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 today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
The visitors have also made three changes, with Skipp, Choudhury and Mavididi all coming into the side, as Ruud Van Nistelrooy replaces Ndidi, Soumare and Ayew.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
Eddie Howe has made three changes to his starting line-up, with Pope missing out through injury, so he has been replaced in goal by Dubravka. Longstaff and Barnes are the others to miss out as they drop to the bench, with Tonali and Gordon coming into the team.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
LEICESTER SUBS: Danny Ward, Wout Faes, Caleb Okoli, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Jordan Ayew, Patson Daka, Luke Thomas, Facundo Buonanotte, Henry Cartwright.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
LEICESTER (4-2-3-1): Mads Hermansen; Victor Kristiansen, Jannik Vestergaard, Conor Coady, James Justin; Oliver Skipp, Hamza Choudhury; Stephy Mavididi, Bilal El Khannouss, Kasey McAteer; Jamie Vardy.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
NEWCASTLE SUBS: Kieran Trippier, Harvey Barnes, Matt Targett, William Osula, Odysseas Vlachodimos, Miguel Almiron, Lloyd Kelly, Joe Willock, Sean Longstaff.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
NEWCASTLE (4-3-3): Martin Dubravka; Lewis Hall, Dan Burn, Fabian Schar, Tino Livramento; Joelinton, Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali; Anthony Gordon, Alexander Isak, Jacob Murphy.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
Newcastle are winless in their last four Premier League games, having lost two and drawn two, with their last game ending in a 4-2 defeat away at Brentford, to leave the Magpies 12th in the table. Meanwhile Leicester have picked up four points in their last two games, beating West Ham 3-1, before a 2-2 draw with Brighton last time out, a game in which the Foxes trailed until the 86th minute, but scored two late goals to take a point.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Premier League clash between Newcastle United and Leicester City at St James’ Park.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
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