Leicester City 2-4 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Friday 7 May 2021
Result
Leicester City 2-4 Newcastle United
Premier League · Friday 7 May 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
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Leicester City 2-4 Newcastle United: match report
Leicester City were beaten by Newcastle United 2-4 in the Premier League on Friday 7 May 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Joe Willock opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Leicester City's goals came from Marc Albrighton (80') and Kelechi Iheanacho (87'). Newcastle United scored through Joe Willock (22'), P. Dummett (34'), Callum Wilson (64') and Callum Wilson (73').
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 3rd on 63 points from 34 and Newcastle United 17th on 36 points from 34. Leicester City went on to finish that season 5th with 66 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 45.
Leicester City lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Newcastle United in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Wilson of Newcastle United (8.5), ahead of Kelechi Iheanacho (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Leicester City wins, 0 draws and 2 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Joe Willock
- 34'Goal · P. Dummett
- 56'Yellow card · Emil Krafth
- 64'Goal · Callum Wilson
- 72'Yellow card · Kelechi Iheanacho
- 73'Goal · Callum Wilson
- 80'Goal · Marc Albrighton
- 87'Goal · Kelechi Iheanacho
Head-to-head
Team news
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Leicester City line-up (3-4-1-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Timothy Castagne, Wesley Fofana, Çağlar Söyüncü, Ricardo Pereira, Youri Tielemans, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, James Maddison, Kelechi Iheanacho, Jamie Vardy
Newcastle United line-up (5-3-2)
Martin Dúbravka, Jacob Murphy, Emil Krafth, Federico Fernández, Paul Dummett, Matt Ritchie, Joe Willock, Jonjo Shelvey, Miguel Almirón, Callum Wilson, Allan Saint-Maximin