The Toon and Eddie Howe really need a win after only 2 victories in 11 EPL games. They should be fired and focused at home. Leicester have a poor away record and lost all of their last 3 on the road by 2 or more goals

Leicester have an horrendous defensive record with 30 goals conceded and an xGA of 34.83, while despite a mixed season, Newcastle remain strong at home with only 2 defeats at St James’ Park.

He has scored in 7 of his last 9 competitive fixtures including in back-to-back games v Liverpool and Brentford.

He will be facing arguably the worst defence in the Premier League on  Saturday, while Isak has already provided 3 assists this season, so it makes sense to have that on side as well.

Ndidi averages 1.70 fouls per 90 mins and does a lot of the dirty work for Leicester.

Newcastle are the fourth most fouled team in the Premier League and Ndidi will be facing Bruno Guimaraes, who is fouled a massive 3.80 times per 90 mins. Both Joelinton and Sandro Tonali are also potential foul magnets for him to face.

Guimaraes is the most fouled Premier League player this season (3.70 per 90 mins).

He’s facing a Leicester side who will probably be under a lot of pressure all game and his opponent in midfield, Wilfred Ndidi, averages nearly 2 fouls per game.

Leicester have been behind at half time in 9 of their 15 EPL matches so far this season.

Meanwhile, Newcastle have led at the interval in 4 of their 7 home games this campaign. This is a strong fortress and Newcastle were only behind at HT in 1 home fixture across the whole of last season.

Both teams have kept just 4 clean sheets between them all season, while Newcastle have been involved in crazy 3-3 and 2-4 results recently.

Leicester have one of the worst defensive records in the league and the third worst xGA in the PL. In Alexander Isak and Jamie Vardy, each side possesses a reliable finisher up top, expect goals here.

Schar averages 1.10 shots per 90 mins but should get more chances here, he’s already scored 2 goals in the PL this season and is a huge danger from set pieces.

He has racked up 25 shots on target in his last 3 seasons and Newcastle are likely to target set pieces against this porous backline.

Leicester are so poor offensively that their only chance here is to score some goals. Vardy has shown his experience by netting 6 times in a poor team already this term.

He has thrived under the new manager and scored in consecutive games heading into this contest, he will also be on penalty taking duty, which is always an advantage.