English Premier League

FT Saturday, November 7, 2015
Watford LDLWW 1
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Leicester City WDWLW 2
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King Power Stadium · 32,029 att.

Match Report

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Jamie Vardy nears Premier League record as Leicester beat Watford

Jamie Vardy closed in on Ruud van Nistelrooy's Premier League scoring record with another goal in Leicester's 2-1 home victory against Watford.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
3
58.7
Possession
41.3
8
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
410
Accurate Passes
264
556
Passes
376
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
25
0.1
Cross %
0.1
96
Long Balls
69
39
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
10
13
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
25
Effective Clearances
17
26
Clearances
23

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 6Robert HuthCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 28Christian FuchsLB
  5. 17Danny SimpsonRB
  6. 4Danny DrinkwaterCM-L
  7. 14N'Golo KantéCM-R
  8. 15Jeff SchluppLM
  9. 11Marc AlbrightonRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRCF

Substitutes

  1. 23Leonardo UlloaSUB
  2. 20Shinji OkazakiSUB
  3. 24Nathan DyerSUB
  4. 32Mark SchwarzerSUB
  5. 10Andy KingSUB
  6. 29Yohan BenalouaneSUB
  7. 33Gökhan InlerSUB

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 3Miguel BritosCD-L
  3. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 16Nathan AkéLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 23Ben WatsonCM-L
  7. 29Étienne CapoueCM-R
  8. 22Almen AbdiLM
  9. 21Ikechi AnyaRM
  10. 24Odion IghaloCF-L
  11. 9Troy DeeneyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Alessandro DiamantiSUB
  2. 8Valon BehramiSUB
  3. 25José HolebasSUB
  4. 5Sebastian PrödlSUB
  5. 14Juan Carlos ParedesSUB
  6. 17Adlène GuédiouraSUB
  7. 34Giedrius ArlauskisSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.
  2. 52' Goal! Leicester City 1, Watford 0. N'Golo Kanté (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 65' Heurelho Gomes (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 65' Goal! Leicester City 2, Watford 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  5. 70' Substitution, Watford. Juan Carlos Paredes replaces Etienne Capoue.
  6. 75' Goal! Leicester City 2, Watford 1. Troy Deeney (Watford) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  7. 76' Substitution, Watford. Alessandro Diamanti replaces Nyom.
  8. 84' Substitution, Leicester City. Nathan Dyer replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  9. 90' Substitution, Leicester City. Andy King replaces Daniel Drinkwater.

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