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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Joe WillockNewcastle United · 0-1
  • 34'Goal · P. DummettNewcastle United · 0-2
  • 56'Yellow card · Emil KrafthNewcastle United
  • 64'Goal · Callum WilsonNewcastle United · 0-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Kelechi IheanachoLeicester City
  • 73'Goal · Callum WilsonNewcastle United · 0-4
  • 80'Goal · Marc AlbrightonLeicester City · 1-4
  • 87'Goal · Kelechi IheanachoLeicester City · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leicester City 8, draws 0, Newcastle United 2.

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