Newcastle United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 20 points behind Leicester City.
It's no vacation for neither Newcastle United nor Leicester City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Newcastle United form and stats
4 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Newcastle United have to build on here at St James' Park in the Premier League. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Newcastle United to get some points in this home game. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Newcastle United, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Newcastle United's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Leicester City (placed 2nd). Ahead of that match, Newcastle United lost 1-2 at home to Everton.
Newcastle United's goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka was extremely busy against Leicester City, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 6 saves.
The Newcastle United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 11 matches. Newcastle United have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Leicester City form and stats
Leicester City, who have the most clean sheets (8) in Premier League, have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 7-1-3 from 11 games. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Leicester City, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Two travels in a row for Leicester City, whose manager B. Rodgers could celebrate last time after the Premier League win against Newcastle United. Preceding that game was the away victory against West Ham United with the score of 2-1.
The Leicester City manager B. Rodgers has got the team scoring on the road, with 27 away goals in 11 league matches. It's not easy to score on Leicester City as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Newcastle United - Leicester City 0-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Newcastle United 2 wins, 1 draw and Leicester City 7 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vardy 17 goals |  J. Maddison 6 goals |   J. Shelvey 5 goals |
Newcastle United missing players
Leicester City missing players
| Newcastle United | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | 46 |
| 33 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 19 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 67% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 48% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 62% |
| 29% | 9% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 14% |
| 48% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 52% |
| 24% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 36% | 38% |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
| 6.9 | 6.1 | 8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 202 | 123 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 148 | 293 |
| 66 | 39 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 66 | 110 |
| 30% | 28% | 60% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 41% | 42% |
- Leicester City has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6)
- Leicester City has the most clean sheets (8)
- Leicester City has the the best goal difference (+17) away
- Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Leicester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Leicester City have scored more than double the goals of Newcastle United.
- Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Newcastle United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Newcastle United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 33 | 55 |
| 2 | Leicester City | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 27 | 45 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 31 | 41 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Sheffield United | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Everton | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Southampton | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -13 | 25 |
| 12 | Newcastle United | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 25 |
| 13 | Arsenal | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 24 |
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 24 |
| 15 | Burnley | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -10 | 24 |
| 16 | Aston Villa | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -10 | 21 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 19 |
| 19 | Watford | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 13 |
- Newcastle United
- Chronicle Live - (local newspaper)
- Leicester City
- Leicester Mercury - (local newspaper)