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Key occasions
15 min: Yellow card for Ndidi, who brings down Livramento, and is swiftly reprimanded by the referee.
13 min: We could name it there? Leicester may do with saving some face, and Newcastle received’t need any extra accidents. I’ve bought a slow-cook bolognese that wants stirring. Or may we see a response from Van Nistelrooy’s facet?
GOAL! Leicester Metropolis 0-2 Newcastle United (Murphy 11)
Newcastle double their lead in spectacular circumstances! Schar wins the ball on the half-way line and seeing Hermansen off his line, shoots! The Leicester keeper is totally caught out because the ball sails over his head, crashing towards the crossbar, and Murphy is the one participant to react, controlling the rebound and prodding dwelling! Wow!
8 min: It seems that Wout Faes is extra of an ethereal idea than a centre again. The Belgian is bundled over by Barnes and is fortunate to be bailed out by Justin.
6 min: I’m nonetheless not completely certain how is taking part in proper wing for Leicester. Daka? I feel it’s Daka, who was nowhere to be seen when Livramento made his approach up Newcastle’s left wing for his or her aim.
4 min: Van Nistelrooy is livid on the sidelines, effing and jeffing. His facet had been fully caught out of form on Newcastle’s first assault, and Kristiansen additionally missed his clearance on the again publish, earlier than Murphy pounced.
GOAL! Leicester Metropolis 0-1 Newcastle United (Murphy 2)
Boos ring out across the King Energy Stadium as Newcastle rating inside two minutes! That is such a simple aim to attain, and such a poor one to concede. Barnes will get free on the left, Livramento makes an overlapping run – fully untracked by a Leicester participant – and the full-back has time and house within the space to canter to the byline and feed a low cross throughout Leicester’s aim to the far publish, the place Murphy faucets in!
1 min: Possibly 10 seconds into the sport, Ndidi wins a flick on from kick-off and Vardy flashes a shot in the direction of Pope’s close to publish and the Newcastle keeper ideas it behind! What a begin from the house facet!
Peeeeeeeeeep!
We’re off within the East Midlands. A penny for the ideas of Steve Cooper.
“It’s a 5am kick-off time right here in Oz for the Islam Slimani Derby,” writes Chris Paraskevas. “I keep in mind his closely creative interpretation of a ‘mortgage transfer’ to NUFC from Leicester some years again beneath Benitez, full with pink card and completely eff all else?”
Slimani! After all! Nonetheless taking part in in Belgium with Westerlo, in line with The Web.
Van Nistelrooy additionally had a phrase for Jeremy Monga, describing the 15-year-old on Leicester’s bench as somebody that possesses “game-changing qualities”.
Monga would turn out to be the second youngest participant ever to grace the Premier League, if he comes on tonight.
Leicester supervisor Ruud van Nistelrooy speaks to the cameras:
After all, the run of type is mark of confidence. When now we have a defeat, what you wish to do is stand up and do one of the best you’ll be able to. Each sport is a brand new likelihood. The gamers are up for it, they’re recharged and I’ve to present them credit score for that. In the event you surrender and cease believing, there isn’t a likelihood of fixing issues.
Can we ship these Southend followers to Washington DC?
“Undecided why an unchanged workforce has been named for perhaps the fifth sport in a row,” emails Leicester fan Graham Randall. “We’re due an absolute thrashing quickly. We’ve been lucky that recert groups have scored after which simply had a apply match. Undecided what the reply is but it surely isn’t this supervisor. Completely clueless.”
It does appear very odd. And it’s not like he doesn’t have choices on the bench. On their day, Mavididi, De Cordova-Reid, Ayew and Buonanotte can all do some injury, notably the latter.
The Isak celebration, the disdainful thumb over the shoulder, is certainly one of my present favourites. It’s not higher than Benjani’s, but it surely’s very, superb.
The groups!
Leicester: Hermansen, Faes, Coady, Thomas, Justin, Ndidi, Soumare, Kristiansen, Daka, El Khannous, Vardy.
Subs: Stolarczyk, Okoli, Mavididi, De Cordova-Reid, Ayew, Ricardo Pereira, Skipp, Buonanotte, Monga.
Newcastle: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton, Murphy, Isak, Barnes.
Subs: Dubravka, Ruddy, Wilson, Targett, Krafth, Osula, Longstaff, Miley, Neave.
In chastening information for Leicester, Joelinton and Isak are each match to begin. Anthony Gordon, nonetheless, doesn’t make Newcastle’s squad. Nonetheless, that’s a fairly sturdy XI for the guests, even when the bench is just a little mild.
Additional Harvey Barnes-related studying.
Preamble
Whats up and welcome to the match recognized by completely no one because the Ayoze Pérez Derby. There should not too many gamers which have made the not-so-famous change between Leicester and Newcastle – I remembered Pérez, Chris Wooden, Les Ferdinand, Keith Gillespie earlier than Googling the remainder, and located that I had forgotten Steve Howey, Nobby Solano, Steve Guppy, Danny Simpson. I’m certain there are others (my inbox is open for enterprise, michael.butler@theguardian.com), however that’s fairly sufficient nostalgia for one preamble.
All of that may be a long-winded approach of claiming that Newcastle’s Harvey Barnes will return to his former membership this night. The winger has performed often for Eddie Howe for the reason that harm (and Carabao Cup last suspension) of Anthony Gordon and it’s anticipated that the latter won’t begin tonight, having solely joined full coaching on Friday. To make issues worse for Howe, each Alexander Isak and Joelinton have picked up knocks and are uncertain for this night, which is totally important for Newcastle’s Champions League ambitions. The Magpies will leapfrog Manchester Metropolis and go fifth with victory right here.
Leicester are virtually definitely doomed. After the Foxes received their first sport and drew their second match beneath Ruud van Nistelrooy in early December, they’ve misplaced all however certainly one of their subsequent league video games. That leaves Leicester 15 factors adrift of security, practically double their factors tally.
An unlikely win right here would nonetheless be intriguing. Their subsequent two video games are very troublesome – Brighton away and Liverpool at dwelling – however Leicester do even have a comparatively type run in: Wolves (a), Southampton (h), Forest (a), Ipswich (h), Bournemouth (a). That’s about as simple because it will get within the Premier League as of late. Leicester have virtually definitely run out of highway, however within the pursuits of narrative, let’s say they nonetheless have an opportunity.
Kick-off: 8pm BST.