PREMIER LEAGUE SUNDAY: We preview Sunday’s Premier League game between LEICESTER v NEWCASTLE with a recommended BETDAQ bet and extended stats.
LEICESTER V NEWCASTLE
4.30pm We only have one game to enjoy on Sunday in the Premier League as Leicester host Newcastle. Going into Matchday 7 Leicester sat in third position in the table, and given the troubles that Manchester United, Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea are going through – Leicester must have hopes of finishing in the Top Four this season. That might not be realistic but after their start and the struggles of the usual Top Six; there are plenty of teams that can dream. For Newcastle, it appears that they will have another season of fighting for survival and apart from a shock win against Spurs they haven’t really produced much.
The match odds at the time of writing currently trade; Leicester 1.56, Newcastle 7.8 and the draw is 4.2. The sides have actually already played this season in the Carabao Cup; we shouldn’t read too much into that given how teams view the League Cup these days but that game ended 1-1 with Newcastle having home advantage. Leicester have been on a different level to Newcastle in the Premier League however, and should get the job done today.
Newcastle may have shocked Spurs away from home but they’ve also lost to Norwich and drawn at home against Watford and Brighton. Leicester have also beaten Spurs and they were unlucky not to get something at Old Trafford against Manchester United. They are scoring goals and grinding out results – we can’t see past a home win here and Leicester look ten ticks too big at 1.56 against this poor Newcastle side.
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MATCH STATS
- Leicester have lost their last two home Premier League games against Newcastle United having lost just two of the previous 10 (W4 D4 L2).
- Since moving to the King Power Stadium at the start of the 2002-03 season, only four teams have won three consecutive away league games at Leicester, most recently West Brom between 2007 and 2014; no team has ever done so in three consecutive away Premier League games.
- Leicester have won just two of their last 18 Premier League matches on Sundays (W2 D7 L9) and have lost both of their previous Sunday meetings with Newcastle in 1994 and 1997.
- The last four Premier League meetings between Leicester and Newcastle have been won by the away side. Only four fixtures in the competition’s history has seen five consecutive away victories – Leicester v Man City (1994-2003), Blackburn v Fulham (2003-2005), Newcastle v Tottenham (2013-2015) and Crystal Palace v Liverpool (2015-2017).
- Leicester have lost just one of their last nine home league games (W6 D2), though that defeat was against Newcastle in April.
- Newcastle have alternated between winning and not winning in their last six Premier League away games (W3 D1 L2), losing last time out at Liverpool. They’ve won as many away games in their last six in the competition as they had in their previous 24 (W3 D9 L12).
- Since the start of last season, only Liverpool (19) have won more points from losing positions in the Premier League than Leicester (18), with the Foxes gaining a joint-league high four such points so far this season.
- Newcastle have scored just four goals in their six Premier League games this season, as many as they netted in their last match under Rafael Benitez. All four goals have been scored by different players.
- Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has been directly involved in 10 goals in his last nine Premier League home games, scoring eight and assisting a further two.
- Newcastle manager Steve Bruce is winless in six games against Leicester in all competitions (W0 D2 L4) since winning 2-1 in the Championship with Birmingham City in April 2007.
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