them — Brentford, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Everton — and their +1 goal difference is the slimmest of that five-club cluster.

Results so far

• Brighton & Hove Albion 1-1 Leeds United
• Leeds United 1-1 Brentford
• Nottingham Forest 0-1 Leeds United

Nottingham Forest, 16th and still winless, are the only side Leeds have beaten.

Top scorers

FanTribe's club stats show a three-way tie at the top of the Leeds scoring chart: A. Stach, D. Calvert-Lewin and J. Bogle each have one goal. Nobody in white has managed more than a single strike so far — a shared workload rather than a standout marksman.

Off-field headlines

BBC Sport reported on 11 September that Leeds want boss Farke to stay at the club "long-term" — a story to monitor after an unbeaten start. The broadcaster also reported on 10 September that Leeds' Okafor says he will not play for Switzerland again under Yakin.

Newcastle United next up

Leeds host Newcastle United at Elland Road on Monday 14 September (kick-off 19:00 UTC), with both sides unbeaten on five points. The latest bookmaker odds, via api_football and as of 12 September, make Leeds the favourites at 2.32, with Newcastle at 2.97 and the draw at 3.50 — bookmaker-derived implied probabilities of 41% for a home win, 32% for Newcastle and 27% for the draw. FanTribe's prediction game has 46 points on offer for a correct Leeds call, 70 for the draw and 59 for a Newcastle win. A home victory would lift Leeds above their visitors in the table.

Then Crystal Palace come calling

Crystal Palace visit Elland Road on Sunday 20 September (kick-off 13:00 UTC) sitting 13th with three points and back-to-back defeats. The market again has Leeds as favourites — 2.05 against 3.41 for the draw and 3.50 for Palace — implying bookmaker-derived probabilities of 46%, 27% and 27% respectively. FanTribe's prediction points on offer: 41 for Leeds, 68 for the draw and 70 for Palace.

The FanTribe hub

FanTribe's own club data shows the Leeds United hub is yet to register its first member. For a club with Elland Road's support, that feels like a gap worth closing — Whites fans can join the club page and back their side in the prediction game.