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Newcastle United vs Leicester City – After losing to Sheffield Wednesday by a score of 2-1 in the FA Cup last time out, Newcastle United will be hoping for a better outcome in today’a (Tuesday January 10) Carabao Cup Quarter-Final match at St. James’ Park.
In that encounter, Newcastle United had 75% of the possession and one of their 22 efforts on goal were successful.
Bruno Guimares was the lone scorer for Newcastle United (69′). Two of Sheffield Wednesday’s nine shot attempts on goal were successful.
For Sheffield Wednesday, Josh Windass scored in the 52nd and 65th minutes. The Newcastle United defence has shown to be quite strong, as evidenced by their most recent results.
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Newcastle United have played it close; in their last six matches, they have only allowed two goals to find the back of the net.
In their previous match, Leicester City defeated Gillingham 0-1 to go to the FA Cup Fourth Round. Gillingham made seven shots at goal at the other end, scoring none of them.
In that game, Leicester City had 70% of the possession and made 14 attempts on goal. Kelechi Iheanacho was the lone scorer for Leicester City (56′).
In recent games involving Leicester City, there has been a tendency for at least one team to keep a clean sheet. This has happened five times, according to a review of their previous six outings.
In these matches, rival teams have combined for six goals, while Leicester City have scored seven. However, only time will tell if that pattern continues in this game’s follow-up.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City – Betting Analysis
When the results of their previous matches dating back to January 1, 2020 were compared, no club emerged victorious, with Newcastle United winning three, Leicester City winning three, and 0 ending in regulation time ties. Although the number of goals should not be as high as Newcastle United’s, we believe Leicester City has enough to defeat them.
Overall, 22 goals were scored during this time period, averaging 3.67 goals per game. On Premier League Match Day 17 on December 26, 2022, Newcastle United defeated Leicester City 0–3 in their last league meeting.
At that point, Leicester City had 60% of the possession, and two of their eight shots on goal were successful.
Newcastle United had 12 shots at goal at the other end, and five of them were successful.
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Joelinton (32′), Miguel Almirón (7′), and Chris Wood all scored goals. Jarred Gillett served as the referee for the game.
Although it should not be as many as Newcastle United’s goals, we believe Leicester City have enough to beat them.
We predict that Newcastle United will win by a slim margin of 2-1 after the full 90 minutes. Let’s wait and see what happens.
What are the best odds for this match?
On the betting market, a victory for Newcastle United is available for 1.62, going for the game finishing all-square is 4.04, and betting on a victory for Leicester City is 5.3. Those are the top returns offered at the moment.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City: Head-to-Head
Our Prediction: Home to Win
