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Leicester City
FT
1–2
HT 1–1
Watford
Championship Fri 26 Dec, 15:00London King Power Stadium, Leicester Josh Smith 30,485 attendance

Timeline

  1. 7' Jordan James assist Jordan Ayew
  2. 19' Fatawu Issahaku Yellow Card
  3. 42' Oliver Skipp Yellow Card
  4. 45' Othmane Maamma assist Imran Louza
  5. 48' Imran Louza Yellow Card
  6. 61' Hector Kyprianou Yellow Card
  7. 63' Stephy Mavididi Yellow Card
  8. 65' Matthew Pollock assist Imran Louza
  9. 66' Nestory Irankunda for Tom Ince
  10. 69' Jeremy Monga for Stephy Mavididi
  11. 75' Aaron Ramsey for Bobby De Cordova-Reid
  12. 81' Vivaldo Semedo for Luca Kjerrumgaard
  13. 81' Moussa Sissoko for Othmane Maamma
  14. 87' Silko Thomas for Ricardo Pereira
  15. 87' Hamza Choudhury for Oliver Skipp
  16. 90'+1' James Morris for Giorgi Chakvetadze

Match stats

50.6% Possession 49.4%
9 Shots 13
2 On target 3
14 Fouls 8
3 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 1
1 Saves 1
387 Accurate passes 382

Lineups

Leicester City 4-2-3-1
1 Stolarczyk
33 Thomas 4 Nelson 5 Okoli 21 Pereira
22 Skipp 6 James
10 Mavididi 14 De Cordova-Reid 7 Issahaku
9 Ayew
Watford 4-4-2
1 Selvik
16 Bola 3 Alleyne 6 Pollock 2 Ngakia
7 Ince 10 Louza 5 Kyprianou 42 Maamma
9 Kjerrumgaard 8 Chakvetadze
Leicester City 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Jakub Stolarczyk G
  2. 4 Ben Nelson CD-L
  3. 5 Caleb Okoli CD-R
  4. 33 Luke Thomas LB
  5. 21 Ricardo Pereira ▼ RB
  6. 14 Bobby De Cordova-Reid ▼ AM
  7. 22 Oliver Skipp ▼ LM
  8. 6 Jordan James RM
  9. 9 Jordan Ayew F
  10. 10 Stephy Mavididi ▼ AM-L
  11. 7 Fatawu Issahaku AM-R

Came on

  1. 28 Jeremy Monga ▲ SUB
  2. 39 Silko Thomas ▲ SUB
  3. 17 Hamza Choudhury ▲ SUB
  4. 30 Aaron Ramsey ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 3 Wout Faes SUB
  2. 25 Louis Page SUB
  3. 18 Julián Carranza SUB
  4. 56 Olabade Aluko SUB
  5. 31 Asmir Begovic SUB
Watford 4-4-2
  1. 1 Egil Selvik G
  2. 3 Max Alleyne CD-L
  3. 6 Matthew Pollock CD-R
  4. 16 Marc Bola LB
  5. 2 Jeremy Ngakia RB
  6. 10 Imran Louza CM-L
  7. 5 Hector Kyprianou CM-R
  8. 7 Tom Ince ▼ LM
  9. 42 Othmane Maamma ▼ RM
  10. 9 Luca Kjerrumgaard ▼ CF-L
  11. 8 Giorgi Chakvetadze ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 17 Moussa Sissoko ▲ SUB
  2. 66 Nestory Irankunda ▲ SUB
  3. 18 Vivaldo Semedo ▲ SUB
  4. 22 James Morris ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (5)
  1. 29 Jeremy Petris SUB
  2. 23 Nampalys Mendy SUB
  3. 12 Nathan Baxter SUB
  4. 25 James Abankwah SUB
  5. 4 Kévin Keben SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, Leicester City 1, Watford 2.
  2. 90'+6' Second Half ends, Leicester City 1, Watford 2.
  3. 90'+5' Foul by Vivaldo Semedo (Watford).
  4. 90'+5' Ben Nelson (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  5. 90'+4' Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  6. 90'+4' Foul by Aaron Ramsey (Leicester City).
  7. 90'+3' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jeremy Ngakia.
  8. 90'+1' Substitution, Watford. James Morris replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  9. 90'+1' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
  10. 90' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  11. 88' Attempt missed. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Silko-Amari Thomas.
  12. 87' Attempt blocked. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
90 earlier entries
  1. 87' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Oliver Skipp.
  2. 87' Substitution, Leicester City. Silko-Amari Thomas replaces Ricardo Pereira.
  3. 87' Attempt missed. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Vivaldo Semedo following a fast break.
  4. 82' Attempt saved. Nestory Irankunda (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Jakub Stolarczyk (Leicester City). Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  5. 81' Vivaldo Semedo (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  6. 81' Foul by Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
  7. 81' Substitution, Watford. Moussa Sissoko replaces Othmane Maamma.
  8. 81' Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  9. 79' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  10. 75' Substitution, Leicester City. Aaron Ramsey replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  11. 75' Imrân Louza (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  12. 75' Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
  13. 74' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Mattie Pollock.
  14. 73' Foul by Nestory Irankunda (Watford).
  15. 73' Ben Nelson (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  16. 71' Handball by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
  17. 69' Substitution, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga replaces Stephy Mavididi.
  18. 69' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  19. 67' Delay in match because of an injury Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
  20. 66' Substitution, Watford. Nestory Irankunda replaces Tom Ince.
  21. 65' Goal! Leicester City 1, Watford 2. Mattie Pollock (Watford) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Imrân Louza with a cross following a corner.
  22. 64' Attempt blocked. Othmane Maamma (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeremy Ngakia.
  23. 64' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Jakub Stolarczyk.
  24. 63' Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  25. 63' Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  26. 63' Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
  27. 61' Hector Kyprianou (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  28. 58' Hector Kyprianou (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  29. 58' Foul by Jordan Ayew (Leicester City).
  30. 57' Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  31. 57' Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  32. 56' Attempt missed. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luke Thomas following a fast break.
  33. 55' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  34. 55' Handball by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
  35. 54' Imrân Louza (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  36. 54' Foul by Oliver Skipp (Leicester City).
  37. 53' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Marc Bola.
  38. 53' Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan James.
  39. 50' Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  40. 49' Foul by Othmane Maamma (Watford).
  41. 49' Ben Nelson (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  42. 49' Attempt missed. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  43. 48' Imrân Louza (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  44. 48' Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  45. 48' Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  46. 47' Offside, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi is caught offside.
  47. 45' Second Half begins Leicester City 1, Watford 1.
  48. 45'+2' First Half ends, Leicester City 1, Watford 1.
  49. 45' Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  50. 45' Goal! Leicester City 1, Watford 1. Othmane Maamma (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Imrân Louza.
  51. 42' Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  52. 42' Tom Ince (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  53. 42' Foul by Oliver Skipp (Leicester City).
  54. 40' Attempt missed. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  55. 39' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  56. 39' Delay in match (Watford).
  57. 38' Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  58. 38' Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  59. 37' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Caleb Okoli.
  60. 36' Attempt missed. Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
  61. 34' Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hector Kyprianou.
  62. 29' Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  63. 29' Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  64. 28' Imrân Louza (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  65. 28' Foul by Oliver Skipp (Leicester City).
  66. 25' Attempt missed. Luca Kjerrumgaard (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze following a fast break.
  67. 24' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Egil Selvik.
  68. 24' Attempt saved. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Egil Selvik (Watford).
  69. 22' Attempt missed. Mattie Pollock (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Imrân Louza following a set piece situation.
  70. 21' Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  71. 21' Foul by Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
  72. 20' Max Alleyne (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  73. 20' Foul by Jordan Ayew (Leicester City).
  74. 19' Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  75. 19' Imrân Louza (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  76. 19' Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
  77. 17' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Othmane Maamma.
  78. 15' Attempt blocked. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  79. 14' Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  80. 14' Foul by Jeremy Ngakia (Watford).
  81. 11' Offside, Watford. Marc Bola is caught offside.
  82. 11' Attempt blocked. Mattie Pollock (Watford) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross.
  83. 10' Corner, Watford. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  84. 7' Goal! Leicester City 1, Watford 0. Jordan James (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Ayew.
  85. 6' Attempt blocked. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince.
  86. 5' Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mattie Pollock.
  87. 1' Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  88. 1' Foul by Jordan James (Leicester City).
  89. First Half begins.
  90. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

Leicester City L W D W L

  • L Sheffield United 3-2 EFL Championship
  • W at Derby County 3-1 EFL Championship
  • D at Bristol City 2-2 EFL Championship
  • W Ipswich Town 3-1 EFL Championship
  • L at Queens Park Rangers 4-1 EFL Championship

Watford W D D W L

  • L at Birmingham City 2-1 EFL Championship
  • W Norwich City 3-2 EFL Championship
  • D Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 EFL Championship
  • D at Wrexham 2-2 EFL Championship
  • W Stoke City 1-0 EFL Championship

Head to head

LEI leads series 5-0

  • 10 Feb 2024 Watford 1–2 Leicester City 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 25 Nov 2023 Leicester City 2–0 Watford 2023-24 English League Championship
  • 15 May 2022 Watford 1–5 Leicester City 2021-22 English Premier League
  • 8 Jan 2022 Leicester City 4–1 Watford 2021-22 English FA Cup
  • 28 Nov 2021 Leicester City 4–2 Watford 2021-22 English Premier League

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