Newcastle United 3-1 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 7 February 2004

Result

Newcastle United 3-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 7 February 2004, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Newcastle United 3-1 Leicester City: match report

Newcastle United won against Leicester City 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 February 2004. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Shola Ameobi opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Shola Ameobi (30'), an own goal by G. Taggart (37') and Jermaine Jenas (59'). Leicester City scored through Leslie Ferdinand (80').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 6th on 34 points from 23 and Leicester City 18th on 20 points from 23. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and Leicester City 18th with 33.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 0 for Leicester City.

Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read D-W-D-W-L and Leicester City's L-D-L-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 37'Own goal · G. TaggartNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · Jermaine JenasNewcastle United · 3-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Paul DickovLeicester City
  • 75'Yellow card · Ben ThatcherLeicester City
  • 80'Goal · Leslie FerdinandLeicester City · 3-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Darren AmbroseNewcastle United

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Newcastle United 2, draws 3, Leicester City 0.

Team news

Leicester City expected line-up

Ian Walker, John Curtis, Jordan Stewart, Steve Howey, Ben Thatcher, Riccardo Scimeca, Mustafa Izzet, Marcus Bent, Leslie Ferdinand, James Scowcroft, Billy McKinlay