English Premier League

FT Monday, December 26, 2022
Newcastle United WWWWW 3
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Leicester City LWWWW 0
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King Power Stadium · 32,185 att.

Match Report

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Newcastle outclass Leicester City to climb up to second place

Newcastle's Joelinton won a penalty and netted a header in a 3-0 thrashing of Leicester that took his side up to second in the Premier League.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
2
39.9
Possession
60.1
12
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.3
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
282
Accurate Passes
472
380
Passes
575
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
9
Crosses
16
0.6
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
49
33
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
16
12
Tackles
24
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
11
21
Effective Clearances
13
21
Clearances
13

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Danny WardG
  2. 3Wout FaesCD-L
  3. 18Daniel AmarteyCD-R
  4. 33Luke ThomasLB
  5. 27Timothy CastagneRB
  6. 22Kiernan Dewsbury-HallAM
  7. 42Boubakary SoumaréLM
  8. 8Youri TielemansRM
  9. 20Patson DakaF
  10. 7Harvey BarnesAM-L
  11. 26Dennis PraetAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  2. 25Wilfred NdidiSUB
  3. 17Ayoze PérezSUB
  4. 23Jannik VestergaardSUB
  5. 31Daniel IversenSUB
  6. 11Marc AlbrightonSUB
  7. 9Jamie VardySUB
  8. 24Nampalys MendySUB
  9. 4Çaglar SöyüncüSUB

NEW · 4-3-3

  1. 22Nick PopeG
  2. 4Sven BotmanCD-L
  3. 5Fabian SchärCD-R
  4. 33Dan BurnLB
  5. 2Kieran TrippierRB
  6. 39Bruno GuimarãesCM
  7. 28Joe WillockLM
  8. 36Sean LongstaffRM
  9. 20Chris WoodF
  10. 7JoelintonLF
  11. 24Miguel AlmirónRF

Substitutes

  1. 13Matt TargettSUB
  2. 23Jacob MurphySUB
  3. 10Allan Saint-MaximinSUB
  4. 32Elliot AndersonSUB
  5. 6Jamaal LascellesSUB
  6. 26Karl DarlowSUB
  7. 19Javier ManquilloSUB
  8. 21Ryan FraserSUB
  9. 11Matt RitchieSUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Leicester City 0, Newcastle United 1. Chris Wood (Newcastle United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  2. 7' Goal! Leicester City 0, Newcastle United 2. Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
  3. 17' Substitution, Leicester City. Ayoze Pérez replaces Dennis Praet because of an injury.
  4. 32' Goal! Leicester City 0, Newcastle United 3. Joelinton (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a cross following a corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Patson Daka.
  6. 71' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Harvey Barnes.
  7. 72' Substitution, Leicester City. Wilfred Ndidi replaces Boubakary Soumaré.
  8. 83' Substitution, Newcastle United. Allan Saint-Maximin replaces Miguel Almirón.
  9. 84' Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Murphy replaces Joe Willock.
  10. 88' Substitution, Newcastle United. Matt Ritchie replaces Chris Wood.
  11. 90'+2' Substitution, Newcastle United. Elliot Anderson replaces Sean Longstaff.

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