Leicester vs Newcastle

12 December 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Youri Tielemans 39’ (pen), 81’
  • Patson Daka 57’
  • James Maddison 85’

Match summary

Leicester won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Newcastle. Leicester led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Youri Tielemans put Leicester ahead from the penalty spot in the 39th minute. In the second half, Patson Daka made it 2-0 in the 57th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes, Tielemans made it 3-0 in the 81st minute, set up by James Maddison, and James Maddison made it 4-0 in the 85th minute, set up by Patson Daka.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 2.06 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots to Newcastle's 0.51 from 12.

Match stats

Leicester Newcastle
8 Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.06 xG 0.51
1.30 Non-penalty xG 0.51
8 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Leicester Newcastle
Kick-off
Youri Tielemans
Penalty1-0 (Leicester)
39’
Half-time1-0
Patson Daka
Assist: Harvey Barnes2-0 (Leicester)
57’
Youri Tielemans
Assist: James Maddison3-0 (Leicester)
81’
James Maddison
Assist: Patson Daka4-0 (Leicester)
85’
Full-time4-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Leicester
  • Timothy Castagne
  • Caglar Söyüncü
Newcastle
  • Javier Manquillo
  • Jamal Lewis
  • Allan Saint-Maximin

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.06 0.51 39’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), 1-0 39’ 57’ Patson Daka (Leicester), 2-0 57’ 81’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), 3-0 81’ 85’ James Maddison (Leicester), 4-0 85’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.06 0.51 39’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), 1-0 Tielemans 39’ 57’ Patson Daka (Leicester), 2-0 Daka 57’ 81’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), 3-0 Tielemans 81’ 85’ James Maddison (Leicester), 4-0 Maddison 85’
Leicester 2.06 xGNewcastle 0.51 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Leicester attacking 
39’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 57’ Patson Daka (Leicester), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 81’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 85’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 90+3’ Matt Ritchie (Newcastle), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 16’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 8’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 53’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Javier Manquillo (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 25’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 23’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 47’ Javier Manquillo (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 69’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 39’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 57’ Patson Daka (Leicester), open play, 0.55 xG, goal 81’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.46 xG, goal 85’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 90+3’ Matt Ritchie (Newcastle), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 16’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, off target 8’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 4’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 53’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Javier Manquillo (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 25’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 23’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 47’ Javier Manquillo (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 53’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 69’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 59’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 65’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.000
Timothy Castagne DEF900 0.000.000
Caglar Söyüncü DEF900 0.000.000
Jonny Evans DEF50 0.000.000
Luke Thomas DEF900 0.000.000
Youri Tielemans MID9023 1.240.000
Wilfred Ndidi MID901 0.040.000
James Maddison MID90112 0.200.461
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall MID900 0.000.042
Harvey Barnes MID7311 0.020.551
Patson Daka FWD90111 0.550.121
Boubakary Soumare Sub850 0.000.000
Marc Albrighton Sub170 0.000.000
Kasey McAteer Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 55% Avg odds 1.74
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.01
Newcastle win 21% Avg odds 4.64

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 2-4 Newcastle, 07 May 21 Next meeting: Newcastle 2-1 Leicester, 17 Apr 22  All Leicester vs Newcastle meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.