On Monday Dec 26th, in week 17, Leicester City and Newcastle United will play a match in Leicester in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Leicester City is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against West Ham United. James Maddison scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 8th minute, then Harvey Barnes added another in the 78th minute In the end, West Ham United was frustrated by Leicester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Leicester City ended the match with the shutout victory. Leicester City is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while newcastle United is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Chelsea. Joseph Willock struck first for Newcastle United in the 67th minute on a feed from Miguel Almirón, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Chelsea couldn’t muster any offence and Newcastle United ran away with the shutout win. Newcastle United is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
On the 28th of August, Newcastle United hosted Leicester City in their last match together. Newcastle United and Leicester City battled to a 1-1 draw. James Maddison scored the first goal for Leicester City in the 34th minute, then Yoshinori Muto got the equalizer for Newcastle United in the 53rd minute on a feed from Jetro Willems earning them at least the one point.
Newcastle United is fortunate enough to have Miguel Almirón in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored five goals. Leicester City’s most prolific scorer has been Harvey Barnes. The English midfielder has netted three goals over the last 5 matches
Ryan Bertrand, Ricardo Pereira and James Justin are unavailable to play for Leicester City, while Matt Ritchie, Alexander Isak, Emil Krafth and Paul Dummett are unavailable to play for Newcastle United.