Newcastle United vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Newcastle United face Leicester City in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after a dominant 2020/21 season and Pep Guardiola's side are favourites to win it again boasting as they do one of the best squads in Europe.
European champions Chelsea have proven they have what it takes to dethrone City, however, having done it in last season's Champions League final and will be hoping to add a domestic title to the one won in Porto.
Liverpool were winners back in 2020 ending a 30-year wait for league glory and Jurgen Klopp is sure to have them back challenging again at the sharp end this season too while Manchester United will be looking to be back in the title picture with Cristiano Ronaldo returning to his former club in the summer.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Norwich, Watford and Brentford promoted to the top tier for 2020/21 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
LEICESTER SUBS: James Maddison, Ricardo Pereira, Harvey Barnes, Hamza Choudhury, Jonny Evans, Kelechi Iheanacho, Timothy Castagne, Marc Albrighton, Eldin Jakupovic
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
LEICESTER (4-2-3-1): Kasper Schmeichel; James Justin, Daniel Amartey, Caglar Soyuncu, Luke Thomas; Youri Tielemans, Nampalys Mendy; Ayoze Perez, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Ademola Lookman; Patson Daka.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
NEWCASTLE SUBS: Dwight Gayle, Matt Ritchie, Karl Darlow, Jamaal Lascelles, Federico Fernandez, Jacob Murphy, Joe Willock, Paul Dummett, Sean Longstaff.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
NEWCASTLE (4-3-3): Martin Dubravka; Emil Krafth, Fabian Schar, Dan Burn, Matt Targett; Jonjo Shelvey, Joelinton, Bruno Guimaraes; Miguel Almiron, Chris Wood, Allan Saint-Maximin.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
Meanwhile Leicester are unbeaten in their last five games in all competitions, which includes a 2-1 victory over PSV in midweek in the Europa Conference League, to send them through to the semi-finals. They also beat Crystal Palace by the same score line last weekend in the league, to move up to ninth in the table.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
Chris Wood’s first St James’ Park goal for Newcastle saw his side beat Wolves 1-0 last time out, ending a run of three straight Premier League defeats and leaves the Magpies 15th in the table, 10 points above the relegation zone, so a win today would surely seal their league status.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
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