English League Championship

FT Friday, December 26, 2025
Watford LWDDW 2
–
Leicester City LWDWL 1
1st2ndT
WAT112
LEI101
King Power Stadium · 30,485 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

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

Head to Head

LEI leads series 5-0

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jakub StolarczykG
  2. 4Ben NelsonCD-L
  3. 5Caleb OkoliCD-R
  4. 33Luke ThomasLB
  5. 21Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 14Bobby De Cordova-ReidAM
  7. 22Oliver SkippLM
  8. 6Jordan JamesRM
  9. 9Jordan AyewF
  10. 10Stephy MavididiAM-L
  11. 7Fatawu IssahakuAM-R

WAT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Egil SelvikG
  2. 3Max AlleyneCD-L
  3. 6Matthew PollockCD-R
  4. 16Marc BolaLB
  5. 2Jeremy NgakiaRB
  6. 10Imran LouzaCM-L
  7. 5Hector KyprianouCM-R
  8. 7Tom InceLM
  9. 42Othmane MaammaRM
  10. 9Luca KjerrumgaardCF-L
  11. 8Giorgi ChakvetadzeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 19' Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 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.
  5. 48' Imrân Louza (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 61' Hector Kyprianou (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 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.
  9. 66' Substitution, Watford. Nestory Irankunda replaces Tom Ince.
  10. 69' Substitution, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga replaces Stephy Mavididi.
  11. 75' Substitution, Leicester City. Aaron Ramsey replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  12. 81' Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
  13. 81' Substitution, Watford. Moussa Sissoko replaces Othmane Maamma.
  14. 87' Substitution, Leicester City. Silko-Amari Thomas replaces Ricardo Pereira.
  15. 87' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Oliver Skipp.
  16. 90'+1' Substitution, Watford. James Morris replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.

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