Newcastle Vs Leicester 4-2, Newcastle's Chances Of Surviving Relegation Are Up Dramatically

Leicester vs Newcastle (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Newcastle's victory in Leicester vs Newcastle match week 35 in the Premier League at King Power Stadium, Friday local time (Saturday WIB) to save Newcastle from the threat of relegation. The victory saw Newcastle jump to 13th with a collection of 39 points while widening the safe distance from the relegation zone to 12 points.

If Fulham, who are in 18th place, fail to beat Burnley on Monday, May 10, then Newcastle will officially be safe from the threat of relegation.

As for Leicester (63), the defeat put their position in third place in danger of being overtaken by Chelsea (61) who just played this Saturday against Manchester City, according to the official Premier League website.

Apart from Joe Willock, Paul Dummett and Callum Wilson who scored Newcastle's goals, Steve Bruce's team's victory could not be separated from the brilliant performance of goalkeeper Martin Dubravka who recorded at least seven saves against Leicester's chances throughout the match.

Dubravka was already forced into a save with a shot from the edge of James Maddison's penalty area in the sixth minute, before Newcastle took the lead with a Willock goal in the 22nd minute.

Starting from Caglar Soyuncu's negligence, Willock stole the ball in the Leicester defense area before firing a cross that goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel couldn't anticipate.

Then the advantage was doubled in the 34th minute, with a corner kick which ended in Dummett's success in defeating Wesley Fofana in an aerial duel to gore Matt Rittchie's ball.

Dubravka made two more important saves on shots from Kelechi Iheanacho and Jamie Vardy to keep Newcastle's 2-0 lead until halftime.

Leicester, who insisted on scoring a goal back, caught their defense off guard and in the 64th minute Timothy Castagne failed to cut a long pass, making Wilson dribble past Schmeichel and netted it into the no man's net to increase Newcastle's lead to 3-0.

After Dubravka made another important save on Ayoze Perez's dangerous shot, Newcastle further emphasized his lead with Wilson's second goal which snatched the ball from his own shot that hit the post in the 73rd minute.

Leicester finally responded seven minutes later with a powerful Marc Albrighton shot followed by Iheanacho's goal three minutes from time.

However, Dubravka recorded a superb save from Perez's close range in the first minute of injury time to seal Newcastle's 4-2 win over Leicester. After Newcastle vs Leicester, Newcastle will play on Friday, May 14 next week at home to Manchester City in St. Petersburg. James Park.