Newcastle United 0-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2018
Result
Newcastle United 0-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Newcastle United 0-2 Leicester City: match report
Newcastle United lost to Leicester City 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Newcastle United did not score. Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (30', penalty) and Harry Maguire (73').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 18th on 2 points from 6 and Leicester City 9th on 9 points from 6. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Leicester City 9th with 52.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harry Maguire of Leicester City (8.7), ahead of James Maddison (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Leicester City.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read D-L-L-L-D and Leicester City's W-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 30'Penalty goal · Jamie Vardy
- 73'Goal · Harry Maguire
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)
Martin Dúbravka, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Kenedy, Matt Ritchie, Mohamed Diamé, Jonjo Shelvey, Christian Atsu, Ayoze Pérez, Joselu
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Daniel Amartey, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Nampalys Mendy, Wilfred Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira, Kelechi Iheanacho, James Maddison, Jamie Vardy