Leicester vs Newcastle

7 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Darren England

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

Marc Albrighton 80’
Kelechi Iheanacho 87’

Joe Willock 22’
Paul Dummett 34’
Callum Wilson 64’, 73’

Match summary

Newcastle beat Leicester 4-2 on the road. Newcastle led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Joe Willock put Newcastle ahead in the 22nd minute and Paul Dummett made it 0-2 with a header in the 34th minute, set up by Matt Ritchie. In the second half, Callum Wilson made it 0-3 in the 64th minute, Wilson made it 0-4 in the 73rd minute, Marc Albrighton pulled one back to make it 1-4 in the 80th minute, set up by Jamie Vardy, and Kelechi Iheanacho made it 2-4 in the 87th minute, set up by Ayoze Pérez.

The chances backed that up: Newcastle created 3.07 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Leicester's 2.33 from 25.

Match stats

25 Shots 14

9 Shots on Target 6

9 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.31 xG 2.87

2.31 Non-penalty xG 2.87

9 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Leicester Newcastle

Kick-off

22’

Joe Willock

0-1

34’

Paul Dummett
Assist: Matt Ritchie

0-2

Half-time0-2

64’

Callum Wilson

0-3

73’

Callum Wilson

0-4

Marc Albrighton
Assist: Jamie Vardy

1-4

80’

Kelechi Iheanacho
Assist: Ayoze Pérez

2-4

87’

Full-time2-4

Bookings

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

Leicester

Kelechi Iheanacho

Newcastle

Emil Krafth

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.

Leicester 2.33 xGNewcastle 3.07 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Newcastle attacking Leicester attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Timothy Castagne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wesley Fofana	DEF	90			2	0.32	0.05	1
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ricardo Pereira	MID	70			0	0.00	0.00	0
Youri Tielemans	MID	90			3	0.17	0.35	3
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	64			1	0.05	0.00	0
Marc Albrighton	MID	90	1		1	0.08	0.18	5
James Maddison	MID	78			6	0.24	0.40	2
Kelechi Iheanacho	FWD	90	1		4	0.21	0.20	3
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90		1	4	0.54	0.13	3
Ayoze Pérez	Sub	26		1	3	0.70	0.12	2
Luke Thomas	Sub	20			1	0.02	0.74	3
Nampalys Mendy	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Martin Dubravka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jacob Murphy	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Fernández	DEF	90			1	0.13	0.01	1
Emil Krafth	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Dummett	DEF	90	1		1	0.36	0.00	0
Matt Ritchie	DEF	90		1	2	0.08	0.36	1
Jonjo Shelvey	MID	90			1	0.03	0.13	1
Miguel Almirón	MID	89			1	0.06	0.49	1
Joe Willock	MID	78	1		1	0.36	0.00	0
Callum Wilson	FWD	90	2		5	1.43	0.61	1
Allan Saint-Maximin	FWD	85			2	0.62	0.10	1
Sean Longstaff	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joelinton	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeff Hendrick	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 69% Avg odds 1.40

Draw 19% Avg odds 4.94

Newcastle win 12% Avg odds 8.28

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

Form going into the game

Leicester L L W W D

Newcastle D W W D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Newcastle 1-2 Leicester, 03 Jan 21 Next meeting: Leicester 4-0 Newcastle, 12 Dec 21 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.