Leicester City 1-2 Watford: result and report

Leicester City 1-2 Watford

Championship · Friday 26 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Leicester City lost to Watford 1-2 in the Championship on Friday 26 December 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Jordan James opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Leicester City's goal came from Jordan James (7'). Watford scored through Othmane Maamma (45') and Mattie Pollock (65').

Discipline: Leicester City received 3 yellow cards; Watford received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leicester City were 13th on 31 points from 22 and Watford 10th on 32 points from 22. Leicester City went on to finish that season 21st with 52 points, and Watford 16th with 57.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Imrân Louza of Watford (8.7), ahead of Mattie Pollock (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Leicester City wins, 1 draw and 2 for Watford.

Going into the match Leicester City's last five read L-W-D-W-L and Watford's W-D-D-W-L.