Watford 1-2 Leicester City: result and report
Championship · Saturday 10 February 2024
Result
Watford 1-2 Leicester City
Championship · Saturday 10 February 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Watford 1-2 Leicester City: match report
Watford were beaten by Leicester City 1-2 in the Championship on Saturday 10 February 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Patson Daka opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Watford's goal came from Emmanuel Dennis (63'). Leicester City scored through Patson Daka (11', penalty) and Ricardo Pereira (55').
Discipline: Watford received 2 yellow cards; Leicester City received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Watford were 11th on 41 points from 30 and Leicester City 1st on 72 points from 30. Watford went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Leicester City 1st with 97.
Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ricardo Pereira of Leicester City (7.8), level with Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Watford wins, 1 draw and 7 for Leicester City.
Key events
- 11'Penalty goal · Patson Daka
- 37'Yellow card · Harry Winks
- 45+5'Yellow card · Benjamin Nelson
- 55'Goal · Ricardo Pereira
- 63'Goal · Emmanuel Dennis
- 75'Yellow card · Ryan Porteous
- 90+5'Yellow card · Wesley Hoedt
- 90+5'Yellow card · Jamie Vardy
Head-to-head
Team news
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Watford line-up (4-3-3)
Ben Hamer, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Ryan Porteous, Wesley Hoedt, Jamal Lewis, Ismaël Koné, Jake Livermore, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Matheus Martins, Vakoun Bayo, Ken Sema
Leicester City line-up (4-3-3)
Mads Hermansen, Ben Nelson, Wout Felix Lina Faes, James Justin, Ricardo Pereira, Harry Winks, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Dennis Praet, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Kasey McAteer, Patson Daka