Leicester City 3-0 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 May 2017
Result
Leicester City 3-0 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 6 May 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Leicester City 3-0 Watford: match report
Leicester City defeated Watford 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 May 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Wilfred Ndidi opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Wilfred Ndidi (38'), Riyad Mahrez (58') and Marc Albrighton (90+3'). Watford did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 12th on 40 points from 34 and Watford 14th on 40 points from 34. Leicester City went on to finish that season 12th with 44 points, and Watford 17th with 40.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Watford in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kasper Schmeichel of Leicester City (8.5), ahead of Tom Cleverley (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leicester City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Watford.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read W-L-D-L-W and Watford's L-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 38'Goal · Wilfred Ndidi
- 58'Goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 90+3'Goal · Marc Albrighton
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Yohan Benalouane, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Riyad Mahrez, Danny Drinkwater, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, Shinji Okazaki, Jamie Vardy
Watford line-up (3-5-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Christian Kabasele, Sebastian Prödl, Adrian Mariappa, Nordin Amrabat, Tom Cleverley, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Daryl Janmaat, Stefano Okaka, M'Baye Niang