Newcastle United vs Leicester City prediction and betting tips on December 14, 2024

Game Prediction

A match between Newcastle United and Leicester City will take place in the 16th round of the English Premier League on December 14, 2024. The hosts will be the clear favourites of the following battle, but the guests desperately need points, and they will fight for them.
Our prediction for the match Newcastle United vs Leicester City
“The Magpies” played in the Champions League a year ago for the first time in two decades. The English club, having ended up in an extremely difficult group, remained the last. As for the inner arena, the team noticeably lost ground, however, eventually rising to 7th place. Still, that was a decline compared to 4th position in 2023, and Manchester United’s victory in the FA Cup deprived “the Black and Whites” of a ticket even to the Conference League. “The Foxes”, having quite unexpectedly flown out to the Championship, were able to confidently win the division there, moreover, that happened ahead of schedule. That was largely due to Maresca, but the mentor went to train the more prestigious club, Chelsea, in the summer.
Enzo was replaced by Steve Cooper. He did not start hopelessly – the team took a draw in the struggle with Tottenham in the 1st round. There were successes later, but they were few. An unsuccessful series in November led to the resignation of the Welsh specialist. The mentor was replaced by van Nistelrooy, and he won his second match, with West Ham. As for the game against Brighton, the team bounced back from a 0-2 score to a draw. Eddie Howe’s footballers are not bad, but unstable. They knocked out Chelsea in the League Cup and they won Tottenham and Arsenal. At the same time, the struggles with Manchester City and Liverpool brought the draws, but the team did not beat Everton and Crystal Palace and lost, including to the crisis opponent, West Ham. The previous round brought a 2-4 result in the meeting with Brentford.
“The Black and Whites” both score and concede 1.2 goals per match. The newcomer’s attack is even more dangerous: the team scores 1.3 goals per match, but it concedes twice per round in the Premier League.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City: key statistics and trends
- Newcastle United has not won 4 times in a row.
- Leicester City has not lost its 2 previous matches.
- The most common score between the clubs is a 1-0 result in favour of Newcastle (6 times).
- Newcastle United scored 29% of goals between the 76th and the 90th minutes of confrontations.
- Leicester City scored 32% of goals between the 61st and the 75th minutes of struggles.
- Leicester City has conceded in each of its 8 previous battles.
- Newcastle United wins the first half in 40% of matches, Leicester City – in 41% of meetings.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City: possible starting line-ups
Newcastle United (possible line-up): Pope – Hall, Burn, Schar, Livramento – Joelinton, Bruno Guimaraes, Tonali – Gordon, Murphy, Isak.
Leicester City (possible line-up): Hermansen – Justin, Coady, Vestergaard, Kristiansen – Ndidi, Soumare, McAteer, El Khannouss, Ayew – Vardy.
Previous head-to-head matches: Newcastle United vs Leicester City
“The Magpies” have won 3 times in a row, but they were limited to a goalless draw at the home arena last May.
Free prediction for the match Newcastle United vs Leicester City
Howe’s wards are still the favourites of the following battle. Still, the guests are “coming” to life, and it’s worth betting on them to win with “a +1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.97).
