Leicester City travel to Newcastle and will be aiming to keep themselves in the top three. Alley Sport is here with the Leicester City Predicted lineup vs Newcastle as we analyze how Brendan Rodgers’ side might look against Steve Bruce’s men.
Leicester come into this match with hard earned draw away at Crystal Palace in a game which saw the Foxes miss a penalty in the seventeenth minute when Kelechi Iheanacho missed from the spot and further Leicester chased the game since the fifty-eighth minute when Wilfred Zaha gave Eagles the lead after he finished a cross back-post sent By Andros Townsend.
Leicester got back into the game with just seven minutes left on the clock with a late screamer from Harvey Barnes. When in the eighty third minute Barnes picked up the ball and took on two defenders and then shifted the ball from his right foot to his left and then smashed a low driven shot to beat Vicente Guaita at his near post to give Leicester a point.
Leicester City vs Newcastle Preview
Newcastle United & Leicester have played 22 matches against each other so far. Newcastle United won eight matches. Leicester won nine matches. Five matches ended in a draw. On average both teams scored a 2.09 goals per match.
The last time these sides met Leicester city beat Newcastle United 3-0 in January when Ayoze Perez, James Maddison and Hamza Choudhury scored for the foxes.
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Jamie Vardy will return to the starting lineup after missing the games vs Palace and Rodgers can use Chritian Fuchs in a back three to give James Justin a more wide role on the flank.
Cengiz Under has recovered from injury and may make an appearance from the bench.
Leicester City Predicted lineup vs Newcastle
Leicester City possible starting XI:-
Formation 4-2-3-1
GK: Kasper Schmeichel
RB: James Justin
RCB: Daniel Amartey
LCB: Johnny Evans
LB: Luke Thomas
DM: Nampalys Mendy
CM: Youri Tielemans
RW: Marc Albrighton
CAM: Dennis Praet
LW: Harvey Barnes
ST: Jamie Vardy
We predict that Leicester City will win the game 2-1 given Newcastle’s dip in form and the confidence which has been implanted by Rodgers in the Foxes.
Leicester City vs Newcastle United Livestream
The match kicks off at GMT 02:15 PM on Sunday, 3rd January for British viewers, and the match can be caught live on Sky Sports UK. For Indian viewers, the match kicks off at IST 07:45 PM on Sunday, 3rd January, and can be viewed live on Star Sports Select SD & HD Channels and can be streamed live on hotstar.
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