Newcastle United 4-0 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 December 2024

Result

Newcastle United 4-0 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 14 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Newcastle United 4-0 Leicester City: match report

Newcastle United won against Leicester City 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 December 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Jacob Murphy opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Jacob Murphy (30'), Bruno Guimarães (47'), Alexander Isak (50') and Jacob Murphy (60'). Leicester City did not score.

Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Leicester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 12th on 20 points from 15 and Leicester City 16th on 14 points from 15. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 66 points, and Leicester City 18th with 25.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lewis Hall of Newcastle United (9.0), level with Alexander Isak (9.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 5 for Leicester City.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Oliver SkippLeicester City
  • 30'Goal · Jacob MurphyNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Jacob MurphyNewcastle United
  • 39'Yellow card · Bruno GuimarãesNewcastle United
  • 47'Goal · Bruno GuimarãesNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 50'Goal · Alexander IsakNewcastle United · 3-0
  • 60'Goal · Jacob MurphyNewcastle United · 4-0
  • 71'Yellow card · JoelintonNewcastle United
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jannik VestergaardLeicester City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Caleb OkoliLeicester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 4, draws 1, Leicester City 5.

Team news

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Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)

Martin Dúbravka, Tino Livramento, Fabian Schär, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall, Bruno Guimarães, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon

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

Mads Hermansen, James Justin, Conor Coady, Jannik Vestergaard, Victor Kristiansen, Oliver Skipp, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Kasey McAteer, Bilal El Khannouss, Stephy Alvaro Mavididi, Jamie Vardy