Newcastle vs Leicester

17 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Jarred Gillett

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Bruno Guimarães 30’, 90+5’
  • Ademola Lookman 19’

Match summary

Newcastle came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Leicester, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ademola Lookman put Leicester ahead from a corner in the 19th minute, set up by Ayoze Pérez, Bruno Guimarães equalised from a corner in the 30th minute, and Guimarães won it with a header in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Newcastle created 2.91 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Leicester's 0.54 from 8.

Match stats

Newcastle Leicester
16 Shots 8
7 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.54 xG 0.54
2.54 Non-penalty xG 0.54
4 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Newcastle Leicester
Kick-off
19’
Ademola Lookman
Assist: Ayoze Pérez0-1 (Leicester)
Bruno Guimarães1-1 (Newcastle)
30’
Half-time1-1
Bruno Guimarães2-1 (Newcastle)
90+5’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Newcastle
  • Emil Krafth
  • Bruno Guimarães
Leicester
  • Daniel Amartey
  • Nampalys Mendy

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 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.91 0.54 19’ Ademola Lookman (Leicester), 0-1 19’ 30’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), 1-1 30’ 90+5’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), 2-1 90+5’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.91 0.54 19’ Ademola Lookman (Leicester), 0-1 Lookman 19’ 30’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), 1-1 Guimarães 30’ 90+5’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), 2-1 Guimarães 90+5’
Newcastle 2.91 xGLeicester 0.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Newcastle attacking 
30’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.62 xG, saved 90+5’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 30’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.60 xG, saved 30’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 85’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 19’ Ademola Lookman (Leicester), from a corner, 0.11 xG, goal 47’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 41’ Chris Wood (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 56’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 25’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 14’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 12’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 26’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 2’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ James Justin (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 62’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 45’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 49’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 37’ Matt Targett (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 80’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 90+5’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 30’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.62 xG, saved 30’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.60 xG, saved 30’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 85’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.16 xG, blocked 19’ Ademola Lookman (Leicester), from a corner, 0.11 xG, goal 47’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 41’ Chris Wood (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 56’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 25’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 14’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 12’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 26’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 2’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ James Justin (Leicester), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 62’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 47’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 30’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 49’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Dan Burn (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 37’ Matt Targett (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Martin Dubravka GK900 0.000.000
Emil Krafth DEF900 0.000.000
Fabian Schär DEF900 0.000.061
Dan Burn DEF902 0.070.601
Matt Targett DEF901 0.010.102
Joelinton MID903 0.100.143
Bruno Guimarães MID9024 2.440.011
Jonjo Shelvey MID901 0.040.000
Miguel Almirón FWD751 0.090.031
Chris Wood FWD741 0.080.000
Allan Saint-Maximin FWD903 0.090.042
Joe Willock Sub160 0.000.000
Jacob Murphy Sub150 0.000.000
Dwight Gayle Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 47% Avg odds 2.05
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.52
Leicester win 26% Avg odds 3.76

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle WLLLW
Leicester WLWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 4-0 Newcastle, 12 Dec 21 Next meeting: Leicester 0-3 Newcastle, 26 Dec 22  All Newcastle vs Leicester 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.