Newcastle United 0-2 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2018

Result

Newcastle United 0-2 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Newcastle United · Leicester City · Premier League predictions

Newcastle United 0-2 Leicester City: match report

Newcastle United lost to Leicester City 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (30', penalty) and Harry Maguire (73').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 18th on 2 points from 6 and Leicester City 9th on 9 points from 6. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Leicester City 9th with 52.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Maguire of Leicester City (8.7), ahead of James Maddison (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Leicester City.

Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read D-L-L-L-D and Leicester City's W-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Penalty goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 0-1
  • 73'Goal · Harry MaguireLeicester City · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 4, draws 2, Leicester City 4.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Martin Dúbravka, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Kenedy, Matt Ritchie, Mohamed Diamé, Jonjo Shelvey, Christian Atsu, Ayoze Pérez, Joselu

Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kasper Schmeichel, Daniel Amartey, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Nampalys Mendy, Wilfred Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira, Kelechi Iheanacho, James Maddison, Jamie Vardy