On May 22nd, Newcastle United will host Leicester City at St. James’ Park in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Newcastle United sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-1 win against Brighton & Hove Albion. Deniz Undav scored the first goal for Newcastle United on an own goal in the 22nd minute, then Dan Burn added another in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time. Newcastle United is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while 19th placed Leicester City is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Liverpool. Curtis Jones struck first for Liverpool in the 33rd minute on a feed from Mohamed Salah, then Curtis Jones added another in the 36th minute In the end, Leicester City was frustrated by Liverpool’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Liverpool ended the match with the shutout victory. Leicester City looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On the 26th of December, Leicester City hosted Newcastle United at the King Power Stadium in their last match together. Newcastle United was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of a crowd of just over 32000 spectators. Chris Wood struck first for Newcastle United in the 3rd minute from the penalty spot, then Miguel Almirón added another in the 7th minute on a feed from Bruno Guimarães In the end, Leicester City couldn’t muster any offence and Newcastle United ran away with the shutout win.
For Leicester City, their top scorers are Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Callum Wilson has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored seven goals for Newcastle United
Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United squad will be without Joelinton, Matt Ritchie, Jamaal Lascelles, Emil Krafth and Sean Longstaff, while Ryan Bertrand, James Maddison, Kelechi Iheanacho and James Justin are unavailable to play for Leicester City.