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title: "Newcastle: Journalist rates Chris Wood poorly against Leicester"
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author: "David Comerford"
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published: "2022-04-18T12:00:35Z"
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# Newcastle: Journalist rates Chris Wood poorly against Leicester

**Newcastle United striker Chris Wood produced a four out of 10 performance against Leicester City on Sunday, according to [The I’s Jason Mellor](https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/newcastle-leicester-player-ratings-analysis-highlights-bruno-guimaraes-1580431).**

### The lowdown

Ademola Lookman opened the scoring for the visitors at St James’ Park after 19 minutes before Bruno Guimaraes equalised on the half-hour.

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The game appeared to be heading for a 1-1 draw until Guimaraes scored again in the 95th minute to snatch three points for Eddie Howe’s side.

The result leaves Newcastle 14th in the Premier League table, a full 12 points clear of the drop zone.

Wood made his [13th consecutive start](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/chris-wood/leistungsdaten/spieler/108725) for The Magpies, with Miguel Almiron and Allan Saint-Maximin either side of him, but failed to complete 90 minutes for [just the second time](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/chris-wood/leistungsdaten/spieler/108725) since his January move from Burnley as Joe Willock replaced him with 20 to go.

### The latest

Even though Newcastle won the game, Mellor gave Wood the lowest rating on either side.

The next worst were goalkeeper Martin Dubravka and Leicester striker Patson Daka – both five out of 10.

Match-winner Guimaraes, meanwhile, picked up the highest rating with eight out of 10.

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### The verdict

Unfortunately for Wood, the stats do justify Mellor’s verdict.

The [£100,000-per-week](https://salarysport.com/football/premier-league/newcastle-united-f.c./) New Zealander only touched the ball 17 times over the course of the game and even then he struggled to hold onto it, misplacing eight of his 13 passes – [an accuracy of just 38%](https://www.sofascore.com/newcastle-united-leicester-city/GO).

Wood was only able to fire off one shot during the match, and it flew off target.

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Generally speaking, it’s been something of a struggle for the 30-year-old following his winter move.

He’s only scored [one non-penalty goal in 13 outings](https://fbref.com/en/players/4e9a0555/Chris-Wood) for the Magpies and is averaging just 1.52 attempts per 90, [0.52 fewer than he did at relegation struggles Burnley](https://fbref.com/en/players/4e9a0555/Chris-Wood). It’s yet to click for him at his new club.

**In other news, [Newcastle have been linked with this Serie A star](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-news/arsenal-transfer-news-bremer-torino-premier-league/).**