Watford 1-2 Leeds United: result and report

Championship · Saturday 4 May 2013

Result

Watford 1-2 Leeds United

Championship · Saturday 4 May 2013, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Watford 1-2 Leeds United: match report

Watford were beaten by Leeds United 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 4 May 2013. It was 1-1 at half-time.

D. Poleon opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Watford's goal came from Almen Abdi (45+6'). Leeds United scored through D. Poleon (42') and Ross McCormack (90').

Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Leeds United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Watford were 3rd on 75 points from 45 and Leeds United 15th on 58 points from 45. Watford went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Leeds United 12th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 3 draws and 2 for Leeds United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · D. PoleonLeeds United
  • 37'Yellow card · Michael BrownLeeds United
  • 42'Goal · D. PoleonLeeds United · 0-1
  • 45+6'Goal · Almen AbdiWatford · 1-1
  • 61'Red card · Troy DeeneyWatford
  • 83'Yellow card · Joel EkstrandWatford
  • 87'Yellow card · Daniel PudilWatford
  • 90'Goal · Ross McCormackLeeds United · 1-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Watford 3, draws 3, Leeds United 2.

Team news

Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)

Almunia, Marco Cassetti, Lloyd Doyley, Joel Ekstrand, Daniel Pudil, Almen Abdi, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ikechi Anya, Troy Deeney, Matej Vydra

Leeds United expected line-up

Paddy Kenny, Tom Lees, Sam Byram, Alan Tate, Lee Peltier, Paul Green, David Norris, Ross McCormack, El-Hadji Diouf, Luke Varney