Premier League

Leicester 1-2 Newcastle United

Leicester vs Newcastle United finished 1-2 in Premier League. Key event: 2' Ayoze Pérez (assist Kenedy · xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 95.2%, 38%). Head to head: H2H last 5: 4-0-1. Home form: W W D D L; Away form: W W L D W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

LEI 1 - 2 Finished NEW Newcastle United

Competition Premier League Season 2017/2018 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 07 Apr 2018, 14:00 Venue time 07 Apr 2018, 15:00 BST

Match context 4 facts

Home form W W D D L 8 pts, goals 9-8, 1.80 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Away form W W L D W 10 pts, goals 7-4, 1.40 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Leicester · season record 11 W · 10 D · 10 L 2017/2018: 31 recorded matches, goals 47–43; before 07 Apr 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Newcastle United · season record 9 W · 8 D · 14 L 2017/2018: 31 recorded matches, goals 31–40; before 07 Apr 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 16 shots · 3 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Leicester 8 shots · 1.09 xG · 1 goal

Newcastle United 8 shots · 0.29 xG · 2 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 29 events

2' shot Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United assist Kenedy · xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 95.2%, 38%

3' shot Dwight Gayle Newcastle United assist Kenedy · xG 0.06 · From Corner · location 92.7%, 49.1%

15' shot Wes Morgan LEI assist Ben Chilwell · xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 92.7%, 45%

17' shot Jonjo Shelvey Newcastle United assist Ayoze Pérez · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.6%, 50.1%

18' Goal Jonjo Shelvey 0–1 Newcastle United assist Ayoze Pérez

21' Yellow Jamaal Lascelles Newcastle United Yellow card

21' Yellow Harry Maguire LEI Yellow card

29' shot Vicente Iborra LEI assist Riyad Mahrez · xG 0.04 · From Corner · location 89.7%, 56.1%

34' shot Fousseni Diabate LEI assist Harry Maguire · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.8%, 62.3%

42' Sub Hamza Choudhury LEI on for Vicente Iborra · Injury substitution

47' shot Dwight Gayle Newcastle United xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 78.8%, 66.7%

52' Yellow Dwight Gayle Newcastle United Yellow card

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55' Yellow Matt Ritchie Newcastle United Yellow card

57' shot Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 62.8%, 33.2%

57' shot Kenedy Newcastle United xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 76.6%, 65.5%

57' Sub Shinji Okazaki LEI on for Danny Simpson

58' shot Adrien Silva LEI assist Riyad Mahrez · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.5%, 39.7%

59' shot Riyad Mahrez LEI assist Shinji Okazaki · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 85.1%, 41.2%

59' shot Jamie Vardy LEI assist Harry Maguire · xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 87.8%, 57.5%

64' Sub Christian Atsu Newcastle United on for Kenedy

70' Sub Joselu Newcastle United on for Dwight Gayle

74' shot Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United assist Florian Lejeune · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.9%, 53.4%

75' Goal Ayoze Pérez 0–2Newcastle United assist Florian Lejeune

76' Sub Demarai Gray LEI on for Fousseni Diabaté

77' shot Wes Morgan LEI assist Demarai Gray · xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 92.7%, 53.7%

81' Sub Isaac Hayden Newcastle United on for Mohamed Diamé

82' shot Jamie Vardy LEI assist Shinji Okazaki · xG 0.82 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 98.6%, 52%

83' Goal Jamie Vardy 1–2LEI assist Shinji Okazaki

86' shot Matt Ritchie Newcastle United assist Jonjo Shelvey · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.2%, 59.7%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 5-6-1

Newcastle United leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 6 wins, 5 losses, 1 draw. Latest meeting: 07 Apr 2025 · Leicester vs Newcastle United · 0 - 3.

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07 Apr 2025

Leicester 0 - 3 Newcastle United NEW 14 Dec 2024 NEW Newcastle United 4 - 0 Leicester

22 May 2023 NEW Newcastle United 0 - 0 Leicester

26 Dec 2022

Leicester 0 - 3 Newcastle United NEW 17 Apr 2022 NEW Newcastle United 2 - 1 Leicester

12 Dec 2021

Leicester 4 - 0 Newcastle United NEW 07 May 2021

Leicester 2 - 4 Newcastle United NEW 03 Jan 2021 NEW Newcastle United 1 - 2 Leicester

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01 Jan 2020 NEW Newcastle United 0 - 3 Leicester

29 Sep 2019

Leicester 5 - 0 Newcastle United NEW 12 Apr 2019

Leicester 0 - 1 Newcastle United NEW 29 Sep 2018 NEW Newcastle United 0 - 2 Leicester

Team statistics 17 metrics

66% Ball Possession 34%

66% 34%

1.09 Expected Goals 0.29

79% 21%

8 Total Shots 8

50% 50%

1 Shots on Goal 4

20% 80%

7 Corner Kicks 5

58% 41%

7 Fouls 14

33% 66%

1 Yellow Cards 3

25% 75%

2 Goalkeeper Saves 0

100% 0%

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2 Blocked shots 1

3 Offsides 3

14 Free kicks 7

5 Shots off target 3

24 Throw-ins 27

6 Goal kicks 11

2 Total saves 0

0 Hit woodwork 0

6 Shots inside box 2

Lineups

12 Martin Dúbravka GK 22 DeAndre Yedlin DEF 6 Jamaal Lascelles DEF 20 Florian Lejeune DEF 3 Paul Dummett DEF 11 Matt Ritchie MID 10 Mohamed Diamé MID 8 Jonjo Shelvey MID 15 Kenedy MID 17 Ayoze Pérez FWD 9 Dwight Gayle FWD 1 Kasper Schmeichel GK 2 Danny Simpson DEF 5 Wes Morgan DEF 15 Harry Maguire DEF 3 Ben Chilwell DEF 14 Adrien Silva MID 21 Vicente Iborra MID 26 Riyad Mahrez MID 33 Fousseni Diabaté MID 11 Marc Albrighton MID 9 Jamie Vardy FWD

Newcastle United

4-4-1-1 · Manager Rafael Benítez

12 M Martin Dúbravka GK

22 D DeAndre Yedlin DEF

6 J Jamaal Lascelles · Captain DEF

20 F Florian Lejeune DEF

3 P Paul Dummett DEF

11 M Matt Ritchie MID

10 M Mohamed Diamé MID

8 J Jonjo Shelvey MID

15 K Kenedy MID

17 A Ayoze Pérez FWD

9 D Dwight Gayle FWD

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30 C Christian Atsu MID

21 J Joselu FWD

14 I Isaac Hayden MID

26 K Karl Darlow GK

19 J Javier Manquillo DEF

2 C Ciaran Clark DEF

23 M Mikel Merino MID

Leicester

4-2-3-1 · Manager Claude Puel

1 K Kasper Schmeichel GK

2 D Danny Simpson DEF

5 W Wes Morgan · Captain DEF

15 H Harry Maguire DEF

3 B Ben Chilwell DEF

14 A Adrien Silva MID

21 V Vicente Iborra MID

26 R Riyad Mahrez MID

33 F Fousseni Diabaté MID

11 M Marc Albrighton MID

9 J Jamie Vardy FWD

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38 H Hamza Choudhury MID

20 S Shinji Okazaki FWD

7 D Demarai Gray MID

17 E Eldin Jakupović GK

16 A Aleksandar Dragović DEF

28 C Christian Fuchs DEF

8 K Kelechi Iheanacho FWD