English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 7, 2018
Newcastle United WDLWW 2
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Leicester City DDWLW 1
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King Power Stadium · 32,066 att.

Match Report

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Newcastle win at Leicester City to edge closer to safety

Jonjo Shelvey and Ayoze Perez scored fine goals to put the visitors in control, but Jamie Vardy reduced the deficit late on.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
7
0
Saves
2
33.7
Possession
66.3
8
SHOTS
8
4
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
162
Accurate Passes
413
272
Passes
518
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
11
Crosses
33
0.2
Cross %
0.2
67
Long Balls
86
20
Accurate Long Balls
47
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
6
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
27
Effective Clearances
14
27
Clearances
14

Head to Head

LEI leads series 5-0

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 2Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 33Fousseni DiabateAM
  7. 21Vicente IborraLM
  8. 14Adrien SilvaRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 11Marc AlbrightonAM-L
  11. 26Riyad MahrezAM-R

NEW · 4-4-1-1

  1. 12Martin DúbravkaG
  2. 20Florian LejeuneCD-L
  3. 6Jamaal LascellesCD-R
  4. 3Paul DummettLB
  5. 22DeAndre YedlinRB
  6. 8Jonjo ShelveyCM-L
  7. 10Mohamed DiaméCM-R
  8. 15KenedyLM
  9. 11Matt RitchieRM
  10. 9Dwight GayleF
  11. 17Ayoze PérezRCF

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal! Leicester City 0, Newcastle United 1. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
  2. 21' Harry Maguire (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 21' Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 42' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Vicente Iborra because of an injury.
  5. 52' Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 55' Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 57' Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Danny Simpson.
  8. 64' Substitution, Newcastle United. Christian Atsu replaces Kenedy.
  9. 70' Substitution, Newcastle United. Joselu replaces Dwight Gayle.
  10. 75' Goal! Leicester City 0, Newcastle United 2. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florian Lejeune.
  11. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Fousseni Diabaté.
  12. 81' Substitution, Newcastle United. Isaac Hayden replaces Mohamed Diamé.
  13. 83' Goal! Leicester City 1, Newcastle United 2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Shinji Okazaki with a headed pass.

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