English Premier League

FT Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Leicester City DWLLW 3
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Newcastle United WLWLL 0
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St. James' Park · 52,178 att.

Match Report

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Perez, Maddison and Choudhury fire as Leicester sink Newcastle

Leicester City striker Ayoze Perez came back to haunt his former team Newcastle United with a goal and an assist.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
7
76.6
Possession
23.4
17
SHOTS
5
10
ON GOAL
2
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
755
Accurate Passes
170
833
Passes
244
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
1
11
Crosses
13
0.2
Cross %
0.1
47
Long Balls
55
31
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.7
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
10
14
Effective Clearances
20
14
Clearances
20

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-2

Lineups

NEW · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Martin DúbravkaG
  2. 18Federico FernándezCD
  3. 20Florian LejeuneCD-L
  4. 5Fabian SchärCD-R
  5. 8Jonjo ShelveyCM-L
  6. 14Isaac HaydenCM-R
  7. 15Jetro WillemsLM
  8. 19Javier ManquilloRM
  9. 9JoelintonF
  10. 24Miguel AlmirónCF-L
  11. 13Yoshinori MutoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22DeAndre YedlinSUB
  2. 12Dwight GayleSUB
  3. 17Emil KrafthSUB
  4. 7Andy CarrollSUB
  5. 36Sean LongstaffSUB
  6. 30Christian AtsuSUB
  7. 26Karl DarlowSUB

LEI · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 6Jonny EvansCD
  3. 28Christian FuchsCD-L
  4. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-R
  5. 25Wilfred NdidiSW
  6. 10James MaddisonCM-L
  7. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  8. 3Ben ChilwellLM
  9. 21Ricardo PereiraRM
  10. 17Ayoze PérezCF-L
  11. 14Kelechi IheanachoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2James Justin
  2. 11Marc Albrighton
  3. 20Hamza Choudhury
  4. 7Demarai Gray
  5. 5Wes Morgan
  6. 15Harvey Barnes
  7. 12Danny Ward

Timeline

  1. 27' VAR Decision: No Penalty Leicester City.
  2. 31' Federico Fernández (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 1. Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  4. 39' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 2. James Maddison (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
  5. 45' Substitution, Newcastle United. DeAndre Yedlin replaces Jetro Willems because of an injury.
  6. 45'+3' Substitution, Newcastle United. Emil Krafth replaces Javier Manquillo.
  7. 45' Substitution, Newcastle United. Sean Longstaff replaces Jonjo Shelvey.
  8. 59' Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  10. 77' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces James Maddison.
  11. 84' Substitution, Leicester City. Wes Morgan replaces Jonny Evans.
  12. 87' Goal! Newcastle United 0, Leicester City 3. Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.

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