Leicester City 2-0 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 4 December 2019
Result
Leicester City 2-0 Watford
Premier League · Wednesday 4 December 2019, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Leicester City 2-0 Watford: match report
Leicester City defeated Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 4 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Jamie Vardy (55', penalty) and James Maddison (90+5'). Watford did not score.
Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leicester City were 3rd on 32 points from 14 and Watford 20th on 8 points from 14. Leicester City went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Watford 19th with 34.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James Maddison of Leicester City (8.4), ahead of Ricardo Pereira (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Leicester City wins, 0 draws and 3 for Watford.
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Watford's L-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Jamie Vardy
- 41'Yellow card · Caglar Söyüncü
- 46'Yellow card · Abdoulaye Doucouré
- 55'Penalty goal · Jamie Vardy
- 63'Yellow card · Wilfred Ndidi
- 90'Yellow card · Adam Masina
- 90+5'Goal · James Maddison
Head-to-head
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-1-4-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Çağlar Söyüncü, Christian Fuchs, Wilfred Ndidi, Ayoze Pérez, Youri Tielemans, James Maddison, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Adrian Mariappa, Craig Cathcart, Adam Masina, Ismaïla Sarr, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Troy Deeney, Gerard Deulofeu