Watford 2-1 Leicester City: result and report

Watford 2-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Saturday 19 November 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Watford defeated Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 November 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

Étienne Capoue opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Watford's goals came from Étienne Capoue (1') and Roberto Pereyra (12'). Leicester City scored through Riyad Mahrez (15', penalty).

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

Going into the game Watford were 8th on 15 points from 11 and Leicester City 14th on 12 points from 11. Watford went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Leicester City 12th with 44.

Watford lined up in a 3-4-3 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Brian Gartland of Watford (8.1), ahead of Étienne Capoue (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Watford wins, 0 draws and 2 for Leicester City.

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