On the 17th of April, in this week 33 match, Newcastle United will host Leicester City in a Premier League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, a perfect day for football. Newcastle United sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Chris Wood scored the first goal for Newcastle United in the 72nd minute from the penalty spot, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Wolverhampton Wanderers couldn’t muster any offence and Newcastle United ran away with the shutout win. Newcastle United should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while leicester City is fresh off their 2-1 win against Crystal Palace. Ademola Lookman struck first for Leicester City in the 39th minute, then Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall added another in the 45th minute on a feed from James Maddison. Leicester City is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Newcastle United and Leicester City last played eachother at the King Power Stadium on Sunday Dec 12th. Leicester City was victorious by a score of 4 to 0. Youri Tielemans scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 38th minute on a penalty kick, then Patson Daka added another in the 57th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Newcastle United couldn’t manage to score, and Leicester City took the shutout win.
Harvey Barnes and James Maddison are the top scorers for Leicester City in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Newcastle United’s most prolific scorer has been Chris Wood. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Joelinton, Federico Fernández, Callum Wilson, Kieran Trippier, Jamal Lewis, Miguel Almirón, Jonjo Shelvey, Isaac Hayden and Dubravka are unavailable to play for Eddie Howe’s team, while Brendan Rodgers’s Leicester City squad will be without Ryan Bertrand, Wilfred Ndidi, Jamie Vardy and Danny Ward.