Leicester City vs Newcastle Predictions / Picks

The impossible dream lives on for Leicester City. The Foxes moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League table with a gritty 1-0 victory over Watford on Saturday. Claudio Ranieri’s men will look to extend that lead even further when they take on strugglers Newcastle in a mouth-watering showdown at King Power Stadium this coming Monday.

Read on below for an in-depth breakdown of this much-anticipated clash and while you’re at it, you can check out our previews of Aston Villa vs. Tottenham and Norwich City vs. Manchester City.

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Leicester City vs. Newcastle Preview

Where: King Power Stadium, Leicester

When: Monday, March 14, 3:00 PM ET

Line: Newcastle +430 at Leicester City -207, tie +305; total: 2.5 – view all Premier League lines

TV Broadcast: NBCSN

Betting on Leicester City (17-9-3, 60 pts)

Leicester City stretched their unbeaten run in the Premier League to three matches with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Watford on Saturday. Riyad Mahrez scored the winner for the Foxes who are now only nine games away from grabbing their first-ever league title. The 25-year-old has now scored or assisted in 26 goals this season.

The Foxes will look to continue their excellent form when they face Newcastle this coming Sunday. Leicester City will fancy their chances of doing just that as they have fared extremely well at home this season. The Foxes are second in the league in points scored at home this campaign with 29. They have scored 24 goals in 14 matches played at King Power Stadium.

They will be licking their chops at the prospect of facing a Newcastle backline that has conceded 32 goals on the road this season, second-worst in the Premier League. The Magpies are 17^th in the league in scoring defense, allowing a whopping 53 goals this campaign. Leicester City ripped to shreds that woeful defense in their first meeting this season, thrashing Newcastle, 3-0.

The Foxes are 3-3-0 in their last six Premier League home matches.

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Betting on Newcastle (6-6-16, 24 pts)

What in the world is happening to Newcastle? The Magpies slumped to their 16^th league defeat this season with a humbling 3-1 loss to Bournemouth on Saturday. It was another disappointing performance by the Magpies who are currently second from bottom in the Premier League table and are now in real danger of going down to the Championship at the end of the season.

Things are bound to get tougher for the Magpies as standing in their way this coming Monday are Premier League leaders Leicester City. The Foxes have been simply exceptional this season, grabbing 60 points in their opening 29 matches. That’s quite a turnaround for the Foxes who were sitting at the bottom of the league table in this same stage last season. That’s the same predicament engulfing the Magpies right now who only have 10 games remaining to salvage their beleaguered campaign.

For Newcastle to record a major upset against Newcastle, they will need to find a way to stop the red-hot Jamie Vardy. The Englishman leads the league in scoring this season with 19 goals to his name. He was one of the goalscorers in Leicester City’s 3-0 win over Newcastle earlier this season. Stopping Vardy will be easier said than done, though, for a Newcastle defense that has conceded a whopping 14 goals in their last six matches. That defensive ineptitude has cost the Magpies dearly as they have suffered defeats in five of those six games.

Apart from their defense, the Magpies will also need to work on their flailing attack. Newcastle have scored just seven goals on the road this season, the fewest in the Premier League this campaign. The Magpies have scored just four goals in their last six matches.