Last Saturday's win against West Ham United has taken some of the pressure off this weekend's fixture at Elland Road.
That's the case for Leeds United, at least, as the Whites are now nine points clear of the bottom three and up in 15th place. Should they beat Newcastle this weekend, fears of relegation will be almost completely assuaged, whilst a loss wouldn't drag them down into the mire in the way it might have done.
However, this fixture is enormous for Leeds' opponents, who are desperate for points to pull themselves out of the relegation places.
Last time Leeds face Newcastle, the game ended in a 1-1 draw at St James' Park, with Allan Saint-Maximin's goal cancelling out Raphinha's opener. The game was very open but Leeds felt it was two points dropped as they had the better of the chances, despite the threat posed on the counter by Saint-Maximin.
This time around though, Newcastle's threat to Leeds has changed and it's not because of the arrival of Chris Wood and Kieran Trippier. Of course, those two players do give Newcastle a new attacking dimension, with Wood's aerial prowess and Trippier's delivery from the right and from set-pieces something the Whites will have to be keenly aware of.
Instead, the change which Leeds will need to be most aware of is Eddie Howe's re-tooling of Joelinton.
When Leeds played at St James' Park, the Brazilian lined up on the left side of midfield. This is the position he primarily played under Steve Bruce, after he was initially used as a striker. Neither of these roles particularly worked though, making Newcastle's record signing look a bust.
However, he is now being used as a box-to-box midfielder in a midfield three and has played in that position in the Magpie's last five games.
This position has got the best out of him as an all action player, as he has been busy out of possession, whilst providing energy and drive to Newcastle's attack.
His biggest threat to Leeds is kryptonite to Marcelo Bielsa's man-marking system. Joelinton loves to carry the ball through the middle of the pitch.
This is something that Leeds have struggled with and why Saint-Maximin was such a threat at St James' Park. In a man-marking system, each player needs to win their individual duels against their opponent. If they don't it forces one of their teammates to step across to make a challenge, leaving their own marking assignment free. When players have dribbled through the centre of the field against Leeds, this has often led to big chances and goals as Leeds' system can be left in disarray.
Joelinton's 3.05 dribbles attempted per 90 puts him in the 96th percentile of midfielders for the metric, according to football stats website, fbref. This means only four percent of midfielders in Europe's top five leagues are dribbling more often than Newcastle's record signing.
Bielsa will need to think carefully about who he gives the instruction to mark Joelinton, in order to stop these dribbles at source and before they can cause carnage in Leeds' defence. Perhaps it would make most sense to start Leo Hjelde at left back - after he impressed in the role from the bench last weekend - in order to free up Stuart Dallas to play in midfield and give him the instruction to follow the Brazilian.
Leeds will also need to be careful not to throw away possession cheaply, as Newcastle now have a dual threat in counter attacks with both Joelinton and Saint-Maximin being high volume dribblers.
Leeds should feel confident of creating chances at the other end. They have just come off the back of a clinical performance at the London Stadium and Howe has been completely unable to fix Newcastle's leaky defence. Should the Whites hit on the right plan to keep Newcastle's all carrying threat to a minimum, they will give themselves a great chance to bury the threat of a further relegation battle.
