Newcastle vs Leicester - as it happened: Foxes consign hosts to defeat on anniversary weekend
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Your support makes all the difference.Newcastle United and Leicester City meet in the final Premier League game of the day with the Foxes looking to cement their place in the top 10 and the Magpies looking precariously at the relegation zone below them. Follow the latest here.
- Newcastle vs Leicester kicks off at 17:30 GMT
- Dwight Gayle starts for Newcastle alongside Joselu
- Demarai Gray joins Jamie Vardy in attack for Leicester
- Jonjo Shelvey and Mo Diame on the bench for Magpies
- Foxes have Shinji Okazaki among substitutes
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This weekend’s Premier League matches
Saturday
West Ham vs Chelsea – 12:30
Burnley vs Watford – 3pm
Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth – 3pm
Huddersfield Town vs Brighton and Hove Albion – 3pm
Swansea City vs West Bromwich Albion – 3pm
Tottenham Hotspur vs Stoke City – 3pm
Newcastle United vs Leicester City – 5.30pm
Sunday
Southampton vs Arsenal – 12:00
Liverpool vs Everton – 14:15
Manchester United vs Manchester City – 16:30
GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Leicester (Joselu)
4' - Jacob Murphy picks Dwight Gayle out down the left wing and his good cutback is turned home by Joselu.
What a start for the hosts!
7' - Close! Mikel Merino wins the ball back in a dangerous position inside Leicester's half and quickly finds Dwight Gayle in between the Foxes' two central defenders. Gayle takes a touch before shooting just wide of Kasper Schmeichel's far post from the edge of the area.
Newcastle have started really brightly here.
13' - Demarai Gray attempts to drag Leicester level but his shot from distance flies harmlessly over Karl Darlow's crossbar.
GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Leicester (Mahrez)
20' - Great goal. Just moments after Demarai Gray comes close to equalising from distance for Leicester, Riyad Mahrez tries a long-range shot of his own and Karl Darlow, despite getting two hands on the ball, can't keep it out.
24' - You wonder if Leicester have identified long shots as a weakness for Karl Darlow.
This time Marc Albrighton cuts in from the left and shoots from distance, only to see Darlow get down well and parry the ball away.
26' - Demarai Gray cuts in from the left wing and finds Danny Simpson at the far post with a delicious cross, only for Simpson to put the ball wide of the near post under a bit of pressure from a Newcastle defender.
Leicester are the dominant side here.
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