English League Championship

Leicester City vs Watford, 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Leicester City
  • 7': Jordan James
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Watford
  • 45': Othmane Maamma
  • 65': Matthew Pollock

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Leicester City are hosting Watford at King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Foul by Jordan James (Leicester City).
  • 1': Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Tom Ince (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mattie Pollock.
  • 6': Attempt blocked. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince.
  • 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.
  • 10': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 11': Attempt blocked. Mattie Pollock (Watford) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross.
  • 11': Offside, Watford. Marc Bola is caught offside.
  • 14': Foul by Jeremy Ngakia (Watford).
  • 14': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 17': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Othmane Maamma.
  • 19': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
  • 19': Imrân Louza (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 20': Foul by Jordan Ayew (Leicester City).
  • 20': Max Alleyne (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
  • 21': Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 24': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Egil Selvik.
  • 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.
  • 28': Foul by Oliver Skipp (Leicester City).
  • 28': Imrân Louza (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 29': Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  • 29': Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hector Kyprianou.
  • 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.
  • 37': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Caleb Okoli.
  • 38': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  • 39': Delay in match (Watford).
  • 39': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  • 42': Foul by Oliver Skipp (Leicester City).
  • 42': Tom Ince (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 42': Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 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.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Leicester City 1, Watford 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 1, Watford 1.
  • 47': Offside, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi is caught offside.
  • 48': Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  • 48': Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 48': Imrân Louza (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 49': Ben Nelson (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 49': Foul by Othmane Maamma (Watford).
  • 50': Attempt missed. Tom Ince (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan James.
  • 53': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Marc Bola.
  • 54': Foul by Oliver Skipp (Leicester City).
  • 54': Imrân Louza (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Handball by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
  • 55': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 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.
  • 57': Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  • 57': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 58': Foul by Jordan Ayew (Leicester City).
  • 58': Hector Kyprianou (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 61': Hector Kyprianou (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 63': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
  • 63': Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 63': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Jakub Stolarczyk.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Othmane Maamma (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeremy Ngakia.
  • 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.
  • 66': Substitution, Watford. Nestory Irankunda replaces Tom Ince.
  • 67': Delay in match because of an injury Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
  • 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 69': Substitution, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga replaces Stephy Mavididi.
  • 71': Handball by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
  • 73': Ben Nelson (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Foul by Nestory Irankunda (Watford).
  • 74': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Mattie Pollock.
  • 75': Foul by Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
  • 75': Imrân Louza (Watford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 75': Substitution, Leicester City. Aaron Ramsey replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  • 79': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 81': Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  • 81': Substitution, Watford. Moussa Sissoko replaces Othmane Maamma.
  • 81': Foul by Caleb Okoli (Leicester City).
  • 81': Vivaldo Semedo (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 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.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Vivaldo Semedo following a fast break.
  • 87': Substitution, Leicester City. Silko-Amari Thomas replaces Ricardo Pereira.
  • 87': Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Oliver Skipp.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Jordan Ayew (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 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.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Watford. James Morris replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jeremy Ngakia.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Aaron Ramsey (Leicester City).
  • 90'+4': Jeremy Ngakia (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Ben Nelson (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Foul by Vivaldo Semedo (Watford).
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Leicester City 1, Watford 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Leicester City 1, Watford 2.

Statistics

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8 Fouls 14
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 1
6 Corner Kicks 5
1 Saves 1
49.4 Possession 50.6
13 SHOTS 9
3 ON GOAL 2
0.2 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
382 Accurate Passes 387
448 Passes 458
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 1
16 Crosses 18
0.3 Cross % 0.1
43 Long Balls 44
17 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
5 Blocked Shots 2
11 Effective Tackles 13
25 Tackles 19
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
9 Interceptions 4
32 Effective Clearances 17
32 Clearances 17

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: King Power Stadium
Location: Leicester, England
Attendance: 30,485

EFL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Coventry City 46 +52 95
2 Ipswich Town 46 +33 84
3 Millwall 46 +15 83
4 Southampton 46 +26 80
Full Table

Line-Ups

LEI Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Jakub Stolarczyk (GK)
4 Ben Nelson
5 Caleb Okoli
33 Luke Thomas
21 Ricardo Pereira
14 Bobby De Cordova-Reid
22 Oliver Skipp Yellow Card
6 Jordan James
9 Jordan Ayew
10 Stephy Mavididi Yellow Card
7 Fatawu Issahaku Yellow Card
Leicester City Substitutes:
Wout Faes, Jeremy Monga, Louis Page, Julián Carranza, Silko Thomas, Hamza Choudhury, Olabade Aluko, Asmir Begovic, Aaron Ramsey.

WAT Watford (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Egil Selvik (GK)
3 Max Alleyne
6 Matthew Pollock
16 Marc Bola
2 Jeremy Ngakia
10 Imran Louza
5 Hector Kyprianou Yellow Card
7 Tom Ince
42 Othmane Maamma
9 Luca Kjerrumgaard
8 Giorgi Chakvetadze
Watford Substitutes:
Jeremy Petris, Nampalys Mendy, Nathan Baxter, Moussa Sissoko, James Abankwah, Nestory Irankunda, Vivaldo Semedo, Kévin Keben, James Morris.

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