Newcastle vs Leicester

14 December 2024 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Thomas Bramall

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Jacob Murphy 30’, 60’
Bruno Guimarães 47’
Alexander Isak 50’

Match summary

Newcastle won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Leicester. Newcastle led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jacob Murphy put Newcastle ahead from a corner in the 30th minute, set up by Anthony Gordon. In the second half, Bruno Guimarães made it 2-0 with a header in the 47th minute, set up by Lewis Hall, Alexander Isak made it 3-0 with a header in the 50th minute, and Murphy made it 4-0 in the 60th minute, set up by Alexander Isak.

The chances backed that up: Newcastle created 3.97 expected goals (xG) from 27 shots to Leicester's 0.19 from 4.

Match stats

27 Shots 4

11 Shots on Target 1

5 Corners 2

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

3.95 xG 0.19

3.95 Non-penalty xG 0.19

21 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Newcastle Leicester

Kick-off

Jacob Murphy
Assist: Anthony Gordon

1-0

30’

Half-time1-0

Bruno Guimarães
Assist: Lewis Hall

2-0

47’

Alexander Isak

3-0

50’

Jacob Murphy
Assist: Alexander Isak

4-0

60’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

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

Newcastle

Joelinton
Bruno Guimarães
Jacob Murphy

Leicester

Jannik Vestergaard
Oliver Skipp
Caleb Okoli

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.

Newcastle 3.97 xGLeicester 0.19 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Leicester attacking Newcastle attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Martin Dubravka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Valentino Livramento	DEF	67			1	0.02	0.00	0
Fabian Schär	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dan Burn	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Lewis Hall	DEF	90		1	1	0.13	0.91	5
Joelinton	MID	90			3	0.13	0.45	2
Sandro Tonali	MID	90			3	0.16	0.02	1
Bruno Guimarães	MID	67	1		2	0.81	0.12	1
Jacob Murphy	FWD	67	2		4	0.71	0.16	2
Alexander Isak	FWD	76	1	1	4	1.52	0.71	4
Anthony Gordon	FWD	83		1	3	0.19	0.17	4
Kieran Trippier	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Harvey Barnes	Sub	23			4	0.22	0.13	1
Sean Longstaff	Sub	23			0	0.00	0.06	1
William Osula	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.08	1
Joe Willock	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Mads Hermansen	GK	48	0	0.00	0.00	0
James Justin	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.03	1
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Conor Coady	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Kristiansen	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Oliver Skipp	MID	90	1	0.04	0.00	0
Hamza Choudhury	MID	61	0	0.00	0.05	1
Kasey McAteer	MID	90	1	0.06	0.00	0
Bilal El Khannouss	MID	84	1	0.05	0.06	1
Stephy Mavididi	MID	61	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamie Vardy	FWD	61	1	0.03	0.00	0
Danny Ward	Sub	42	0	0.00	0.00	0
Facundo Buonanotte	Sub	29	0	0.00	0.00	0
Caleb Okoli	Sub	29	0	0.00	0.00	0
Patson Daka	Sub	29	0	0.00	0.00	0
Bobby Reid	Sub	6	0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 74% Avg odds 1.29

Draw 16% Avg odds 6.18

Leicester win 10% Avg odds 9.42

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle W L D D L

Leicester L L L W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Newcastle 0-0 Leicester, 22 May 23 Next meeting: Leicester 0-3 Newcastle, 07 Apr 25 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.