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Newcastle United cruised past Leicester City to claim a sixth consecutive Premier League win and move up to second in the table.
Chris Wood kickstarted a dominant performance by smashing the opener from the penalty spot before Miguel Almiron glided past the Leicester defence to tuck away the second.
Joelinton headed the third from a Kieran Trippier corner for his second goal of the season as the Magpies demonstrated the clinical edge that the hosts were missing.
With England midfielder James Maddison out of the Leicester squad, as he continues to recover from a knee issue sustained before the World Cup, Brendan Rodgers’ side were toothless in attack.
Jamie Vardy was introduced off the bench to add pace to the Foxes’ attack in the second half, and he managed to get in down the side on a couple of occasions but there was no blue shirt to meet his crosses.
The Magpies are four points behind leaders Arsenal, who have played two fewer games. Leicester – who registered just two tame efforts on target in the final 10 minutes – remain 13th.
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Leicester City
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Squad number1Player nameWard
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Squad number27Player nameCastagne
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Squad number18Player nameAmartey
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Squad number3Player nameFaes
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Squad number33Player nameThomas
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Squad number8Player nameTielemans
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Squad number42Player nameSoumaré
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Squad number26Player namePraet
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Squad number22Player nameDewsbury-Hall
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Squad number7Player nameBarnes
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Squad number20Player nameDaka
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Squad number9Player nameVardy
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Squad number14Player nameIheanacho
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Squad number17Player nameAyoze Pérez
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Squad number25Player nameNdidi
Newcastle United
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Squad number22Player namePope
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Squad number2Player nameTrippier
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Squad number5Player nameSchär
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Squad number4Player nameBotman
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Squad number33Player nameBurn
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Squad number36Player nameS Longstaff
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Squad number39Player nameBruno Guimarães
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Squad number28Player nameWillock
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Squad number24Player nameAlmirón
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Squad number20Player nameWood
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Squad number7Player nameJoelinton
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Squad number10Player nameSaint-Maximin
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Squad number11Player nameRitchie
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Squad number23Player nameMurphy
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Squad number32Player nameAnderson
Line-ups
Leicester
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Ward
- 27Castagne
- 18Amartey
- 3Faes
- 33Thomas
- 8Tielemans
- 42SoumaréSubstituted forNdidiat 72′minutes
- 26PraetSubstituted forPérezat 17′minutes
- 22Dewsbury-Hall
- 7BarnesSubstituted forIheanachoat 71′minutes
- 20DakaSubstituted forVardyat 45′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Söyüncü
- 9Vardy
- 11Albrighton
- 14Iheanacho
- 17Pérez
- 23Vestergaard
- 24Mendy
- 25Ndidi
- 31Iversen
Newcastle
Formation 4-3-3
- 22Pope
- 2Trippier
- 5Schär
- 4Botman
- 33Burn
- 36S LongstaffSubstituted forAndersonat 90+2′minutes
- 39Bruno Guimarães
- 28WillockSubstituted forMurphyat 84′minutes
- 24AlmirónSubstituted forSaint-Maximinat 83′minutes
- 20WoodSubstituted forRitchieat 88′minutes
- 7Joelinton
Substitutes
- 6Lascelles
- 10Saint-Maximin
- 11Ritchie
- 13Targett
- 19Manquillo
- 21Fraser
- 23Murphy
- 26Darlow
- 32Anderson
- Referee:
- Jarred Gillett
- Attendance:
- 32,185
Live Text
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Match ends, Leicester City 0, Newcastle United 3.
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Second Half ends, Leicester City 0, Newcastle United 3.
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Substitution, Newcastle United. Elliot Anderson replaces Sean Longstaff.
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Offside, Newcastle United. Bruno Guimarães tries a through ball, but Jacob Murphy is caught offside.
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Attempt missed. Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) right footed shot from long range on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
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Substitution, Newcastle United. Matt Ritchie replaces Chris Wood.
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Offside, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho tries a through ball, but Jamie Vardy is caught offside.
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Attempt blocked. Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
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Attempt saved. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Murphy replaces Joe Willock.
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Substitution, Newcastle United. Allan Saint-Maximin replaces Miguel Almirón.
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Attempt saved. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt blocked. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wout Faes.
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Offside, Leicester City. Ayoze Pérez tries a through ball, but Kelechi Iheanacho is caught offside.
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Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Leicester City).
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Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Joelinton (Newcastle United).
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Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Timothy Castagne.
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Attempt blocked. Wout Faes (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
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