Leicester City vs Newcastle United tips

While the visitors should be safe from relegation, Rafa Benitez's side aren't yet assured of their top-flight status. Much of the Magpies' issues stem from a lack of threat in the final third, especially on the road. A tally of 12 goals in 16 games away from St. James' Park is the worst total of any team outside the bottom three.
By contrast, Leicester are enjoying a purple patch under their new manager, scoring 14 goals since Rodgers' arrival.

Leicester City’s anticipated resurgence under Brendan Rodgers is now in full swing and they can make it five wins on the bounce in the Friday Night Football match against Newcastle.

Rodgers was fully expected, certainly by us, to make a swift positive impact with his new club after leaving Celtic at such a surprising stage of the season – and there may well be a tangible reward at the end of the campaign.

The Foxes will be hoping Manchester City beat Watford to lift the FA Cup as that would mean the team that finishes seventh in the Premier League would enter the Europa League, and the 2015-16 champions are on course to do that as a result of their superb current form.

After an initial defeat away to Watford, Leicester have won their last four games, scoring 11 goals, with Jamie Vardy, James Morrison and on-loan Youri Tielemans their most dangerous attacking players.

It has become a tight battle for the ‘best of the rest’ status outside the top six but Leicester are now shading it and looking difficult to depose.

Newcastle, after a good couple of months, have gone off the boil somewhat as their relegation fears have eased and we can see them going the same way here as Leicester’s last few opponents.

Lecester City will be looking to extend their winning run in the Premier League to five games when they host Newcastle United at their King Power Stadium on Friday evening. The Foxes look unstoppable at the moment and they head into the game against Rafa Benitez’s troops following a routine 4-1 win over Huddersfield Town. The Magpies, on the other hand, suffered back-to-back losses to the likes of Arsenal and Crystal Palace in previous two league fixtures, with the team failing to find the net in those games.

Leicester City have been in a much better form of late than Newcastle United and we predict that Claude Puel’s troops are going to prove their worth on the field. A man to watch in the home side will be Jamie Vardy, who scored a brace in the 4-1 victory over the Terriers.

Leicester have won their last four Premier League games and the appointment of Brendan Rodgers has seen an upturn in the goalscoring fortunes of Jamie Vardy. The striker has found the back of the net six times in the five games since the former Liverpool and Celtic boss took over the reins at the King Power and is at the top of his game at present.

United have lost their last two league games and failed to score in both matches. I think the Magpies will find the back of the Foxes’ net at the King Power but feel the Foxes will gain what would be their first ever Premier League win on a Friday with their current record standing at P6 W0 D2 L4.

Prediction: Leicester City win

The trend says that visitors have a good time in this fixture, and while that might be true, this one looks to have a different sort of feel to it. Leicester City are soaring under new management, and you could point out that they have only beaten bottom half teams, but in Newcastle they face another bottom half side. That should bode well for them, as should the fact that the Magpies are back in a rut at the moment. It looks to be all Foxes here.