National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Newcastle United or Leicester City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Newcastle United and Leicester City.
Newcastle United form and stats
Newcastle participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.19 points is a decent return from 9 Premier League games here at St. James' Park for Newcastle United. The data says 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 238 minutes without scoring a league goal. Joelinton was the last player to find the net. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Nick Pope not having conceded a league goal in 361 minutes.
The supporters hope that Newcastle United will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the FA Cup fixture against Sheffield Wednesday. Ritchie, an attacker, was the top performer for the team in that match, earning a rating of 7.32 (out of 10). Ritchie hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).
0-0 away at Arsenal before that.A decent goal production from Newcastle United in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. Newcastle are not conceding a lot of goals here at St. James' Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
Leicester City form and stats
They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.There's been little loot from Leicester City's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Leicester City only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws.
Two away games in a row for Leicester City, whose coach Rodgers could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Gillingham. Söyüncü, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.63. Söyüncü hit two key passes and won 9 of 10 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Fulham.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Nottingham Forest.
Leicester City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 17 times in 9 away games so far. Leicester City have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Newcastle won four games, one match ended with a draw and Leicester City managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Almirón Rejala 9 goals |   J. Maddison 7 goals |  C. Wilson 6 goals |
Newcastle United missing players
Leicester City missing players
| Newcastle United | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 22 | Scored | S | 23 | 36 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 22 | 32 | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 28% | ||
| 6.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.9 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 33% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 33% | ||
| 10.5 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 44 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 29 | 39 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 35 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 6 | Liverpool | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 28 |
| 7 | Fulham | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 27 |
| 9 | Brentford | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 22 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Leicester City | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -5 | 17 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22 | -21 | 17 |
| 16 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 29 | -21 | 16 |
| 17 | West Ham United | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Everton | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -10 | 15 |
| 19 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -16 | 14 |
| 20 | Southampton | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 12 |
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- Chronicle Live - (local newspaper)
- Leicester City
- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)
