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Newcastle United v Leicester City : Premier League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 14th Dec, 15:00 BST, St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne

Eddie Howe welcomes Steve Cooper to the St. James' Park on Saturday afternoon, as their Newcastle United and Leicester City teams do battle in the English Premier League. Premier League statistics are the foundation of the predictions you'll find below, with head-to-head records included too. It's all on this page, with graphics and odds from leading bookmakers available for the biggest betting markets using the tabs.


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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

As followers of Leicester prepare themselves for this clash, they may well be excited for what's in store. After studying the relevant stats and past head-to-head (H2H) performance, it looks as though over 2.5 goals will be a worthy bet, as both clubs know they have goals in them and either could get the win. The prediction and odds are aligned: over 2.5 goals is the best bet here.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Newcastle are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 59% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.33.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Newcastle
59%
3/10
2%
1/3
Draw
21%
5/1
9%
9/2
4%
Leicester
20%
7/1
7%
15/2
6%
Newcastle 2-1
10%
9/1
5%
13/2
Draw 1-1
9%
12/1
8%
17/2
Newcastle 2-0
9%
15/26/1
Newcastle 1-0
8%
10/1
10%
7/1
7%
Newcastle 3-1
7%
10/1
8%
8/1
5%
Newcastle 3-0
6%
17/2
5%
7/1
Draw 2-2
6%
22/1
10%
14/1
Leicester 2-1
5%
22/118/1
Leicester 1-0
4%
25/1
13%
18/1
12%
Newcastle 3-2
4%
25/116/1
Draw 0-0
4%
20/1
11%
14/1
Newcastle 4-1
4%
16/1
11%
12/1
Newcastle 4-0
3%
14/1
12%
11/1
Leicester 2-0
3%
50/1
24%
33/1
17%
Leicester 3-2
2%
50/133/1
Over 2.5 Goals
63%
4/9
4%
10/21
Under 2.5 Goals
37%
7/4
5%
6/4
Home 1st Goal
55%
2/9
2%
-
Away 1st Goal
43%
3/1
7%
-
No 1st Goal
2%
20/1
11%
-
BTTS - Yes
60%
4/54/5
2%
BTTS - No
40%
19/2019/20
2%
BTTS - Home Win
31%
13/8
5%
13/8
3%
BTTS - Draw
17%
6/1
8%
11/2
BTTS - Away Win
12%
11/111/1
9%
Home/draw
80%
1/12
2%
1/14
Away/draw
41%
12/5
5%
23/10
2%
Home/away
79%
1/8
2%
1/7
Over 1.5 Goals
83%
1/71/7
1%
Under 1.5 Goals
17%
9/24/1
Over 3.5 Goals
41%
11/10
5%
23/20
2%
Under 3.5 Goals
59%
8/11
4%
13/20
3%
Over 4.5 Goals
23%
5/2
13%
5/2
3%
Under 4.5 Goals
77%
3/10
4%
1/4
Over 5.5 Goals
11%
11/2
7%
5/1
8%
Under 5.5 Goals
89%
1/9
1%
1/10
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/501/80
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
18/114/1
Home DNB
74%
1/9
1%
1/11
1%
Away DNB
35%
11/2
8%
11/2
8%
Newcastle win to nil
28%
11/8-
Leicester win to nil
8%
14/1-
Newcastle / Newcastle
44%
10/11
5%
17/20
3%
Newcastle / Leicester
2%
40/140/1
21%
Newcastle / Draw
5%
18/114/1
12%
Draw / Newcastle
20%
10/33/1
Draw / Leicester
5%
18/1
12%
14/1
Draw / Draw
10%
17/2
12%
13/2
6%
Leicester / Newcastle
5%
18/116/1
13%
Leicester / Leicester
6%
16/1
13%
11/1
9%
Leicester / Draw
4%
20/116/1
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Win / draw / win Premier League table

Newcastle have played 15 matches so far this season and lay in 12th place in the Premier League league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below in the table, having won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1 match. They have kept 2 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 21 goals to 19 goals.

Home League Performance

Newcastle have played 7 games at home winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 8 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 8 goals at home.

Leicester are in 16th position in the Premier League on 14 points having played 15 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 18 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 3 and won 2. Leicester have conceded 25 goals, scored 15, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
Newcastle
Leicester
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Liverpool1411211835 
d
 
3-3F
Feb 26
Apr 19
Dec 26
2
Chelsea159421731 
May 10
l
 
2-1A
l
 
1-2A
Mar 8
3
Arsenal158521429 
w
 
1-0F
May 18
Feb 15
l
 
4-2A
4
Man City15834627 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 15
Dec 29
Apr 2
5
Nottm Forest15744125 
Feb 22
w
 
1-3A
l
 
1-3A
May 10
6
A Villa15744025 
Dec 26
Apr 19
l
 
1-2A
Jan 4
7
Brighton15663324 
l
 
0-1A
May 3
d
 
2-2A
Apr 12
8
Bournemouth15735324 
Jan 18
d
 
1-1A
w
 
1-0F
May 25
9
Brentford15726323 
Apr 2
l
 
4-2A
Feb 21
l
 
4-1F
10
Fulham15654223 
Feb 1
l
 
3-1A
Jan 18
l
 
2-1A
11
Spurs156271220 
w
 
2-1F
Jan 4
d
 
1-1A
Jan 26
12
Newcastle Home15555-220 
-
-
Apr 5
Dec 14
13
Man Utd15546119 
Apr 12
Dec 30
Mar 15
l
 
3-0A
14
West Ham15537-818 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 8
w
 
3-1F
Feb 25
15
Everton14356-714 
May 25
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1A
Feb 1
16
Leicester Away15357-914 
Dec 14
Apr 5
-
-
17
C Palace15276-613 
Mar 15
d
 
1-1F
Jan 15
d
 
2-2F
18
Ipswich15168-139 
Apr 26
Dec 21
May 18
d
 
1-1A
19
Wolves152310-159 
Jan 15
w
 
1-2A
Dec 22
Apr 26
20
Southampton151212-205 
w
 
1-0F
Jan 25
May 3
w
 
2-3A
Win / draw / win form
Newcastle 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Newcastle3 - 3Liverpool
Newcastle0 - 2West Ham
Newcastle1 - 0Arsenal
Newcastle0 - 1Brighton
Newcastle1 - 1Man City
Newcastle2 - 1Spurs
Newcastle1 - 0Southampton
Newcastle1 - 1Brighton
Newcastle5 - 1Sheff Utd
Newcastle4 - 0Spurs
Newcastle1 - 1Everton
Newcastle4 - 3West Ham
Newcastle3 - 0Wolves
Newcastle2 - 2Bournemouth
Newcastle4 - 4Luton
Newcastle2 - 3Man City
Newcastle1 - 3Nottm Forest
Newcastle3 - 0Fulham
Newcastle1 - 0Man Utd
Newcastle4 - 1Chelsea
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
6
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANewcastle2 - 4Brentford
HNewcastle3 - 3Liverpool
ANewcastle1 - 1C Palace
HNewcastle0 - 2West Ham
ANewcastle3 - 1Nottm Forest
HNewcastle1 - 0Arsenal
ANewcastle1 - 2Chelsea
HNewcastle0 - 1Brighton
ANewcastle0 - 0Everton
HNewcastle1 - 1Man City
ANewcastle1 - 3Fulham
ANewcastle2 - 1Wolves
HNewcastle2 - 1Spurs
ANewcastle1 - 1Bournemouth
HNewcastle1 - 0Southampton
ANewcastle4 - 2Brentford
ANewcastle2 - 3Man Utd
HNewcastle1 - 1Brighton
ANewcastle4 - 1Burnley
HNewcastle5 - 1Sheff Utd
Leicester 16TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
D
4
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Brentford4 - 1Leicester
Man Utd3 - 0Leicester
Ipswich1 - 1Leicester
Southampton2 - 3Leicester
Arsenal4 - 2Leicester
C Palace2 - 2Leicester
Fulham2 - 1Leicester
Preston0 - 3Leicester
Plymouth1 - 0Leicester
Millwall1 - 0Leicester
Bristol C1 - 0Leicester
Hull2 - 2Leicester
Sunderland0 - 1Leicester
Leeds3 - 1Leicester
Watford1 - 2Leicester
Stoke0 - 5Leicester
Coventry3 - 1Leicester
Cardiff0 - 2Leicester
Ipswich1 - 1Leicester
Birmingham2 - 3Leicester
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLeicester2 - 2Brighton
HLeicester3 - 1West Ham
ALeicester1 - 4Brentford
HLeicester1 - 2Chelsea
ALeicester0 - 3Man Utd
ALeicester1 - 1Ipswich
HLeicester1 - 3Nottm Forest
ALeicester3 - 2Southampton
HLeicester1 - 0Bournemouth
ALeicester2 - 4Arsenal
HLeicester1 - 1Everton
ALeicester2 - 2C Palace
HLeicester1 - 2A Villa
ALeicester1 - 2Fulham
HLeicester1 - 1Spurs
HLeicester0 - 2Blackburn
ALeicester3 - 0Preston
HLeicester5 - 0Southampton
HLeicester2 - 1West Brom
ALeicester0 - 1Plymouth
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Newcastle since 1993
Newcastle
Leicester
Goals: Scored
30
25
Games: Scored
13 / 18
12 / 18
Clean sheets
6 / 18
5 / 18
NEW
10
D
2
LEI
6
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Newcastle
Draw0 - 0Draw
Newcastle2 - 1
1 - 2Leicester
0 - 3Leicester
0 - 2Leicester
2 - 3Leicester
0 - 3Leicester
Newcastle1 - 0
Newcastle1 - 0
Newcastle3 - 1
Newcastle1 - 0
Newcastle1 - 0
0 - 2Leicester
Newcastle1 - 0
Draw3 - 3Draw
Newcastle4 - 3
Newcastle3 - 1
Newcastle7 - 1
League games at Leicester since 1992
Leicester
Newcastle
Goals: Scored
26
18
Games: Scored
13 / 18
9 / 18
Clean sheets
9 / 18
5 / 18
NEW
6
D
5
LEI
7
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Leicester
0 - 3Newcastle
Leicester4 - 0
2 - 4Newcastle
Leicester5 - 0
0 - 1Newcastle
1 - 2Newcastle
Leicester1 - 0
Leicester3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Newcastle
Leicester2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Leicester2 - 0
1 - 3Newcastle
Leicester2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Newcastle 12th Leicester 16th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.1
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
12%
1
26%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
16%
There is a 62% probability that Newcastle will score 2 or more goals in this match
0
32%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 68% probability that Leicester will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+15
Newcastle have scored 15% more goals at home than predicted
+4
Leicester’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.2
average goals scored
1.6
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premier League - 2024/2025 season
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Newcastle
PG (predicted goals)
Leicester
2.1
1.1
Attack rating
NEW
LEI
15%
better
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Games scored12
14
Failed to score3
1
Scored first5
4
Goals scored19
21
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.4
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal7
5
Conversion rate for14
19
Avg. XG for1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+15%
Defence rating
25%
better
NEW
LEI
view stats
Games conceded12
14
Clean sheets3
1
Conceded first9
11
Goals conceded21
30
Avg. goals conceded1.4
2
Avg. shots/game conceded10
12
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
16%
Avg. XG against1.6
2.1
KickOff rating
+25%

Newcastle v Leicester Premier League lLine ups will show here when available.

Newcastle Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15645
N Pope A IsakJ MurphyD Burn
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Pope  GLK15
2
-
L Hall DEF151
3
-
T Livramento  DEF15
-
B Guimarães MID153
2
-
Joelinton MID152
4
-
H Barnes FWD1551
-
D Burn DEF14
5
-
S Longstaff MID14
2
-
A Gordon FWD1431
1
-
F Schär DEF132
4
1
S Tonali MID131
4
-
A Isak FWD1363
-
J Willock MID121
2
-
J Murphy FWD124
1
-
L Kelly DEF81
2
-
K Trippier DEF7
-
M Almirón FWD6
-
W Osula FWD4
-
C Wilson FWD4
1
-
E Krafth DEF3
-
Leicester Premier League squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
15645
M HermansenJ VardyW NdidiF Buonanotte
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Hermansen GLK15
-
W Faes DEF151
2
-
W Ndidi MID154
4
-
J Justin  DEF1421
2
-
S Mavididi FWD142
2
-
J Vardy FWD1463
4
-
V Kristiansen DEF131
1
-
J Ayew FWD133
3
-
F Buonanotte MID1242
5
-
I Fatawu FWD122
-
H Winks MID113
3
-
B Cordova-Reid FWD1011
-
C Okoli DEF9
1
-
B Soumaré MID9
5
-
B Khannouss MID911
-
O Skipp MID9
3
-
K McAteer FWD81
-
J Vestergaard DEF7
1
-
C Coady DEF4
1
-
P Daka FWD41
-
O Edouard FWD4
-
R Pereira DEF2
1
-
L Thomas DEF1
-
H Choudhury MID1
-