Leicester vs Newcastle

29 September 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Ricardo Pereira 16’
Jamie Vardy 54’, 64’
Paul Dummett 57’ (og)
Wilfred Ndidi 90’

Match summary

Leicester won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Newcastle. Leicester led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ricardo Pereira put Leicester ahead in the 16th minute. In the second half, Jamie Vardy made it 2-0 in the 54th minute, set up by Harvey Barnes, Dummett's own goal made it 3-0 in the 57th minute, Vardy made it 4-0 with a header in the 64th minute, set up by Marc Albrighton, and Wilfred Ndidi made it 5-0 in the 90th minute, set up by Jonny Evans.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 1.82 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Newcastle's 0.05 from 3. Newcastle had a player sent off.

Match stats

13 Shots 3

5 Shots on Target 0

9 Corners 0

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

1.82 xG 0.05

1.82 Non-penalty xG 0.05

13 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Leicester Newcastle

Kick-off

Ricardo Pereira

1-0

16’

Half-time1-0

Jamie Vardy
Assist: Harvey Barnes

2-0

54’

Paul Dummett
Own goal

3-0

57’

Jamie Vardy
Assist: Marc Albrighton

4-0

64’

Wilfred Ndidi
Assist: Jonny Evans

5-0

90’

Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Leicester

Jamie Vardy

Newcastle

Isaac Hayden
Fabian Schär

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 1.82 xGNewcastle 0.05 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
Ricardo Pereira	DEF	90	1		1	0.04	0.06	1
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonny Evans	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.13	1
Ben Chilwell	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	90	1		1	0.13	0.04	1
Ayoze Pérez	MID	87			1	0.55	0.02	1
Youri Tielemans	MID	90			4	0.18	0.11	1
Dennis Praet	MID	82			1	0.07	0.00	0
Harvey Barnes	MID	61		1	1	0.06	0.61	2
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90	2		4	0.81	0.06	1
Marc Albrighton	Sub	29		1	0	0.00	0.63	2
Hamza Choudhury	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Demarai Gray	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Martin Dubravka	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Emil Krafth	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabian Schär	DEF	90	1	0.01	0.00	0
Jamaal Lascelles	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Dummett	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Sean Longstaff	MID	90	0	0.00	0.03	1
Isaac Hayden	MID	42	1	0.02	0.00	0
Miguel Almirón	MID	77	0	0.00	0.02	1
Yoshinori Muto	MID	45	0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Atsu	MID	90	1	0.03	0.00	0
Joelinton	FWD	66	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ki Sung-yueng	Sub	45	0	0.00	0.00	0
Andy Carroll	Sub	24	0	0.00	0.00	0
DeAndre Yedlin	Sub	13	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 63% Avg odds 1.53

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.18

Newcastle win 14% Avg odds 6.92

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

Form going into the game

Leicester D W W L W

Newcastle L W D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Leicester 0-1 Newcastle, 12 Apr 19 Next meeting: Newcastle 0-3 Leicester, 01 Jan 20 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.