Leicester City will host second-bottom club Newcastle United in the weekend Premier League fixture.
Venue: King Power Stadium
Key statistics
- Leicester City have won eight of their last 13 meetings against Newcastle United. The Magpies have managed five victories and there were no draws.
- Newcastle have won three of their last four away games against Leicester in the Premier League.
- The Foxes are 12th in the league table with 19 points while Newcastle United are at 19th with 10 points.
- Leicester striker Jamie Vardy is the second-highest scorer in the Premier League this season (9 goals).
Head to Head record
Newcastle have the edge over Leicester City in terms of head to head records, winning 54 out of 128 games played between the two sides. The Foxes have 48 victories to their name.
Latest performances in all competitions
Leicester City: W W D L L
Newcastle United: D D L D W
Leicester City
Leicester City has been experiencing a troubled season so far and the defeat against Napoli in the Europa League has deepened their woes.
The Italian giants won the game 3-2 and also sent Brendan Rodgers’ side packing to the Europa Conference League.
Leicester have managed only one victory in their last six games in the Premier and they will be desperate to return to their best.
Jamie Vardy’s impressive goalscoring form is one of the positives to consider as the veteran English striker is second behind Mohamed Salah in the scoring charts.
A win against Newcastle could land Leicester in the top half of the league table.
Leicester’s camp has been hit with COVID-19 and Rodgers is likely to field the players who featured against Napoli.
Possible Leicester City line-up
Kasper Schmeichel; TimothyCastagne, Jonny Evans, Caglar Soyuncu, Luke Thomas; Wilfred Ndidi, Youri Tielemans, Boubakary Soumare; James Maddison, Jamie Vardy, Harvey Barnes
Injured (COVID-19): Kelechi Iheanacho, Ayoze Perez, Jannik Vestergaard, Daniel Amartey, Ademola Lookman, Filip Benkovic and Vontae Daley-Campbell
Suspended: None
Newcastle United
The Magpies managed to find their first win of the season after piping out Burnley 1-0 last week.
However, Eddie Howe’s men should not be overwhelmed with the victory as they have plenty of work to do.
Newcastle have been stagnated in the relegation zone for many weeks and they need more favourable results in order to get out of it.
For the time being, they would look to build on the momentum when they face Leicester on Sunday.
Callum Wilson has found the scoresheet for the two consecutive games and he will be playing a key role in the attack against Leicester.
Possible Newcastle line-up
Martin Dubravka; Javier Manquillo, Fabian Schar, Jamaal Lascelles, Jamal Lewis; Jacob Murphy, Jonjo Shelvey, Joe Willock, Allan Saint-Maximin; Joelinton, Callum Wilson
Injured: Paul Dummett
Doubtful: None
Suspended: None
Prediction
Leicester City 1 – 1 Newcastle United
