Watford 2-1 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2017
Result
Watford 2-1 Leicester City
Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 2-1 Leicester City: match report
Watford won against Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Watford's goals came from Molla Wagué (45') and an own goal by Kasper Schmeichel (65'). Leicester City scored through Riyad Mahrez (37').
Discipline: Watford received 3 yellow cards; Leicester City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 10th on 22 points from 19 and Leicester City 8th on 27 points from 19. Watford went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Leicester City 9th with 47.
Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marc Albrighton of Leicester City (8.8), ahead of André Carrillo (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Watford win, 0 draws and 3 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Harry Maguire
- 8'Yellow card · Ben Watson
- 13'Yellow card · Christian Kabasele
- 30'Yellow card · Aleksandar Dragovic
- 37'Goal · Riyad Mahrez
- 45'Goal · Molla Wagué
- 65'Own goal · Kasper Schmeichel
- 81'Yellow card · Andy King
- 88'Yellow card · Marvin Zeegelaar
Head-to-head
Team news
Watford line-up (4-3-3)
Heurelho Gomes, Daryl Janmaat, Molla Wagué, Christian Kabasele, Marvin Zeegelaar, Tom Cleverley, Ben Watson, Abdoulaye Doucouré, André Carrillo, Richarlison, Brian Gartland
Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Aleksandar Dragovic, Wes Morgan, Harry Maguire, Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi, Andy King, Riyad Mahrez, Shinji Okazaki, Marc Albrighton, Jamie Vardy