In this 17th week match, on Sun Jan 3rd, Newcastle United will play host to Leicester City in a Premier League match. 15th placed Newcastle United is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Liverpool. Neither Newcastle United nor Liverpool could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 15 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Newcastle United is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Leicester City recorded a 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace. Wilfried Zaha struck first for Crystal Palace in the 58th minute on a feed from Andros Townsend, then Harvey Barnes tied it up for Leicester City in the 83rd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Leicester City. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Leicester City should be reasonably happy with their performance.
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, but Yoshinori Muto got the equalizer for Newcastle United in the 53rd minute earning Newcastle United a comeback draw.
Both James Maddison and Jamie Vardy have been the hottest scorers for Leicester City in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Newcastle United hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Dwight Gayle and Miguel Almirón, and they each have 1 goal
Newcastle United will be without Allan Saint-Maximin, Matt Ritchie, Federico Fernández, Jamaal Lascelles, Dwight Gayle, Javi Manquillo, Jonjo Shelvey, Jeff Hendrick, Isaac Hayden, Paul Dummett and Martin Dubravka, while Brendan Rodgers’s squad will be without Wilfred Ndidi, James Maddison, Ricardo Pereira, Daniel Amartey, Çağlar Söyüncü, Jonny Evans, Timothy Castagne and Cengiz Ünder.