Newcastle United recovers a 0-1 deficit to top Leicester City 2-1 with B. Guimaraes scoring 2 goals. HIGHLIGHTS

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. Newcastle United managed to find the solution against Leicester City to win 2-1. B. Guimaraes was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals.

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April 17, 2022

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NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. Newcastle United managed to find the solution against Leicester City to win 2-1. B. Guimaraes was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Leicester City to strike first with a goal of A. Lookman at the 19′. Then it was a goal in the 30′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, B. Guimaraes gave the win to Newcastle United in the 90′ minute scoring a double. Leicester City was much better in terms of ball possession (69%).

The match was played at the St. James’ Park stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne on Sunday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. The referee was Jarred Gillett who was helped by Daniel Cook and James Mainwaring. The 4th official was Martin Atkinson. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.3 degrees Celsius or 59.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.

Match Statistics

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Leicester City

! 31 Ball Possession 69

Shots

16 Total 8
7 On Target 2
9 Off Target 6
1 Shots blocked 2

102 Attack 106
42 Dangerous attack 55
81 Ball safe 108

10 Free Kicks 11
0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 5

Fouls

10 Total 10
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Leicester City had a strong ball possession 69% while Newcastle United was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Leicester City was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Newcastle United was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Newcastle United shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Leicester City shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards (E. Krafth and B. Guimaraes). Talking about the opposition, Leicester City received 2 yellow cards (D. Amartey and N. Mendy).

Match Timeline

19'

Bruno Guimarães(goal)

30'

60'

Harvey Barnes - sub ->A. Lookman

66'

Joe Willock- sub ->C. Wood

69'

Jacob Murphy- sub ->M. Almiron

70'

78'

Kelechi Iheanacho- sub ->P. Daka

Emil Krafth- Yellow

84'

90'

Bruno Guimarães(goal)

90'

Bruno Guimarães- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolverhampton Wanderers

After this match, Newcastle United will have 37 points like Crystal Palace to go down in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Leicester City will stay with 40 points like Brighton & Hove Albion to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Newcastle United will play away with Norwich City on the 23rd of April with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Newcastle United (5 draws).

Leicester City will host Aston Villa on the 23rd of April with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Leicester City (3 draws).