Gameweek 31 of the 2024-25 Premier League season concludes with a mismatch on paper, as relegation-threatened Leicester City host EFL Cup winners Newcastle United at the King Power on Monday night.
The Foxes could become the first team in English football history to lose eight successive top-flight home games without scoring this week, and they will remain deep in the Premier League's relegation zone no matter what transpires.
Sticking with the theme of eights, Newcastle are conversely hoping to pick up their eighth Premier League away win of the 2024-25 season, one that will keep their top-four destiny in their own hands.
Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.
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Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 135
Leicester wins: 49
Draws: 28
Newcastle wins: 58
Over 130 years on from their maiden meeting - an 1894 Division Two showdown that Newcastle United won 2-0 - the Magpies have now battled Leicester City on 135 occasions across all competitions.
The Tyneside titans can proudly boast more victories than their Leicestershire foes, albeit not by much, as Newcastle have won 58 of the 135 head-to-heads compared to a respectable 49 for the 2015-16 Premier League champions.
Another 28 meetings between the two clubs have ended with a split of the spoils, including a goalless Premier League draw in May 2023, although Newcastle regained their ruthless rhythm in a 4-0 St James' Park pummelling in December 2024.
Thanks to that formidable home success, the Magpies are now unbeaten in each of their last five showdowns with Leicester across all tournaments; their last defeat was coincidentally also by four goals to nil at the King Power in December 2021.
In that same year, Leicester also marched to their most recent victory at St James' Park, edging out Steve Bruce's Newcastle 2-1 in January 2021 as James Maddison and Youri Tielemans netted before an Andy Carroll consolation.
However, the Foxes have since failed to score in each of their last four matches with Newcastle across the Premier League and EFL Cup; Leicester last found the back of the net in this fixture in April 2022, as Ademola Lookman opened the scoring before a Bruno Guimaraes double.
Newcastle also boast the highest margin of victory in this particular fixture, thrashing Leicester 7-1 in a First Division game in May 1993, where Andy Cole scored a hat-trick and Lee Clark chipped in with a hat-trick of assists.
Last 20 meetings
Dec 14, 2024: Newcastle 4-0 Leicester (Premier League)
May 22, 2023: Newcastle 0-0 Leicester (Premier League)
Jan 10, 2023: Newcastle 2-0 Leicester (EFL Cup Quarter-Finals)
Dec 26, 2022: Leicester 0-3 Newcastle (Premier League)
Apr 17, 2022: Newcastle 2-1 Leicester (Premier League)
Dec 12, 2021: Leicester 4-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
May 07, 2021: Leicester 2-4 Newcastle (Premier League)
Jan 03, 2021: Newcastle 1-2 Leicester (Premier League)
Jan 01, 2020: Newcastle 0-3 Leicester (Premier League)
Sep 29, 2019: Leicester 5-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
Aug 28, 2019: Newcastle 1-1 Leicester (EFL Cup Second Round)
Apr 12, 2019: Leicester 0-1 Newcastle (Premier League)
Sep 29, 2018: Newcastle 0-2 Leicester (Premier League)
Apr 07, 2018: Leicester 1-2 Newcastle (Premier League)
Dec 09, 2017: Newcastle 2-3 Leicester (Premier League)
Mar 14, 2016: Leicester 1-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
Nov 21, 2015: Newcastle 0-3 Leicester (Premier League)
May 02, 2015: Leicester 3-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
Jan 03, 2015: Leicester 1-0 Newcastle (FA Cup Third Round)
Oct 18, 2014: Newcastle 1-0 Leicester (Premier League)
Last 10 Premier League meetings
Dec 14, 2024: Newcastle 4-0 Leicester (Premier League)
May 22, 2023: Newcastle 0-0 Leicester (Premier League)
Dec 26, 2022: Leicester 0-3 Newcastle (Premier League)
Apr 17, 2022: Newcastle 2-1 Leicester (Premier League)
Dec 12, 2021: Leicester 4-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
May 07, 2021: Leicester 2-4 Newcastle (Premier League)
Jan 03, 2021: Newcastle 1-2 Leicester (Premier League)
Jan 01, 2020: Newcastle 0-3 Leicester (Premier League)
Sep 29, 2019: Leicester 5-0 Newcastle (Premier League)
Apr 12, 2019: Leicester 0-1 Newcastle (Premier League)
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