Newcastle vs Leicester

Premier League ·Matchday 16

Newcastle

2-3

Full-time HT 1-1

Leicester

Joselu 4'
D. Gayle 73'

Riyad Mahrez 20'
D. Gray 60'
Ayoze Pérez 86' (og)

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Saturday 9 December · 20:30 St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Neil Swarbrick

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Leicester beat Newcastle 3-2. Scorers for Newcastle: Joselu 4', D. Gayle 73'. Scorers for Leicester: Riyad Mahrez 20', D. Gray 60', Ayoze Pérez 86' (og). Leicester won after coming from behind. Leicester had 63% of possession.

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Full-time 2 - 3
90'
L. Ulloa Out: J. Vardy · Leicester Substitution for Leicester: L. Ulloa comes on for J. Vardy
89'
Christian Fuchs Out: Riyad Mahrez · Leicester Substitution for Leicester: Christian Fuchs comes on for Riyad Mahrez
88'
Aleksandar Mitrović Out: Joselu · Newcastle Substitution for Newcastle: Aleksandar Mitrović comes on for Joselu
86'
Ayoze Pérez 2-3 Own goal · Leicester Own goal! An own goal by Ayoze Pérez counts for Leicester. It is 2-3
81'
F. Lejeune Yellow card · Newcastle F. Lejeune of Newcastle is booked
75'
I. Hayden Yellow card · Newcastle Yellow card for I. Hayden (Newcastle)
73'
D. Gayle 2-2 Goal · Assist: Mikel Merino · Newcastle Goal for Newcastle! D. Gayle turns in the pass from Mikel Merino (2-2)
73'
S. Okazaki Out: D. Gray · Leicester Substitution for Leicester: S. Okazaki comes on for D. Gray
71'
Ayoze Pérez Out: J. Murphy · Newcastle Substitution for Newcastle: Ayoze Pérez comes on for J. Murphy
64'
C. Atsu Out: Matt Ritchie · Newcastle Substitution for Newcastle: C. Atsu comes on for Matt Ritchie
60'
D. Gray 1-2 Goal · Assist: M. Albrighton · Leicester M. Albrighton provides, D. Gray finishes for Leicester (1-2)
Half-time 1 - 1
20'
Riyad Mahrez 1-1 Goal · Assist: Wilfred Ndidi · Leicester Goal! Riyad Mahrez scores for Leicester, set up by Wilfred Ndidi. It is 1-1
12'
D. Gray Yellow card · Leicester D. Gray of Leicester is booked
4'
Joselu 1-0 Goal · Assist: D. Gayle · Newcastle D. Gayle provides, Joselu finishes for Newcastle (1-0)
Kick-off

The teams before the match

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LLLDL Last 5 matches DLDWW

0.8Goals scored per match1.3

1.8Goals conceded per match1.1

1Clean sheets3

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Manchester City	38	32	4	2	106	27	106:27	+79	100	WWDWW
2	Manchester United	38	25	6	7	68	28	68:28	+40	81	WDLWW
3	Tottenham	38	23	8	7	74	36	74:36	+38	77	WWLWD
4	Liverpool	38	21	12	5	84	38	84:38	+46	75	WLDDW
5	Chelsea	38	21	7	10	62	38	62:38	+24	70	LDWWW
6	Arsenal	38	19	6	13	74	51	74:51	+23	63	WLWLW
7	Burnley	38	14	12	12	36	39	36:39	-3	54	LLDDL
8	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	58	44:58	-14	49	LDWWD
9	Leicester	38	12	11	15	56	60	56:60	-4	47	LWLLD
10	Newcastle	38	12	8	18	39	47	39:47	-8	44	WLLLL
11	Crystal Palace	38	11	11	16	45	55	45:55	-10	44	WWWDW
12	Bournemouth	38	11	11	16	45	61	45:61	-16	44	WWLLL
13	West Ham	38	10	12	16	48	68	48:68	-20	42	WDWLL
14	Watford	38	11	8	19	44	64	44:64	-20	41	LWLDL
15	Brighton	38	9	13	16	34	54	34:54	-20	40	LLWDD
16	Huddersfield	38	9	10	19	28	58	28:58	-30	37	LDDLW
17	Southampton	38	7	15	16	37	56	37:56	-19	36	LWDWD
18	Swansea	38	8	9	21	28	56	28:56	-28	33	LLLLL
19	Stoke City	38	7	12	19	35	68	35:68	-33	33	WLDDD
20	West Brom	38	6	13	19	31	56	31:56	-25	31	LWWDW