Premier League

Newcastle United 1-2 Leicester

Newcastle United vs Leicester finished 1-2 in Premier League. Key event: 2' James Maddison (xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.3%, 68.9%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 2-0-6. Home form: D L D L W; Away form: D D W L W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

NEW Newcastle United 1 - 2 Finished

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Competition Premier League Season 2021 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 03 Jan 2021, 14:15 Venue time 03 Jan 2021, 14:15 GMT

Match context 4 facts

Home form D L D L W 5 pts, goals 5-9, 1.00 scored/match, 1.80 conceded/match

Away form D D W L W 8 pts, goals 8-5, 1.60 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Newcastle United · season record 5 W · 4 D · 6 L 2021: 15 recorded matches, goals 17–24; before 03 Jan 2021 UTC. Not official standings.

Leicester · season record 9 W · 2 D · 5 L 2021: 16 recorded matches, goals 29–20; before 03 Jan 2021 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.

Newcastle United 7 shots · 0.26 xG · 1 goal

Leicester 9 shots · 0.7 xG · 2 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 25 events

2' shot James Maddison LEI xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.3%, 68.9%

18' shot Joelinton Newcastle United assist Federico Fernández · xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 91.3%, 50.7%

20' shot Sean Longstaff Newcastle United xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 81.6%, 54.6%

43' shot Youri Tielemans LEI xG 0.01 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 74.3%, 68.2%

47' shot Wesley Fofana LEI assist James Maddison · xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 90.4%, 44.2%

48' shot Ciaran Clark Newcastle United assist Matt Ritchie · xG 0.01 · Set Piece · location 90.4%, 65.6%

52' shot Miguel Almirón Newcastle United xG 0.01 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 72.7%, 56%

54' shot James Maddison LEI assist Jamie Vardy · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.5%, 58.7%

55' Goal James Maddison 0–1 LEI assist Jamie Vardy

60' Yellow Youri Tielemans LEI Yellow card

61' shot James Maddison LEI assist Timothy Castagne · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 71.1%, 56.9%

64' Sub Jacob Murphy Newcastle United on for Miguel Almirón

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65' Sub Jonjo Shelvey Newcastle United on for Joelinton

66' shot Ciaran Clark Newcastle United assist Matt Ritchie · xG 0.07 · From Corner · location 95.4%, 55%

68' shot Harvey Barnes LEI assist James Maddison · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.1%, 51.6%

71' shot Youri Tielemans LEI assist Marc Albrighton · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.5%, 42.1%

72' Goal Youri Tielemans 0–2LEI assist Marc Albrighton

79' Sub Çağlar Söyüncü LEI on for James Maddison

79' Sub Andy Carroll Newcastle United on for DeAndre Yedlin

80' Yellow James Justin LEI Yellow card

81' shot Andy Carroll Newcastle United xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 91.4%, 42.9%

82' shot Andy Carroll Newcastle United xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.2%, 49.4%

82' Goal Andy Carroll 1–2Newcastle United Goal

87' shot Harvey Barnes LEI assist Jamie Vardy · xG 0.33 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.5%, 62.6%

92' shot Harvey Barnes LEI assist Timothy Castagne · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.1%, 64.3%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 7-4-1

Newcastle United leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 7 wins, 4 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 01 Jan 2020 NEW Newcastle United 0 - 3 Leicester

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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

07 Apr 2018

Leicester 1 - 2 Newcastle United NEW

Team statistics 17 metrics

43% Ball Possession 57%

43% 57%

0.26 Expected Goals 0.70

27% 72%

7 Total Shots 9

43% 56%

2 Shots on Goal 3

40% 60%

3 Corner Kicks 6

33% 66%

10 Fouls 11

47% 52%

0 Yellow Cards 2

0% 100%

1 Goalkeeper Saves 1

50% 50%

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3 Blocked shots 1

3 Offsides 3

11 Free kicks 10

3 Shots off target 5

28 Throw-ins 13

10 Goal kicks 4

1 Total saves 1

0 Hit woodwork 0

5 Shots inside box 4

Lineups

1 Kasper Schmeichel GK 2 James Justin DEF 3 Wesley Fofana DEF 6 Jonny Evans DEF 27 Timothy Castagne DEF 25 Wilfred Ndidi MID 8 Youri Tielemans MID 11 Marc Albrighton MID 10 James Maddison MID 15 Harvey Barnes MID 9 Jamie Vardy FWD 26 Karl Darlow GK 22 DeAndre Yedlin DEF 18 Federico Fernández DEF 5 Fabian Schär DEF 2 Ciaran Clark DEF 11 Matt Ritchie DEF 24 Miguel Almirón MID 36 Sean Longstaff MID 4 Matthew Longstaff MID 9 Joelinton MID 13 Callum Wilson FWD

Leicester

4-2-3-1 · Manager Brendan Rodgers

1 K Kasper Schmeichel · Captain GK

2 J James Justin DEF

3 W Wesley Fofana DEF

6 J Jonny Evans DEF

27 T Timothy Castagne DEF

25 W Wilfred Ndidi MID

8 Y Youri Tielemans MID

11 M Marc Albrighton MID

10 J James Maddison MID

15 H Harvey Barnes MID

9 J Jamie Vardy FWD

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4 Ç Çağlar Söyüncü DEF

12 D Danny Ward GK

33 L Luke Thomas DEF

19 C Cengiz Ünder MID

24 N Nampalys Mendy MID

26 D Dennis Praet MID

18 D Daniel Amartey DEF

17 A Ayoze Pérez FWD

14 K Kelechi Iheanacho FWD