Newcastle United vs Leicester City: 3 HOT STATS to show why Iheanacho and Ndidi are doomed

The battle for Premier League survival continues tonight for another Nigeria Super Eagles duo Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi.

Iheanacho, Ndidi and their Leicester City team are guests at St. James’ Park where they face one of the most in-form and motivated side in the Premier League at the moment in Newcastle United.

Newcastle United are on the verge of qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in over two decades.

The Magpies need just a point to seal qualification and will welcome to their home the Foxes who need three points to move them out of the danger zone and closer to safety.

The task for Super Eagles’ Iheanacho and Ndidi at St James’ is a rather daunting one, but can they pull off a miracle?

Here are three stats to show that the Nigerians and their fellow Foxes are doomed to fail tonight.

The head-to-head battle between these two does not favour the visitors tonight.

Leicester have struggled against their hosts in recent time, losing four of the last five matches between them.

The Foxes have also failed to score a single goals in the previous two matches, with the reverse fixture this season a 2-0 win for the Magpies.

The Foxes will go into this fixture in very poor form having conceded 10 goals this month alone.

Those goals have come in just three matches this month, representing an average of over 3.33 goals.

The form of Super Eagles defensive midfielder Ndidi in the middle of the park has been one of the issues for Leicester.

His poor form has also contributed to him not being a sure starter at the moment for Dean Smith side anymore.

Dean, who has lost three of five matches against Eddie Howe as manager, and his team will have to be on alert against these rampaging Magpies who have scored 13 goals in their last four home matches.

Leicester games on the road have become highly entertaining this season in the Premier League.

Away matches involving the Foxes have seen a league-high 14 goals in the opening quarter-hour.