Newcastle vs Leicester

3 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Robert Jones

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Andy Carroll 82’
  • James Maddison 55’
  • Youri Tielemans 72’

Match summary

Leicester took a 2-1 win at Newcastle. It was goalless at half-time.

James Maddison put Leicester ahead in the 55th minute, set up by Jamie Vardy, Youri Tielemans made it 0-2 in the 72nd minute, set up by Marc Albrighton, and Andy Carroll pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 82nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 0.70 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Newcastle's 0.26 from 7.

Match stats

Newcastle Leicester
8 Shots 9
2 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 6
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.26 xG 0.70
0.26 Non-penalty xG 0.70
1 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Newcastle Leicester
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
55’
James Maddison
Assist: Jamie Vardy0-1 (Leicester)
72’
Youri Tielemans
Assist: Marc Albrighton0-2 (Leicester)
Andy Carroll1-2 (Newcastle)
82’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Leicester
  • James Justin
  • Youri Tielemans

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.26 0.70 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), 0-1 55’ 72’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), 0-2 72’ 82’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), 1-2 82’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.26 0.70 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), 0-1 Maddison 55’ 72’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), 0-2 Tielemans 72’ 82’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), 1-2 Carroll 82’
Newcastle 0.26 xGLeicester 0.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Newcastle attacking 
88’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 82’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), set piece, 0.08 xG, goal 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 67’ Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 72’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 90+3’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 19’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 48’ Wesley Fofana (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 62’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 83’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 3’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 88’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 82’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), set piece, 0.08 xG, goal 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 69’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 67’ Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 72’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 90+3’ Harvey Barnes (Leicester), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 19’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 48’ Wesley Fofana (Leicester), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 62’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 83’ Andy Carroll (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 3’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Karl Darlow GK900 0.000.000
DeAndre Yedlin DEF840 0.000.000
Federico Fernández DEF900 0.000.061
Ciaran Clark DEF902 0.080.000
Fabian Schär DEF900 0.000.000
Matt Ritchie DEF900 0.000.082
Miguel Almirón MID691 0.010.000
Sean Longstaff MID901 0.020.000
Matthew Longstaff MID900 0.000.000
Joelinton MID701 0.060.000
Callum Wilson FWD900 0.000.000
Jacob Murphy Sub210 0.000.000
Jonjo Shelvey Sub200 0.000.000
Andy Carroll Sub612 0.100.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 16% Avg odds 6.05
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.07
Leicester win 60% Avg odds 1.59

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle WLDLD
Leicester WLWDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Newcastle 0-3 Leicester, 01 Jan 20 Next meeting: Leicester 2-4 Newcastle, 07 May 21  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.