English FA Cup

FT Saturday, January 8, 2022
Watford LLLLL 1
–
Leicester City LWLLW 4
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WAT101
LEI224
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Match Report

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Holders Leicester ease into FA Cup fourth round

Holders Leicester eased into the FA Cup fourth round after a 4-1 win over Watford on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
2
48.6
Possession
51.4
13
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
348
Accurate Passes
387
434
Passes
458
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
50
31
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
17
14
Tackles
27
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
11
15
Effective Clearances
16
15
Clearances
16

Head to Head

LEI leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Danny WardG
  2. 23Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  3. 20Hamza ChoudhuryCD-R
  4. 38Vontae Daley-CampbellLB
  5. 11Marc AlbrightonRB
  6. 10James MaddisonAM
  7. 62Lewis BruntLM
  8. 8Youri TielemansRM
  9. 37Ademola LookmanF
  10. 7Harvey BarnesAM-L
  11. 17Ayoze PérezAM-R

WAT · 4-3-3

  1. 26Daniel BachmannG
  2. 31Francisco SierraltaCD-L
  3. 15Craig CathcartCD-R
  4. 42James MorrisLB
  5. 2Jeremy NgakiaRB
  6. 19Moussa SissokoCM
  7. 18Ozan TufanLM
  8. 8Tom CleverleyRM
  9. 29Cucho HernándezF
  10. 10João PedroLF
  11. 17Ashley FletcherRF

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Leicester City 1, Watford 0. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 25' Goal! Leicester City 2, Watford 0. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ademola Lookman with a through ball.
  3. 27' Goal! Leicester City 2, Watford 1. João Pedro (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ashley Fletcher with a through ball.
  4. 37' Vontae Daley-Campbell (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Leicester City. Wanya Marcal-Madivadua replaces Vontae Daley-Campbell.
  6. 54' Goal! Leicester City 3, Watford 1. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ademola Lookman.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  7. 58' Substitution, Watford. Ken Sema replaces Ashley Fletcher.
  8. 63' Substitution, Watford. Dan Gosling replaces Tom Cleverley.
  9. 64' Substitution, Watford. Juraj Kucka replaces Ozan Tufan.
  10. 74' Substitution, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  11. 74' Substitution, Watford. Shaqai Forde replaces João Pedro.
  12. 74' Substitution, Watford. Kamil Conteh replaces Moussa Sissoko.
  13. 85' Goal! Leicester City 4, Watford 1. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  14. 86' Substitution, Leicester City. Will Alves replaces Ademola Lookman.

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