Newcastle United 1-2 Leicester City: result and report

Newcastle United 1-2 Leicester City

Premier League · Sunday 3 January 2021, 14:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Newcastle United were beaten by Leicester City 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 January 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

James Maddison opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Andy Carroll (82'). Leicester City scored through James Maddison (55') and Youri Tielemans (72').

Discipline: Newcastle United received no yellow cards; Leicester City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 15th on 19 points from 15 and Leicester City 4th on 29 points from 16. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Leicester City 5th with 66.

Newcastle United lined up in a 5-4-1 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Carroll of Newcastle United (7.5), level with James Maddison (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 0 draws and 7 for Leicester City.