England - Premier LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Leicester City and Newcastle United, taking place on Monday, 26 December 2022, at The King Power Stadium in Leicester.
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Leicester City, Recent FormHaving taken all 3 points, with a crucial 2-0 away win over West Ham United in their last league game, Leicester City will undoubtedly be very satisfied with their work. They came away from that fixture with 46% of the possession and clocked up 9 attempts on goal with 6 on target. By comparison, West Ham United managed 18 attempts on goal, with 6 on target.
Manager Brendan Rodgers will be pleased with his team's performances recently, having only conceded 1 in their last 6 games, while still managing to score a respectable 10 goals. They have been misfiring up front at home recently, having been unable to produce a goal in 3 of their last 6 matches. With a defensive record of 5 clean sheets in their last 6 matches, they can certainly claim to be hard to beat.
They have had a strong run of form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
Harvey Barnes will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 4 goals in the last 6 league outings for Leicester City.
Newcastle United, Recent FormNewcastle United will certainly have been pleased to secure 3 points from their most recent encounter, which saw them run out 1-0 winners in their home fixture against Chelsea. During that encounter they recorded 49% of the possession and had 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target, while their opponents managed to hit 2 of their 5 shots on goal.
Their boss Eddie Howe will be rightly happy with his team of late, having seen them score 12 goals in their last 6 matches while only letting 2 over their own goal line. Away goals have been high on their agenda recently, having scored in 5 of their last 6 away league games. They will need to tighten up at the back, having failed to keep a clean sheet in all but 1 of their last 6 away games.
They've had a good run of form recently, with 5 straight wins in a row, and are on an unbeaten run of 10 games.
Miguel Almirón will be hoping to create problems for Leicester City in this one, having scored 4 goals in his last 6 outings on the road for Newcastle United.
It was not a positive ending for Leicester City last time they met Newcastle United in the league, with the game ending in a 2-1 defeat.
Goals should be on the cards for Leicester in this one, given they have found the net, with at least 1 goal, against The Magpies in their last 6 meetings together. In their last 3 away league games against The Foxes, Newcastle have conceded a total of 11 goals and that's an average of 3.67 per game.
Leicester man Jamie Vardy will be confident about extending his scoring record against Newcastle, having hit the netting 4 times in the last 5 times they have met in the league.
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Ryan Bertrand (Knee), James Justin (Achilles tendon), Ricardo Pereira (Achilles tendon) and Çağlar Söyüncü (Hamstring) are all currently out of contention for this game.
Eddie Howe has a number of injury concerns in his Newcastle squad to contend with: Ryan Fraser (Calf), Alexander Isak (Muscle), Emil Krafth (Ligament), Matt Ritchie (Calf) and Callum Wilson (Fever)
Leicester City Playing at home | Newcastle United Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | Goals scored | 1.7 |
| 0.9 | Goals conceded | 0.9 |
| 32' | Time first goal scored | 41' |
| 51' | Time first goal conceded | 66' |
| 1.3 | Yellow cards | 1.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 3 | Subs used | 4.1 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 4-1 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
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