Leicester vs Newcastle

12 April 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Ayoze Pérez 32’

Match summary

Newcastle took a 1-0 win at Leicester. Newcastle led 1-0 at half-time.

Ayoze Pérez put Newcastle ahead with a header in the 32nd minute, set up by Matt Ritchie.

There was little between the sides on chances: Leicester created 0.88 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Newcastle 0.95 from 11.

Match stats

Leicester Newcastle
12 Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 5
2 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.88 xG 0.95
0.88 Non-penalty xG 0.95
5 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Leicester Newcastle
Kick-off
32’
Ayoze Pérez
Assist: Matt Ritchie0-1 (Newcastle)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • Kasper Schmeichel
  • Youri Tielemans
Newcastle
  • Javier Manquillo
  • Fabian Schär
  • Ki Sung-yueng

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.88 0.95 32’ Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle), 0-1 32’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.88 0.95 32’ Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle), 0-1 Pérez 32’
Leicester 0.88 xGNewcastle 0.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Leicester attacking 
76’ Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 79’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 53’ Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 2’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 21’ Ben Chilwell (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 25’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 53’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 75’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 28’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 32’ Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 35’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 59’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 88’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 15’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 13’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+3’ Harry Maguire (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 30’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 76’ Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 79’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 53’ Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 2’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 21’ Ben Chilwell (Leicester), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 25’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 53’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 75’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 32’ Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 35’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 59’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 28’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 88’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 15’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, hit the woodwork 85’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 13’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 62’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 2’ Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+3’ Harry Maguire (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 30’ Salomón Rondón (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Kasper Schmeichel GK900 0.000.000
Ricardo Pereira DEF900 0.000.000
Wes Morgan DEF900 0.000.000
Harry Maguire DEF901 0.010.000
Ben Chilwell DEF901 0.090.082
Wilfred Ndidi MID741 0.010.061
Demarai Gray MID740 0.000.011
Youri Tielemans MID901 0.020.351
James Maddison MID901 0.070.091
Harvey Barnes MID823 0.140.122
Jamie Vardy FWD902 0.450.000
Nampalys Mendy Sub160 0.000.000
Kelechi Iheanacho Sub162 0.090.000
Marc Albrighton Sub80 0.000.103

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 59% Bet365 odds 1.66
Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00
Newcastle win 17% Bet365 odds 5.75

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Leicester LWWWW
Newcastle LWDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Newcastle 0-2 Leicester, 29 Sep 18 Next meeting: Leicester 5-0 Newcastle, 29 Sep 19  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.