Newcastle United are finally back in Premier League action as they head to the King Power Stadium today to take on Leicester City. Eddie Howe’s side are hoping to pick up where they left off in the league before the World Cup break brought domestic football to a halt.Leicester City 0-3 Newcastle United highlights as Magpies go second after strolling to victory
The Boxing Day ding-dong will go some way to showing us how the Carabao Cup quarter-final between these two teams will go after the New Year. However, for now Howe is determined to ensure his side remain in the hunt for a European finish after an impressive start to the campaign.
The Newcastle boss is expected to name a strong team for Sunday’s clash after going full strength against Bournemouth earlier this week. We will be on hand throughout the day to bring you live updates, analysis and reaction from the game right here.
Leicester City 0-3 Newcastle United highlights
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Newcastle United stormed to a superb away day win at Leicester City on Boxing Day to maintain their push for a Champions League place.
Goals from Chris Wood (penalty), Miguel Almiron and Joelinton effectively had the game wrapped up by the 32-minute mark. And despite Leicester rallying a little after the break they never looked any danger of a very unlikely comeback.
Here are the overall ratings from the terrific away win for Newcastle.
Match report
Newcastle United breezed to another impressive away victory to stay in the conversation for both a Champions League place – and dare I say it a Premier League title challenge.
At a venue that once saw Newcastle celebrate top-flight safety in 2018, 2019 and 2021, the Magpies offered evidence they are aiming for much bigger things these days. This game was arguably done and dusted inside the first seven minutes as Chris Wood’s penalty and Miguel Almiron‘s ninth of the season had the hosts 2-0 down before some home fans had even taken their seats.
And it was certainly game over by 32 minutes as deflated Leicester went 3-0 down thanks to Joelinton’s powerful header. By the end, Eddie Howe even had the luxury of giving some of his stars a breather as they strolled to victory.
You can read the full match report from Lee Ryder here.
