Newcastle vs Leicester

1 January 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

  • Ayoze Pérez 36’
  • James Maddison 39’
  • Hamza Choudhury 87’

Match summary

Leicester won comfortably, 3-0 away at Newcastle. Leicester led 2-0 at half-time.

Ayoze Pérez put Leicester ahead in the 36th minute, James Maddison made it 0-2 in the 39th minute, set up by Ayoze Pérez, and Hamza Choudhury made it 0-3 in the 87th minute, set up by Wilfred Ndidi.

The chances backed that up: Leicester created 2.65 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Newcastle's 0.78 from 5.

Match stats

Newcastle Leicester
5 Shots 17
2 Shots on Target 10
4 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.78 xG 2.44
0.78 Non-penalty xG 2.44
2 Deep Completions 16

Key events

Newcastle Leicester
Kick-off
36’
Ayoze Pérez0-1 (Leicester)
39’
James Maddison
Assist: Ayoze Pérez0-2 (Leicester)
Half-time0-2
87’
Hamza Choudhury
Assist: Wilfred Ndidi0-3 (Leicester)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

Newcastle
  • Federico Fernández
Leicester
  • 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 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.78 2.65 36’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), 0-1 36’ 39’ James Maddison (Leicester), 0-2 39’ 87’ Hamza Choudhury (Leicester), 0-3 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.78 2.65 36’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), 0-1 Pérez 36’ 39’ James Maddison (Leicester), 0-2 Maddison 39’ 87’ Hamza Choudhury (Leicester), 0-3 Choudhury 87’
Newcastle 0.78 xGLeicester 2.65 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leicester attacking Newcastle attacking 
25’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 43’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.61 xG, saved 60’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 60’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 36’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 60’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 68’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 45’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 41’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 3’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 90+3’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 33’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 3’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 53’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 87’ Hamza Choudhury (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 59’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 15’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 32’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 25’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.60 xG, saved 43’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.61 xG, saved 60’ Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 60’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.35 xG, saved 36’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 60’ Ayoze Pérez (Leicester), open play, 0.16 xG, saved 68’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 45’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 41’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 90+3’ Demarai Gray (Leicester), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 3’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.10 xG, saved 33’ Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 3’ Jonny Evans (Leicester), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 53’ James Maddison (Leicester), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 39’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 87’ Hamza Choudhury (Leicester), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 59’ Joelinton (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 15’ Youri Tielemans (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 32’ Christian Fuchs (Leicester), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 55’ James Maddison (Leicester), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 19’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Martin Dubravka GK900 0.000.000
Federico Fernández DEF900 0.000.000
Florian Lejeune DEF900 0.000.000
Fabian Schär DEF901 0.020.000
Javier Manquillo MID470 0.000.000
Jetro Willems MID440 0.000.000
Isaac Hayden MID901 0.010.000
Jonjo Shelvey MID490 0.000.733
Yoshinori Muto MID900 0.000.011
Miguel Almirón MID901 0.110.000
Joelinton FWD902 0.640.000
DeAndre Yedlin Sub460 0.000.000
Emil Krafth Sub430 0.000.000
Sean Longstaff Sub410 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 23% Avg odds 4.22
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.84
Leicester win 52% Avg odds 1.84

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle WLWLL
Leicester WDLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Leicester 5-0 Newcastle, 29 Sep 19 Next meeting: Newcastle 1-2 Leicester, 03 Jan 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.