Leicester vs Newcastle

7 April 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–3

  • Jacob Murphy 2’, 11’
  • Harvey Barnes 34’

Match summary

Newcastle won comfortably, 3-0 away at Leicester. Newcastle led 3-0 at half-time.

Jacob Murphy put Newcastle ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Valentino Livramento, Murphy made it 0-2 in the 11th minute, and Harvey Barnes made it 0-3 in the 34th minute.

The chances backed that up: Newcastle created 3.61 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Leicester's 0.35 from 7.

Match stats

Leicester Newcastle
7 Shots 16
2 Shots on Target 5
12 Corners 2
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.35 xG 3.44
0.35 Non-penalty xG 3.44
6 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Leicester Newcastle
Kick-off
2’
Jacob Murphy
Assist: Valentino Livramento0-1 (Newcastle)
11’
Jacob Murphy0-2 (Newcastle)
34’
Harvey Barnes0-3 (Newcastle)
Half-time0-3
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • James Justin
  • Wilfred Ndidi

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.35 3.61 2’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), 0-1 2’ 11’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), 0-2 11’ 34’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), 0-3 34’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.35 3.61 2’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), 0-1 Murphy 2’ 11’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), 0-2 Murphy 11’ 34’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), 0-3 Barnes 34’
Leicester 0.35 xGNewcastle 3.61 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Leicester attacking 
34’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 11’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.72 xG, goal 2’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 90+3’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 34’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.18 xG, saved 34’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 31’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 22’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+1’ Wout Faes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 13’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 74’ William Osula (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+5’ Sandro Tonali (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 1’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 36’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 50’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 23’ Valentino Livramento (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Kieran Trippier (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 53’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 68’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 78’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 11’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 34’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.87 xG, goal 11’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.72 xG, goal 2’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 90+3’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 34’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.18 xG, saved 34’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 31’ Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 22’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+1’ Wout Faes (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 13’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 74’ William Osula (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+5’ Sandro Tonali (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 1’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 36’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 40’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 50’ Jamie Vardy (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 48’ Kieran Trippier (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Valentino Livramento (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 53’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 68’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 78’ Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 11’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Mads Hermansen GK900 0.000.000
Wout Faes DEF901 0.080.000
Conor Coady DEF900 0.000.000
Luke Thomas DEF900 0.000.011
James Justin MID760 0.000.000
Victor Kristiansen MID480 0.000.051
Boubakary Soumare MID900 0.000.000
Wilfred Ndidi MID900 0.000.051
Bilal El Khannouss MID761 0.100.051
Patson Daka MID480 0.000.000
Jamie Vardy FWD903 0.150.000
Facundo Buonanotte Sub422 0.030.081
Stephy Mavididi Sub420 0.000.021
Ricardo Pereira Sub140 0.000.000
Jeremy Monga Sub140 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 13% Avg odds 7.18
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.63
Newcastle win 66% Avg odds 1.45

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

Form going into the game

Leicester LLLLL
Newcastle LWLWW

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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.