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The Essentials: A Fan's Guide To Leicester vs. Newcastle

Leicester City welcome Newcastle United to King Power Stadium on Friday hoping to extend a four-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

2021-05-06T09:22:00.000Z

The Essentials: A Fan's Guide To Leicester vs. Newcastle

Leicester City welcome Newcastle United to King Power Stadium on Friday hoping to extend a four-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

2021-05-06T09:22:00.000Z

The Essentials: A Fan's Guide To Leicester vs. Newcastle

Leicester City welcome Newcastle United to King Power Stadium on Friday hoping to extend a four-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

2021-05-06T09:22:00.000Z

The Essentials: A Fan's Guide To Leicester vs. Newcastle

Leicester City welcome Newcastle United to King Power Stadium on Friday hoping to extend a four-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

2021-05-06T09:22:00.000Z

The Essentials: A Fan's Guide To Leicester vs. Newcastle

Leicester City welcome Newcastle United to King Power Stadium on Friday hoping to extend a four-game unbeaten run in all competitions.

2021-05-06T09:22:00.000Z

The Foxes head into the fixture on the back of a 1-1 draw with Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium - a stalemate which was preceded by consecutive wins over West Bromwich Albion and Crystal Palace - while the Magpies were beaten 2-0 by Arsenal at St. James' Park last time out.

Ahead of Friday's 8pm kick-off on Filbert Way, here's all you need to know...

How can I watch the game?

Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League are the channels to look for in the United Kingdom, with programming starting at 7:30pm.

Elsewhere around the globe, you can use the following stations...

Country

Channel

Local time

Australia

Optus Sport

6am (Saturday)

Canada

DAZN

2pm

China

Tencent Sports

3am (Saturday)

Egypt

beIN Sports

9pm

Germany

Sky Sports

9pm

Hong Kong

NOW

4am (Saturday)

India

Disney+ Hotstar

12:30am (Saturday)

Japan

DAZN

4am (Saturday)

Mexico

Sky Sports

1pm

New Zealand

Spark Sports

8am (Saturday)

South Africa

Super Sport

9pm

Thailand

truevisions

2am (Saturday)

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Who's starring on LCFC TV?

Former City captains Matt Elliott and Steve Walsh will be in the LCFC TV studio alongside presenter Dan Bates, and co-commentator Gerry Taggart will also join the pre-match conversation from the gantry at King Power Stadium.

From 6:30pm on LCFC.com, Facebook and Twitter, there will be plenty of chat and discussion around Leicester's latest encounter, as well as previews from both camps and team news brought to you live at around 7pm.

Chris Parrott and Taggart will deliver minute-by-minute commentary of the clash on LCFC Radio, ahead of a further 30 minutes of post-match chat and debate after the full-time whistle with Elliott, Walsh and Taggart.

What's the officiating team?

Darren England will be the referee on Friday alongside assistants Lee Betts and Darren Cann. The fourth official will be Craig Pawson. VAR, meanwhile, will be overseen by Paul Tierney, assisted by Scott Ledger.

When does everything happen?

City's first home clash with Newcastle since September 2019 takes place on Friday - and here are all your matchday timings...

Event

Time

Matchday Live begins on LCFC TV

6:30pm

Team news confirmed on @LCFC social

7pm

Sky Sports coverage commences*

7:30pm

Commentary starts on LCFC Radio

7:50pm

Kick-off

8pm

Full-time

9:45pm approx

Short highlights on LCFC TV

11:45pm approx

Full highlights on LCFC TV

12am (Saturday)

Match of the Day on BBC One

10:40pm (Saturday)

*UK only.

What's the injury news?

"It’s a catch-22 with James [Maddison] because he needs the games to get up to full speed, but at the same time they’re important games for us," Brendan Rodgers said on Wednesday afternoon. "He’s a really important player for us. He’s gradually working his way towards that.

"The 90 minutes was important for him, he’s had a good week’s training this week and then he will look to take that into the next game. He’s an outstanding player. He’s not at his full level of fitness yet but the only way you get that is in games, so it’s another week for him.

"Hopefully he can perform at his highest level against Newcastle."

What happened last time?

Ricardo Pereira, Jamie Vardy (2) and Wilfred Ndidi were all on the scoresheet, alongside a Paul Dummett own goal, as the Foxes ran out as 5-0 victors over Newcastle United in the last meeting at King Power Stadium - the Club's joint-biggest Premier League home win.

More recently, the Foxes have secured back-to-back away wins over the Magpies, with Ayoze Pérez, James Maddison and Hamza Choudhury striking at St. James' Park last January, before Maddison struck again and Youri Tielemans found the net in a 2-1 victory four months ago.

When can I catch match highlights?

A two-minute highlights package will be available for supporters to access on LCFC TV approximately two hours after full-time, which is available for free to Digital Members on the Club's official website (free sign-up).

A full highlights video will be published on LCFC.com at midnight following the fixture and Leicester City's official social media channels will post short clips from the night's action.

Please note that in the interests of safety, Leicester City’s fixtures will continue to be played behind closed doors. To ensure matches can still go ahead and to help control the spread of COVID-19, the Football Club kindly asks its supporters to continue to follow their team from home and not to gather at any stadia.

All times BST unless stated otherwise.

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