English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 29, 2018
Leicester City WLLWW 2
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Newcastle United LLLLD 0
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St. James' Park · 51,523 att.

Match Report

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Newcastle in dire straits after 2-0 defeat by Leicester

Newcastle have now lost their opening four home games of the season for the first time and stayed 18th on two points from seven matches.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
3
58.5
Possession
41.5
12
SHOTS
6
5
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
416
Accurate Passes
271
525
Passes
376
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
14
0.3
Cross %
0.2
74
Long Balls
60
40
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
1
17
Effective Tackles
21
22
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
9
Interceptions
10
12
Effective Clearances
30
12
Clearances
30

Head to Head

LEI leads series 4-1

Lineups

NEW · 4-4-1-1

  1. 12Martin DúbravkaG
  2. 2Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 6Jamaal LascellesCD-R
  4. 15KenedyLB
  5. 22DeAndre YedlinRB
  6. 8Jonjo ShelveyCM-L
  7. 10Mohamed DiaméCM-R
  8. 30Christian AtsuLM
  9. 11Matt RitchieRM
  10. 21JoseluF
  11. 17Ayoze PérezRCF

Substitutes

  1. 13Yoshinori MutoSUB
  2. 7Jacob MurphySUB
  3. 14Isaac HaydenSUB
  4. 26Karl DarlowSUB
  5. 5Fabian SchärSUB
  6. 19Javier ManquilloSUB
  7. 36Sean LongstaffSUB

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 18Daniel AmarteyRB
  6. 8Kelechi IheanachoAM
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 24Nampalys MendyRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 10James MaddisonAM-L
  11. 14Ricardo PereiraAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Rachid GhezzalSUB
  2. 11Marc AlbrightonSUB
  3. 20Shinji OkazakiSUB
  4. 12Danny WardSUB
  5. 28Christian FuchsSUB
  6. 6Jonny EvansSUB
  7. 21Vicente IborraSUB

Timeline

  1. 30' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 65' Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Murphy replaces Matt Ritchie.
  3. 69' Substitution, Newcastle United. Yoshinori Muto replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  4. 73' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 2. Harry Maguire (Leicester City) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Maddison with a cross following a corner.
  5. 74' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Jamie Vardy.
  6. 80' Substitution, Newcastle United. Javier Manquillo replaces DeAndre Yedlin.
  7. 85' Substitution, Leicester City. Vicente Iborra replaces James Maddison.

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