English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 20, 2018
Watford WLLWD 0
–
Leicester City LWDDW 2
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LEI112
King Power Stadium · 31,891 att.

Match Report

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Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez score as Leicester see off Watford

Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez fired Leicester to a routine 2-0 win over Watford as Claude Puel's powers of recovery continued.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
5
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
46.6
Possession
53.4
11
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
254
Accurate Passes
331
356
Passes
422
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
2
21
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
72
24
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
1
16
Effective Tackles
5
27
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.3
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
26
21
Clearances
26

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 16Aleksandar DragovicCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 18Daniel AmarteyRB
  6. 22Matty JamesCM-L
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiCM-R
  8. 11Marc AlbrightonLM
  9. 26Riyad MahrezRM
  10. 9Jamie VardyF
  11. 20Shinji OkazakiRCF

Substitutes

  1. 33Fousseni DiabateSUB
  2. 7Demarai GraySUB
  3. 28Christian FuchsSUB
  4. 12Ben HamerSUB
  5. 29Yohan BenalouaneSUB
  6. 8Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  7. 14Adrien SilvaSUB

WAT · 4-2-3-1

  1. 30Orestis KarnezisG
  2. 27Christian KabaseleCD-L
  3. 13Molla WaguéCD-R
  4. 22Marvin ZeegelaarLB
  5. 2Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 37Roberto PereyraAM
  7. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréLM
  8. 23Ben WatsonRM
  9. 9Troy DeeneyF
  10. 11RicharlisonAM-L
  11. 28André CarrilloAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Jerome SinclairSUB
  2. 29Étienne CapoueSUB
  3. 33Stefano OkakaSUB
  4. 5Sebastian PrödlSUB
  5. 18Andre GraySUB
  6. 6Adrian MariappaSUB
  7. 35Daniel BachmannSUB

Timeline

  1. 39' Goal! Leicester City 1, Watford 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  2. 60' Substitution, Watford. Andre Gray replaces Roberto Pereyra.
  3. 61' Substitution, Watford. Sebastian Prödl replaces Molla Wagué because of an injury.
  4. 65' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  5. 81' Substitution, Watford. Stefano Okaka replaces Daryl Janmaat.
  6. 89' Substitution, Leicester City. Adrien Silva replaces Jamie Vardy.
  7. 90'+1' Goal! Leicester City 2, Watford 0. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adrien Silva following a fast break.

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