Betting people fancy that Newcastle United will overcome Leicester City at St. James' Park

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Mon 22.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (52338 seats)

Newcastle United warm up for Leicester City with faith in landing all three points. Can they? Open our match guide!

Insights:
  • Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Leicester City are struggling to avoid relegation.

These are hustling days for the host team, as they had a game only four days ago in the Premier League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Brighton & Hove Albion, was also a home game here at St. James' Park. The away team is better rested.

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Newcastle United form and stats

Newcastle United are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at St. James' Park. 11 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 18 games.

A nice win for Newcastle last time playing, versus Brighton & Hove Albion. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Wilson, Guimarães and Burn scoring for the victors. Midfield player Guimarães got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Guimarães scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

2-2 away at Leeds United before that.

Newcastle United are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 1 and lost 0.

An interesting fact: 9 of the latest 12 league games from this club have had goals from both sides.

From these home matches, Newcastle United have conceded only 14 goals.

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Leicester City form and stats

There's been little loot from Leicester City's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 18 away games in the Premier League. Leicester City only have 4 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 2 draws.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Liverpool with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Tielemans got a match rating of 7.31 in that game, top player of the team. Tielemans hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Prior to that match, the Leicester manager Smith faced defeat when travelling to Fulham and losing 3-5.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Leicester City played away with similar odds. This revealed 5 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 4 times.

Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's latest 11 league matches.

Leicester City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 28 times in 18 away games so far. Leicester have conceded 41 goals in these games. Leicester City has visited these top teams five times, and 5 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these parties get together this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Leicester City - Newcastle United 0-3. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Newcastle United wins - draws - Leicester City wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Newcastle UnitedC. Wilson
C. Wilson
18 goals
Leicester CityH. Barnes
H. Barnes
12 goals
NewcastleM. Almirón Rejala
M. Almirón Rejala
11 goals

Newcastle United missing players

Leicester City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Newcastle United Leicester City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
19 11 3 Won W 0 4 8
12 5 3 Drew D 0 2 6
5 2 0 Lost L 5 12 22
67 36 8 Scored S 6 28 49
32 14 3 Conceded C 17 41 67
83% 89% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
75% 72% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 81%
50% 39% 17% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 64%
31% 33% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 39% 36%
22% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 28% 17%
53% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 67% 56%
36% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 17%
28% 22% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 17% 31%
 
7.1 7.9 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3.7 3.6
4.2 3.1 1.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 6.2 6.1
1.6 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
14.7 17.6 17.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.7 11.4
5.2 5.9 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4 4.1
35% 34% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 33%
 
10.3 8.7 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 20 16.7 14.8
3.6 3.3 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.6 4.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Leicester City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leicester City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Newcastle United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Newcastle United have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
  • Newcastle United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 35 27 4 4 92 31 18 16 1 1 59 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 61 85
2 Arsenal 36 25 6 5 83 42 18 13 3 2 48 25 18 12 3 3 35 17 41 81
3 Newcastle United 36 19 12 5 67 32 18 11 5 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 69
4 Manchester United 35 20 6 9 51 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 18 7 3 8 21 33 10 66
5 Liverpool 36 19 8 9 70 42 18 13 4 1 45 16 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 65
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 17 7 11 67 49 17 9 3 5 33 19 18 8 4 6 34 30 18 58
7 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 6 13 65 59 18 12 1 5 36 22 18 5 5 8 29 37 6 57
8 Aston Villa 36 17 6 13 48 44 18 11 2 5 31 20 18 6 4 8 17 24 4 57
9 Brentford 36 13 14 9 54 45 18 9 7 2 34 18 18 4 7 7 20 27 9 53
10 Fulham 36 15 6 15 52 49 18 8 4 6 29 27 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 51
11 Chelsea 35 11 10 14 36 41 18 6 6 6 19 18 17 5 4 8 17 23 -5 43
12 Crystal Palace 36 11 10 15 37 46 18 7 6 5 20 22 18 4 4 10 17 24 -9 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 11 7 18 30 52 18 9 2 7 18 19 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 40
14 AFC Bournemouth 36 11 6 19 37 69 18 6 4 8 20 27 18 5 2 11 17 42 -32 39
15 West Ham United 36 10 7 19 38 52 18 7 4 7 23 23 18 3 3 12 15 29 -14 37
16 Nottingham Forest 36 8 10 18 36 67 18 7 6 5 26 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -31 34
17 Everton 36 7 11 18 32 56 18 5 3 10 15 27 18 2 8 8 17 29 -24 32
18 Leeds United 36 7 10 19 46 71 18 5 7 6 25 33 18 2 3 13 21 38 -25 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 36 6 6 24 31 66 18 2 4 12 15 33 18 4 2 12 16 33 -35 24

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 35 27 4 4 92 31 18 16 1 1 59 17 17 11 3 3 33 14 61 85
2 Arsenal 36 25 6 5 83 42 18 13 3 2 48 25 18 12 3 3 35 17 41 81
3 Newcastle United 36 19 12 5 67 32 18 11 5 2 36 14 18 8 7 3 31 18 35 69
4 Manchester United 35 20 6 9 51 41 17 13 3 1 30 8 18 7 3 8 21 33 10 66
5 Liverpool 36 19 8 9 70 42 18 13 4 1 45 16 18 6 4 8 25 26 28 65
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 17 7 11 67 49 17 9 3 5 33 19 18 8 4 6 34 30 18 58
7 Tottenham Hotspur 36 17 6 13 65 59 18 12 1 5 36 22 18 5 5 8 29 37 6 57
8 Aston Villa 36 17 6 13 48 44 18 11 2 5 31 20 18 6 4 8 17 24 4 57
9 Brentford 36 13 14 9 54 45 18 9 7 2 34 18 18 4 7 7 20 27 9 53
10 Fulham 36 15 6 15 52 49 18 8 4 6 29 27 18 7 2 9 23 22 3 51
11 Chelsea 35 11 10 14 36 41 18 6 6 6 19 18 17 5 4 8 17 23 -5 43
12 Crystal Palace 36 11 10 15 37 46 18 7 6 5 20 22 18 4 4 10 17 24 -9 43
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 36 11 7 18 30 52 18 9 2 7 18 19 18 2 5 11 12 33 -22 40
14 AFC Bournemouth 36 11 6 19 37 69 18 6 4 8 20 27 18 5 2 11 17 42 -32 39
15 West Ham United 36 10 7 19 38 52 18 7 4 7 23 23 18 3 3 12 15 29 -14 37
16 Nottingham Forest 36 8 10 18 36 67 18 7 6 5 26 24 18 1 4 13 10 43 -31 34
17 Everton 36 7 11 18 32 56 18 5 3 10 15 27 18 2 8 8 17 29 -24 32
18 Leeds United 36 7 10 19 46 71 18 5 7 6 25 33 18 2 3 13 21 38 -25 31
19 Leicester City 36 8 6 22 49 67 18 4 4 10 21 26 18 4 2 12 28 41 -18 30
20 Southampton 36 6 6 24 31 66 18 2 4 12 15 33 18 4 2 12 16 33 -35 24

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