Watford 3-1 Leicester City: result and report
Championship · Sunday 12 May 2013
Result
Watford 3-1 Leicester City
Championship · Sunday 12 May 2013, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 3-1 Leicester City: match report
Watford won against Leicester City 3-1 in the Championship on Sunday 12 May 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
M. Vydra opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Watford's goals came from M. Vydra (15'), M. Vydra (65') and Troy Deeney (90+7'). Leicester City scored through David Nugent (19').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 4th on 75 points from 47 and Leicester City 6th on 68 points from 47. Watford went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Leicester City 6th with 68.
Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 1 draw and 4 for Leicester City.
Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Leicester City's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · M. Vydra
- 19'Goal · David Nugent
- 34'Yellow card · C. Wood
- 65'Goal · M. Vydra
- 68'Yellow card · Marco Cassetti
- 90+7'Goal · Troy Deeney
- 90+10'Yellow card · Troy Deeney
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)
Almunia, Marco Cassetti, Lloyd Doyley, Joel Ekstrand, Daniel Pudil, Almen Abdi, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ikechi Anya, Jonathan Hogg, Matej Vydra, Troy Deeney
Leicester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Kasper Schmeichel, Michael Keane, Wes Morgan, Ritchie De Laet, Matty James, Andy King, Jeffrey Schlupp, Lloyd Dyer, Chris Wood, Anthony Knockaert