Newcastle United vs Leicester City – After losing to Sheffield Wednesday by a score of 2-1 in the FA Cup last time out, Newcastle United will be hoping for a better outcome today.

In that encounter, Newcastle United had 75% of the possession and 7 of its 22 efforts on goal were successful.

Bruno Guimares was the lone scorer for Newcastle United (69′). 4 of Sheffield Wednesday’s 9 shot attempts on goal were successful.

For Sheffield Wednesday, Josh Windass scored in the 52nd and 65th minutes. The Newcastle United defense has shown to be quite strong, as evidenced by their most recent results.

Newcastle United has played it close; in their last six matches, they have only allowed two goals to find the back of the net.

In their previous match, Leicester City defeated Gillingham 0-1 to go to the FA Cup semifinals. Gillingham made 7 shots at goal at the other end, scoring none of them.

In that game, Leicester City had 70% of the possession and made 14 attempts on goal, scoring on six of them. Kelechi Iheanacho was the lone scorer for Leicester City (56′).

In recent games involving Leicester City, there has been a tendency for at least one team to keep a clean sheet. This has happened five times, according to a review of their previous six outings.

In these matches, rival teams have combined for six goals, while Leicester City has scored seven. However, only time will tell if that pattern continues in this game’s follow-up.

Newcastle United vs Leicester City – Betting Analysis

When comparing the results of their matches historically dating back to January 1, 2020, no club has emerged victorious overall, with Newcastle United winning three of the games, Leicester City winning three, and 0 ending in regulation time ties.

22 goals were scored overall during this time period, averaging 3.67 goals per game. On Premier League Match Day 17 on December 26, 2022, Newcastle United defeated Leicester City 0–3 in their last league meeting.

At that point, Leicester City had 60% of the possession and 2 of its 8 shots on goal were successful.

Newcastle United had 12 shots at goal at the opposite end, and 5 of them were successful.

Joelinton (32′), Miguel Almirón (7′), and Chris Wood all scored goals. Jarred Gillett served as the referee for the game.

Although it definitely shouldn’t be as many as the goals that Newcastle United may allow, we think Leicester City has enough to score a goal against them.

We predict that Newcastle United will win by a slim margin of 2-1 after the full 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see what happens.

 What are the best odds for this match?

Turning to the betting odds on the WDW market, victory for Newcastle United is available for 1.62, going for the game finishing all-square is 4.04 and betting on a victory for Leicester City is 5.3. Those are the top returns offered at the moment.

Newcastle United vs Leicester City – Head-to-Head

Newcastle United vs Leicester City
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Our Prediction: Home to Win

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