On the 12th of December, in this week 16 match, Newcastle United will travel to Leicester to battle Leicester City in a clash of these two mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Leicester City is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Aston Villa. Harvey Barnes scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 14th minute, then Ezri Konsa tied it up for Aston Villa in the 17th minute on a feed from Emiliano Buendía But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 54th minute on a goal by Ezri Konsa. Leicester City is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 19th placed Newcastle United is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Burnley. Callum Wilson struck first for Newcastle United in the 40th minute on a feed from Fabian Schär, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Burnley couldn’t muster any offence and Newcastle United ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in St. James’ Park, Newcastle United and Leicester City battled to a 1-1 draw. James Maddison scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 34th minute, then in the 53rd minute, Jetro Willems sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Yoshinori Muto earning Newcastle United a comeback draw.
Callum Wilson has been the most effective weapon for Newcastle United lately. The English attacker has netted two goals in his last 5 matches. Leicester City’s most prolific scorer has been James Maddison. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches
Ricardo Pereira, Youri Tielemans, Jonny Evans, Wesley Fofana and James Justin are unavailable to play for Brendan Rodgers’s team, while Paul Dummett is unavailable to play for Eddie Howe’s team.