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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Jamie VardyLeicester City
  • 41'Yellow card · Caglar SöyüncüLeicester City
  • 46'Yellow card · Abdoulaye DoucouréWatford
  • 55'Penalty goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Wilfred NdidiLeicester City
  • 90'Yellow card · Adam MasinaWatford
  • 90+5'Goal · James MaddisonLeicester City · 2-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Leicester City 5, draws 0, Watford 3.

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