Leicester vs Newcastle Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th April 2025

Leicester enjoy home advantage, when visitors Newcastle swing by this coming Monday for a clash in the Premier League. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Leicester are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against Newcastle. However, judging by prices from the bookmakers, they are in for a tough assignment on Monday.

Leicester scored two times in the last ten outings for an average of 0.2 goals a game. They conceded 23 and managed zero clean sheets.

Newcastle scored 17 goals, conceded 18 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Leicester played against Newcastle. It finished 4-0 in a great match between the pair.

Leicester vs Newcastle Prediction

Leicester Form

In their last three matches, Leicester lost 1-0 against Chelsea, 0-3 against Manchester United and 2-0 against Manchester City. Leicester did not win any of their last six Premier League matches at the King Power Stadium. They came through these matches with a record of zero draws and five defeats, in which they conceded 15 and scored six goals.

Newcastle Form

Newcastle are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. West Ham got left behind in a 0-1 win, before Liverpool got hammered in a 1-2 victory. Brentford was the most recent victim in a 2-1 win for Newcastle. Newcastle claimed a remarkable four wins from six away matches in the Premier League, as well as no draw but two defeats. They also banged in eight goals, whilst conceding eight.

Head-to-head encounters tend to bring out the best in both sides, when it comes to goals. We see no reason for this trend to end here, and we expect an entertaining match once again between Leicester and Newcastle.

Leicester fought their way to zero wins and zero points from their last nine games against teams inside the top six. They were on target five times in these matches, but also let in 23 goals. Newcastle recorded seven wins from their last nine games against teams placed in the bottom six and collected 22 points. They scored 18 goals while conceding four. Leicester are looking at a record of four wins, five draws and 21 defeats in the Premier League this season. Newcastle enjoy a record of 15 wins, five draws and nine defeats in the Premier League.

Leicester vs Newcastle Squads

Leicester Squad

Ruud van Nistelrooy will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Newcastle from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Daniel Iversen (0/0), Danny Ward (0/2), Jakub Stolarczyk (0/6), Mads Hermansen (0/23), Conor Coady (0/14), Harry Souttar (0/0), James Justin (2/28), Jannik Vestergaard (0/18), Luke Thomas (0/6), Memeh Caleb Okoli (0/17), Ricardo Pereira (0/4), Victor Kristiansen (0/27), Wout Faes (1/27), Woyo Coulibaly (0/0), Bilal El Khannouss (2/25), Boubakary Soumare (0/23), Facundo Buonanotte (4/26), Harry Winks (0/22), Kasey McAteer (0/12), Michael Golding (0/0), Oliver Skipp (0/17), Wilfred Ndidi (0/21), Abdul Fatawu (0/11), Bobby Reid (1/20), Jamie Vardy (7/28), Jordan Ayew (4/26), Odsonne Edouard (0/6), Patson Daka (1/17), Stephy Mavididi (3/27).

Newcastle Squad

Here is the full team squad of Newcastle. The 47 year-old Eddie Howe will select his starting lineup from the following players:

John Ruddy (0/0), Mark Gillespie (0/0), Martin Dubravka (0/10), Nick Pope (0/19), Odisseas Vlachodimos (0/0), Daniel Burn (0/28), Emil Krafth (0/5), Fabian Schaer (2/25), Jamaal Lascelles (0/0), Jamal Lewis (0/0), Kieran Trippier (0/18), Matt Targett (0/1), Sven Botman (0/3), Valentino Livramento (0/28), Bruno Guimaraes (3/29), Jacob Murphy (5/26), Joelinton (4/25), Joseph Willock (0/26), Lewis Hall (0/27), Lewis Miley (1/9), Sandro Tonali (2/27), Sean Longstaff (0/21), Alexander Isak (20/26), Anthony Gordon (6/26), Callum Wilson (0/9), Garang Kuol (0/0), Harvey Barnes (5/24), Trevan Sanusi (0/0), William Osula (0/10).

Leicester vs Newcastle Team News

Leicester seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment on Monday.

Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira nurses various injuries and won't take part for Leicester against Newcastle at King Power Stadium.

Newcastle have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Leicester on Monday. For instance, Newcastle won't be able to field Anthony Gordon as he serves out a ban following too many cards.

Newcastle need to do without Jamaal Lascelles and Sven Botman, who are not fit enough to travel to King Power Stadium.

Leicester vs Newcastle Lineups

Leicester vs Newcastle H2H

Their latest encounter was a belter of a game, which finished with a 4-0 scoreline. An uncommon result, but we would not mind a similar goal fest on Monday. Both teams aim for the throat, when taking on each other as only one of their last ten matches finished all square. The Foxes came out on top in four games, whereas Newcastle ran away with three points five times. Picking the home win gets you odds at 11/2 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 11/23.

Leicester vs Newcastle Results

Under 2.5 goals came out a winning bet only two times in ten matches between Leicester and Newcastle. Over 2.5 goals is best priced at odds of 8/13 with the bookies on Monday.

Leicester vs Newcastle Betting Tips

Alexander Isak enjoys a great season with 20 league goals to his name, and he will be a handful for even the best of defences.

Leicester claimed all three points two times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in seven of the games in this run. Newcastle won eight of their last 10 games away, while drawing zero and losing two in this series of matches. Newcastle should be able to score at least once on Monday, as Leicester failed in keeping a single clean sheet in the last 10 outings at King Power Stadium. The visitors managed four clean sheets in their 10 most recent outings away from home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet three times in the last ten encounters between Leicester and Newcastle, while over 2.5 goals happened eight times. Leicester managed an average of 1.7 goals, with Newcastle averaging 1.5 goals in these. Leicester saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Newcastle, who scored 1.6 times on average in these matches.