Newcastle United 0-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 November 2015
Result
Newcastle United 0-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 21 November 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Newcastle United 0-2 Leicester City: match report
Newcastle United were beaten by Leicester City 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 November 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (45+1'), Leonardo Ulloa (62') and Shinji Okazaki (83').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 17th on 9 points from 12 and Leicester City 4th on 23 points from 12. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Leicester City 1st with 76.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City (9.0), ahead of N'Golo Kanté (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · Robert Huth
- 36'Yellow card · Vurnon Anita
- 45+1'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 48'Yellow card · P. Dummett
- 62'Goal · Leonardo Ulloa
- 76'Yellow card · Ayoze Pérez
- 79'Yellow card · Moussa Sissoko
- 83'Goal · Shinji Okazaki
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Elliot, Daryl Janmaat, Chancel Mbemba, Fabricio Coloccini, Paul Dummett, Moussa Sissoko, Vurnon Anita, Cheik Tiote, Georginio Wijnaldum, Ayoze Pérez, Aleksandar Mitrović
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, N'Golo Kanté, Danny Drinkwater, Marc Albrighton, Leonardo Ulloa, Jamie Vardy