Premier League

Newcastle United 2-3 Leicester

Newcastle United vs Leicester finished 2-3 in Premier League. Key event: 3' Joselu (assist Dwight Gayle · xG 0.55 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.3%, 48%). Head to head: H2H last 4: 1-0-3. Home form: L D L L L; Away form: W W D L D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

NEW Newcastle United 2 - 3 Finished

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

Your time 09 Dec 2017, 17:30 Venue time 09 Dec 2017, 17:30 GMT

Match context 4 facts

Home form L D L L L 1 pts, goals 4-13, 0.80 scored/match, 2.60 conceded/match

Away form W W D L D 8 pts, goals 6-6, 1.20 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Newcastle United · season record 4 W · 3 D · 8 L 2017/2018: 15 recorded matches, goals 14–22; before 09 Dec 2017 UTC. Not official standings.

Leicester · season record 5 W · 5 D · 5 L 2017/2018: 15 recorded matches, goals 20–20; before 09 Dec 2017 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 24 shots · 4 goals

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

Newcastle United 11 shots · 0.96 xG · 2 goals

Full pitch retained for 1 location outside the attacking half.

Leicester 13 shots · 0.44 xG · 2 goals

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 38 events

3' shot Joselu Newcastle United assist Dwight Gayle · xG 0.55 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.3%, 48%

4' Goal Joselu 1–0 Newcastle United assist Dwight Gayle

6' shot Dwight Gayle Newcastle United assist Mikel Merino · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.1%, 63.7%

8' shot Demarai Gray LEI assist Riyad Mahrez · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.6%, 24.7%

12' shot Demarai Gray LEI assist Harry Maguire · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.9%, 39.2%

12' Yellow Demarai Gray LEI Yellow card

14' shot Jacob Murphy Newcastle United assist Matt Ritchie · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 60.8%, 33.6%

15' shot Wilfred Ndidi LEI assist Riyad Mahrez · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.1%, 48.2%

18' shot Demarai Gray LEI assist Jamie Vardy · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.3%, 56.4%

19' shot Riyad Mahrez LEI assist Wilfred Ndidi · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.2%, 56.3%

20' Goal Riyad Mahrez 1–1 LEI assist Wilfred Ndidi

23' shot Marc Albrighton LEI assist Riyad Mahrez · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 66.8%

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25' shot Danny Simpson LEI assist Demarai Gray · xG 0.1 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 97.2%, 41.2%

29' shot Danny Simpson LEI assist Ben Chilwell · xG 0.01 · Open Play · location 92.9%, 34.6%

30' shot Jamie Vardy LEI assist Wilfred Ndidi · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.6%, 24.7%

35' shot Jacob Murphy Newcastle United xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.3%, 47.3%

37' shot Matt Ritchie Newcastle United xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 79.1%, 28.7%

51' shot Joselu Newcastle United assist Matt Ritchie · xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 91.6%, 58.1%

59' shot Demarai Gray LEI assist Marc Albrighton · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85%, 63.7%

60' Goal Demarai Gray 1–2LEI assist Marc Albrighton

64' Sub Christian Atsu Newcastle United on for Matt Ritchie

65' shot Ben Chilwell LEI xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 74.5%, 53.6%

65' shot Riyad Mahrez LEI assist Marc Albrighton · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 93.6%, 67.9%

71' Sub Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United on for Jacob Murphy

72' shot Mikel Merino Newcastle United assist Christian Atsu · xG 0.07 · From Corner · location 91.5%, 55%

72' shot Dwight Gayle Newcastle United assist Mikel Merino · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 85.8%, 38.8%

73' Goal Dwight Gayle 2–2Newcastle United assist Mikel Merino

73' Sub Shinji Okazaki LEI on for Demarai Gray

75' Yellow Isaac Hayden Newcastle United Yellow card

77' shot Dwight Gayle Newcastle United assist Joselu · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 67%

81' shot Wilfred Ndidi LEI xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 77.9%, 34.5%

81' Yellow Florian Lejeune Newcastle United Yellow card

85' shot Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United xG 0 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 9.4%, 50.1%

86' Goal Ayoze Pérez 2–3LEI Own goal

88' Sub Aleksandar Mitrović Newcastle United on for Joselu

89' Sub Christian Fuchs LEI on for Riyad Mahrez

90' Sub Leonardo Ulloa LEI on for Jamie Vardy

93' shot Dwight Gayle Newcastle United xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.6%, 61%

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

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

37% Ball Possession 63%

37% 63%

0.96 Expected Goals 0.44

68% 31%

11 Total Shots 13

45% 54%

4 Shots on Goal 5

44% 55%

6 Corner Kicks 5

54% 45%

10 Fouls 8

55% 44%

2 Yellow Cards 1

66% 33%

3 Goalkeeper Saves 2

60% 40%

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2 Blocked shots 1

1 Offsides 2

8 Free kicks 10

4 Shots off target 7

21 Throw-ins 21

8 Goal kicks 7

3 Total saves 2

0 Hit woodwork 0

5 Shots inside box 7

Lineups

1 Kasper Schmeichel GK 2 Danny Simpson DEF 5 Wes Morgan DEF 15 Harry Maguire DEF 3 Ben Chilwell DEF 26 Riyad Mahrez MID 25 Wilfred Ndidi MID 21 Vicente Iborra MID 11 Marc Albrighton MID 7 Demarai Gray FWD 9 Jamie Vardy FWD 26 Karl Darlow GK 22 DeAndre Yedlin DEF 20 Florian Lejeune DEF 2 Ciaran Clark DEF 19 Javier Manquillo DEF 11 Matt Ritchie MID 14 Isaac Hayden MID 23 Mikel Merino MID 7 Jacob Murphy MID 21 Joselu FWD 9 Dwight Gayle FWD

Leicester

4-4-1-1 · 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

26 R Riyad Mahrez MID

25 W Wilfred Ndidi MID

21 V Vicente Iborra MID

11 M Marc Albrighton MID

7 D Demarai Gray FWD

9 J Jamie Vardy FWD

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20 S Shinji Okazaki FWD

28 C Christian Fuchs DEF

23 L Leonardo Ulloa FWD

12 B Ben Hamer GK

16 A Aleksandar Dragović DEF

10 A Andy King MID

8 K Kelechi Iheanacho FWD