Premier League

Newcastle United 2-1 Leicester

Newcastle United vs Leicester finished 2-1 in Premier League. Key event: 1' Jonjo Shelvey (xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 71.3%, 52.2%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 3-0-5. Home form: W L L L W; Away form: W D W L W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

NEW Newcastle United 2 - 1 Finished

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Competition Premier League Season 2021/2022 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 17 Apr 2022, 13:15 Venue time 17 Apr 2022, 14:15 BST

Match context 4 facts

Home form W L L L W 6 pts, goals 4-8, 0.80 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Away form W D W L W 10 pts, goals 6-5, 1.20 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Newcastle United · season record 8 W · 10 D · 13 L 2021/2022: 31 recorded matches, goals 34–54; before 17 Apr 2022 UTC. Not official standings.

Leicester · season record 11 W · 7 D · 11 L 2021/2022: 29 recorded matches, goals 45–48; before 17 Apr 2022 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 24 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 16 shots · 2.91 xG · 2 goals

Leicester 8 shots · 0.54 xG · 1 goal

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 38 events

1' shot Jonjo Shelvey Newcastle United xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 71.3%, 52.2%

1' Yellow Daniel Amartey LEI Yellow card

11' shot Dan Burn Newcastle United xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 88.6%, 46.1%

13' shot Joelinton Newcastle United assist Fabian Schär · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.7%, 65.8%

18' shot Ademola Lookman LEI assist Ayoze Pérez · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 91.2%, 47.6%

19' Goal Ademola Lookman 0–1 LEI assist Ayoze Pérez

24' shot Youri Tielemans LEI assist Daniel Amartey · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.1%, 36.1%

25' shot Ayoze Pérez LEI assist Youri Tielemans · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.2%, 28%

29' shot Joelinton Newcastle United assist Allan Saint-Maximin · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.9%, 66.2%

29' shot Bruno Guimarães Newcastle United assist Dan Burn · xG 0.6 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 97%, 45.2%

29' shot Bruno Guimarães Newcastle United xG 0.62 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 96.1%, 46.2%

29' shot Bruno Guimarães Newcastle United xG 0.59 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 96.6%, 45.5%

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30' Goal Bruno Guimarães 1–1Newcastle United Goal

32' VAR Bruno Guimarães Newcastle United Goal not awarded

36' shot Matt Targett Newcastle United assist Bruno Guimarães · xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 91%, 37.1%

40' shot Chris Wood Newcastle United assist Joelinton · xG 0.08 · Open Play · location 94.3%, 55.4%

44' shot Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall LEI assist Ademola Lookman · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 73.8%, 43.9%

46' shot Miguel Almirón Newcastle United assist Matt Targett · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.9%, 51.1%

46' shot Allan Saint-Maximin Newcastle United assist Miguel Almirón · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.1%, 49.4%

48' shot Allan Saint-Maximin Newcastle United assist Joelinton · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.9%, 67%

52' shot Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall LEI assist Luke Thomas · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.5%, 68.4%

55' shot Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall LEI assist Ademola Lookman · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.4%, 66.3%

56' shot James Justin LEI assist Ademola Lookman · xG 0.04 · From Corner · location 90.7%, 57.5%

57' shot Joelinton Newcastle United assist Allan Saint-Maximin · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.8%, 60.3%

60' Sub James Maddison LEI on for Ayoze Pérez

61' shot Allan Saint-Maximin Newcastle United assist Joelinton · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.9%, 73.2%

66' Sub Harvey Barnes LEI on for Ademola Lookman

69' Sub Joe Willock Newcastle United on for Chris Wood

70' Sub Jacob Murphy Newcastle United on for Miguel Almirón

78' Sub Kelechi Iheanacho LEI on for Patson Daka

79' shot Dan Burn Newcastle United assist Matt Targett · xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 90.8%, 64.2%

84' shot Kelechi Iheanacho LEI assist Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall · xG 0.16 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 96.8%, 53.6%

84' Yellow Emil Krafth Newcastle United Yellow card

90+1' Sub Dwight Gayle Newcastle United on for Allan Saint-Maximin

90+5' Yellow Bruno Guimarães Newcastle United Yellow card

90+5' Goal Bruno Guimarães 2–1Newcastle United Goal

90+6' Yellow Nampalys Mendy LEI Yellow card

94' shot Bruno Guimarães Newcastle United xG 0.63 · Open Play · location 92.9%, 50.7%

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 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

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

31% Ball Possession 69%

31% 69%

2.54 Expected Goals 0.54

82% 17%

16 Total Shots 8

66% 33%

7 Shots on Goal 2

77% 22%

3 Corner Kicks 5

37% 62%

10 Fouls 10

50% 50%

2 Yellow Cards 2

50% 50%

1 Goalkeeper Saves 5

16% 83%

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1 Blocked shots 4

1 Offsides 0

9 Free kicks 10

8 Shots off target 2

25 Throw-ins 27

6 Goal kicks 11

1 Total saves 5

0 Hit woodwork 0

10 Shots inside box 5

Lineups

1 Kasper Schmeichel GK 2 James Justin DEF 18 Daniel Amartey DEF 4 Çağlar Söyüncü DEF 33 Luke Thomas DEF 24 Nampalys Mendy MID 17 Ayoze Pérez MID 8 Youri Tielemans MID 22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall MID 37 Ademola Lookman MID 29 Patson Daka FWD 1 Martin Dúbravka GK 17 Emil Krafth DEF 5 Fabian Schär DEF 33 Dan Burn DEF 13 Matt Targett DEF 39 Bruno Guimarães MID 8 Jonjo Shelvey MID 7 Joelinton MID 24 Miguel Almirón FWD 20 Chris Wood FWD 10 Allan Saint-Maximin FWD

Leicester

4-1-4-1 · Manager Brendan Rodgers

1 K Kasper Schmeichel · Captain GK

2 J James Justin DEF

18 D Daniel Amartey DEF

4 Ç Çağlar Söyüncü DEF

33 L Luke Thomas DEF

24 N Nampalys Mendy MID

17 A Ayoze Pérez MID

8 Y Youri Tielemans MID

22 K Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall MID

37 A Ademola Lookman MID

29 P Patson Daka FWD

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10 J James Maddison MID

7 H Harvey Barnes MID

14 K Kelechi Iheanacho FWD

35 E Eldin Jakupović GK

27 T Timothy Castagne DEF

21 R Ricardo Pereira DEF

6 J Jonny Evans DEF

11 M Marc Albrighton MID

20 H Hamza Choudhury MID