English Premier League

FT Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Leicester City WWLLD 1
–
Watford DLLLL 2
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LEI101
WAT112
Vicarage Road · 20,308 att.

Match Report

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Watford battle back to beat Leicester City

Watford came from behind to beat Leicester 2-1 and seal a first Premier League victory in seven games.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
4
8
Corner Kicks
8
0
Saves
4
50.2
Possession
49.8
11
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
244
Accurate Passes
234
359
Passes
355
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
9
Accurate Crosses
5
23
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.3
72
Long Balls
58
32
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
14
15
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
30
22
Clearances
30

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WAT · 4-3-3

  1. 1Heurelho GomesG
  2. 27Christian KabaseleCD-L
  3. 13Molla WaguéCD-R
  4. 22Marvin ZeegelaarLB
  5. 2Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 23Ben WatsonCM
  7. 16Abdoulaye DoucouréLM
  8. 8Tom CleverleyRM
  9. 11RicharlisonF
  10. 37Roberto PereyraLF
  11. 28André CarrilloRF

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 16Aleksandar DragovicRB
  6. 20Shinji OkazakiAM
  7. 10Andy KingLM
  8. 25Wilfred NdidiRM
  9. 9Jamie VardyF
  10. 11Marc AlbrightonAM-L
  11. 26Riyad MahrezAM-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Harry Maguire (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 8' Ben Watson (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 13' Christian Kabasele (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 30' Aleksandar Dragovic (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 37' Goal! Watford 0, Leicester City 1. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross.
  6. 44' Substitution, Watford. Stefano Okaka replaces Roberto Pereyra because of an injury.
  7. 45' Goal! Watford 1, Leicester City 1. Molla Wagué (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  8. 65' Own Goal by Kasper Schmeichel, Leicester City. Watford 2, Leicester City 1.
  9. 73' Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Aleksandar Dragovic.
  10. 73' Substitution, Leicester City. Islam Slimani replaces Shinji Okazaki.
  11. 81' Andy King (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 84' Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Andy King.
  13. 87' Substitution, Watford. Sebastian Prödl replaces Ben Watson.
  14. 88' Marvin Zeegelaar (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90' Substitution, Watford. Jerome Sinclair replaces André Carrillo.

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