Newcastle United 2-3 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 9 December 2017
Result
Newcastle United 2-3 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 9 December 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Newcastle United 2-3 Leicester City: match report
Newcastle United lost to Leicester City 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Joselu opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Joselu (4') and Dwight Gayle (73'). Leicester City scored through Riyad Mahrez (20'), Demarai Gray (60') and an own goal by Ayoze Pérez (86').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 16th on 15 points from 15 and Leicester City 9th on 20 points from 15. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 10th with 44 points, and Leicester City 9th with 47.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Leicester City in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dwight Gayle of Newcastle United (8.6), ahead of Wilfred Ndidi (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Joselu
- 12'Yellow card · Demarai Gray
- 20'Goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 60'Goal · Demarai Gray
- 73'Goal · Dwight Gayle
- 75'Yellow card · Isaac Hayden
- 81'Yellow card · Florian Lejeune
- 86'Own goal · Ayoze Pérez
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Karl Darlow, DeAndre Yedlin, Florian Lejeune, Ciaran Clark, Javier Manquillo, Matt Ritchie, Isaac Hayden, Mikel Merino, Jacob Murphy, Joselu, Dwight Gayle
Leicester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Riyad Mahrez, Wilfred Ndidi, Vicente Iborra de la Fuente, Marc Albrighton, Demarai Gray, Jamie Vardy