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Highlights
Key moments
95 FT
FULL TIME! The central referee blows the final whistle at the King Power Stadium. Newcastle United were able to maintain their lead from the first half and emerge triumphant from this match.
Leicester 0-3 Newcastle
90
We have time added! We are about to play the final minutes of the match at the King Power Stadium. The central referee adds five minutes to the game where Leicester is looking for the consolation goal.
85 Substitution
We have the last modification of the Newcastle United team.
Newcastle: Out of the field after a great performance, fullback Kieran Trippier; enters the field with the number 17 Emil Krafth.
82
We reached the final minutes of the match where not much excitement was happening. It seems that both teams are resigned to Newcastle's 3-0 victory. Let's see if Leicester can score the consolation goal.
78
Bad record for the Foxes. With this impending defeat, Leicester will become the first team in history to lose eight straight home league games without scoring a goal, although they still have time left.
74
CEEERCAAAA! Yet another carelessness by the Leicester defense that looks like water. Coady passes the ball to Osula, who entered the box alone, drives before shooting high and wide and misses the fourth goal for the visitors.
70 Substitution
We have more changes in this match.
Newcastle: Isak and Murphy come off the pitch; Osula and Wilson come on.
Leicester: El Khannouss and James Justin leave the field; Jeremy Monga and Ricardo Pereira enter the field.
66
OPPORTUNITY! Hermansen makes a mess of his exit from the back. The Newcastle players take the opportunity for Schar to try his luck from distance, but the Leicester keeper keeps out his shot with one hand.
63 Substitution
We have the first changes in the Magpies' team to rest their players.
Newcastle United: Joelinton and Bruno Guimaraes come off the pitch; Lewis Miley and Sean Longstaff enter the field.
60
Leicester are playing the ball well and have possession that Newcastle have conceded. Now Mavididi tries a shot that is deflected for a corner. The Newcastle defense clears the set piece with its head.
53
GREAT CHANCE! Good play by El Khannouss down the left flank where the Moroccan throws in a cross that doesn't find Vardy connecting with the ball. Leicester are showing some intent in this second half.
49
Yellow card! The central referee brings out the second yellow card of the match and again it's for Leicester City. James Justin is booked for a foul in the middle of the pitch on Livramento.
47 Substitution
We have the first changes of the match for Leicester City team
Leicester City: Coach Ruud Van Nistelrooy sends on Stephy Mavididi and Victor Kristiansen Candia and Daka and Kristiansen come off the pitch.
46 SECOND HALF
The central referee's whistle is blowing! The match between Leicester City and Newcastle United, restarts with the second half at the King Power Stadium in UK. We'll see if the visitors can hold on to their lead.
45+2 HALFTIME
HALF TIME! The referee whistles the end of the first half and we go to the break at the King Power Stadium where Leicester can't take advantage of their home advantage and go to the break losing 3 goals to 0.
45
We have added time! We're playing the extra minutes of the first half. The center referee adds just two minutes to this first half, can we see one more goal in before we go to the break? We'll find out.
40
UNBELIEVABLE! Post to post. Leicester's Daka unleashes a powerful shot from outside the box and sees his shot hit either side of the post before the ball reaches the keeper.
The 3-0
34 GOAL
GOOOAAAL GOOOAL GOOAL GOAL GOAL BY NEWCASTLE! The Magpies already win it 3-0. Joelinton took advantage of a rebound in the penalty area where he entered alone to take a cross shot, in the rejection of the goalkeeper, Barnes takes advantage and sends the ball into the back of the net.
31
We reached the first half hour of the match and Leicester began to arrive, and now they are doing so with some danger, but they do not look comfortable on the pitch and do not find space to hurt their opponents.
28
Leicester made a good run down the left with an aerial pass to El Khannouss who made a great run down the flank and into the box. However, he finds Schar who marks him and deflects his ball dangerously past the corner of the goal.
22
CLOSEEERR! Newcastle are looking for the third goal. This time, Guimaraes passes a good ball to Barnes, who sees his right-footed shot blocked by Coady. Leicester need to be better focused especially in defense.
The 2-0
18
We passed the first fifteen minutes of the match and despite the two-goal advantage, Newcastle continues to press and take advantage of the poor marking of the Leicester defense. It seems that soon the third goal will be scored.
14
Yellow card! The central referee brings out the first yellow card of the match and it's for Leicester City. Ndidi is cautioned for a foul in midfield on Livramento. He'll have to watch out for the next one.
The 1-0
11 GOAL
GOOOAAAL GOAL GOAL GOAL BY NEWCASTLE! The Magpies already lead 2-0. From midfield, Schar tried to surprise the goalkeeper and almost scored a great goal if it wasn't for the post. The rebound was in favor of Murphy who arrived alone to score his brace.
6
After that early goal from the visitors, Leicester City now keep possession and look to probe in the final third. Ndidi crosses a pass to Daka, who finishes poorly and the ball crashes past Burn.
2 GOAL
GOAAAL GOAL GOAL GOAL BY NEWCASTLE! The Magpies take the lead on the scoreboard. Livramento, crosses a ball to the far post that Murphy finishes without any problem after a bad marking by the defense of the locals.
0 FIRST HALF
The central referee's whistle has blown! The match between Leicester City and Newcastle United has started at the King Power Stadium in the city of Leicester, England. We are expecting a great match.
Lineup Newcastle
Lineup Leicester
Warm up
Absences Newcastle
K. Trippier (Pubic problems)
J. Lascelles (Torn cruciate ligament)
Joelinton (Knee problems)
Alexander Isak (Thigh problems)
Anthony Gordon (Hip injury)
Sven Botman (Knee problems)
Lewis Hall (Ankle injury)
Absences Leicester
Leicester City will be without two players for this match, namely Harry Souttar, who is out with an ankle injury, and Abdul Fatawu, who is still recovering from a cruciate ligament tear on the knee.
The refereeing team
This is the refereeing team that will be in charge of dispensing justice in this match.
Robert Jones (Central Referee)
Alex Chilowicz (VAR Referee)
Ian Hussin (First Assistant)
Blake Antrobus (Second Assistant)
Tony Harrington (Fourth Official)
Last meeting
The most recent meeting between Leicester and Newcastle was on December 14 last year, in a Premier League match in tthr matchday 16th, where Newcastle team won 4-0 in home with goals by Murphy, Isak, and Guimaraes.
Background
In the history of meetings between these two teams, the balance is slightly in favor of the Magpies of Newcastle, who have 55 wins to only 47 for the Leicester City Team. There have also been 27 draws.
The arrival
The stadium
The venue for this match will be the King Power Stadium, also known as the Leicester City Stadium. This is a soccer stadium that hosts Leicester City's home matches, was inaugurated in July 2002 and has a capacity of just over 32 thousand spectators. It is located in the city of the same name.%2012_08_37.png)
We begin!
All set for today's match! Welcome back to our VAVEL Mexico coverage. There is just under an hour to go until the match between Leicester and Newcastle, corresponding to the 31st round of the Premier League, kicks off at the King Power Stadium. Both teams want a win to climb up the standings, but can the home team or the visitors win this game? Follow all our coverage on VAVEL USA.
