Leicester City 5-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 29 September 2019
Result
Leicester City 5-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Sunday 29 September 2019, 15:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Leicester City 5-0 Newcastle United: match report
Leicester City beat Newcastle United 5-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 29 September 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ricardo Pereira opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Ricardo Pereira (16'), Jamie Vardy (54'), an own goal by Paul Dummett (57'), Jamie Vardy (64') and Wilfred Ndidi (90'). Newcastle United did not score.
Discipline: Leicester City received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 5th on 11 points from 6 and Newcastle United 19th on 5 points from 6. Leicester City went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 44.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Wilfred Ndidi of Leicester City (8.5), ahead of Jamie Vardy (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Leicester City wins, 1 draw and 4 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Ricardo Pereira
- 24'Yellow card · Jamie Vardy
- 43'Red card · Isaac Hayden
- 54'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 57'Own goal · Paul Dummett
- 64'Goal · Jamie Vardy
- 88'Yellow card · Fabian Schär
- 90'Goal · Wilfred Ndidi
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Çağlar Söyüncü, Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi, Ayoze Pérez, Dennis Praet, Youri Tielemans, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy
Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Emil Krafth, Jamaal Lascelles, Fabian Schär, Paul Dummett, Isaac Hayden, Sean Longstaff, Miguel Almirón, Yoshinori Muto, Christian Atsu, Joelinton