Newcastle vs Leicester City: Jamie Vardy scores in tenth straight game equals Ruud van Nistelrooy's record

Follow all the latest from the Premier League match at St. James' Park

Charles Reynolds
Saturday 21 November 2015 07:44 EST
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Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of Newcastle United vs Leicester City, one of today’s 3.00pm Premier League kick-offs.

Preview: Newcastle United vs Leicester City

Key stats

  • Jamie Vardy is aiming to score in a record-equalling 10th successive Premier League game - only Ruud van Nistelrooy has managed the feat.
  • In Europe's major leagues, only Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski and Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (both 14) have scored more.
  • If Leicester avoid defeat, they will set a new club top-flight record of 10 consecutive away matches unbeaten.
  • Newcastle have won their last 5 home matches against Leicester in all competitions.
  • Steve McClaren's side are aiming to win successive league games for the first time since last November.
  • They have kept clean sheets in their last two matches - the last time they kept three in a row was also in November last year.

Team news

Newcastle United: Elliot, Janmaat, Coloccini, Mbemba, Dummett, Sissoko, Anita, Tiote, Wijnaldum, Perez, Mitrovic

Substitutes: Woodman, Sterry, Lascelles, Gouffran, Thuavin, De Jong, Cisse

Leicester City: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan, Fuchs, Mahrez, Kanté, Drinkwater, Albrighton, Ulloa, Vardy

Substitutes: De Laet, King, Schlupp, Okazaki, Dyer, Schwarzer, Inler

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