Leicester City at Newcastle 1/1/20 - Premier League Picks & Predictions

On New Year’s Day, Leicester City visits Newcastle Upon Tyne and St. James’ Stadium for an English Premier League fixture against Newcastle. Leicester City sits second in the EPL table at 13-3-4 with 42 points but is 13 points adrift of first place Liverpool and has played one more match than the Reds. Leicester City defeated West Ham United 2-1 in its last outing after losing two straight matches. Kelechi Iheanacho scored in the 40th minute and Demarai Gray scored the winner in the 56th minute for the Foxes. Leicester City is 2-1-2 in its last five matches in league play.

Jamie Vardy is the leader in goals scored for Leicester with 17, while James Maddison is second with 5. Harvey Barnes is the leader in assists with 5, while Ben Chilwell, James Maddison, Youri Tielemans, Ayoze Perez and Vardy each have 3 assists. Kasper Schmeichel is 13-3-4 in goal with 0.95 90-minute goals against and .721 save percentage.

Newcastle is 11th in the EPL table at 7-4-9 with 25 points and just two points shy of 8th place. The Magpies are coming off a 2-1 loss to Everton in their last EPL action. Fabian Schar scored a tying goal in the 56th minute for Newcastle, but Everton added another goal just eight minutes later to take the lead and go on to win. The hosts threw their men forward during the final minutes of the match but were not able to score a tying goal. The loss was Newcastle’s first at St. James’ in the last nine outings. Newcastle is 2-0-3 in its last five fixtures in league play.

Jonjo Shelvey leads Newcastle with 5 goals, while Ciaran Clark, Federico Fernandez, Fabian Schar and Jetro Willems each have 2. The leaders in assists are Christian Atsu and Andy Carroll with 3 apiece, while two others Jetro Willems and Joelinton have two apiece. In goal Martin Dubravka is 7-4-9 with a 90-minute goals against of 1.50 and save percentage of .717.