Premier League

Watford 2-1 Leicester

Competition Premier League Season 2017/2018 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 26 Dec 2017, 15:00 Venue time 26 Dec 2017, 15:00 GMT

Watford vs Leicester finished 2-1 in Premier League. Key event: 4' Harry Maguire (Yellow card). Head to head: H2H last 4 before 26 Dec 2017: 1 W / 0 D / 3 L for Watford. Home form: L L L L D; Away form: D L W W W. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (26 Dec 2017): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form L L L L D Matches: 5 · 1 pts, goals 3-9, 0.60 scored/match, 1.80 conceded/match

Away form D L W W W Matches: 5 · 10 pts, goals 10-8, 2.00 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Watford · season record 6 W · 4 D · 9 L 2017/2018: 19 recorded matches, goals 27–34; before 26 Dec 2017 UTC. Not official standings.

Leicester · season record 7 W · 6 D · 6 L 2017/2018: 19 recorded matches, goals 29–28; before 26 Dec 2017 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 38 events

4' Yellow Harry Maguire LEI Yellow card

8' Yellow Ben Watson WAT Yellow card

13' Yellow Christian Kabasele WAT Yellow card

17' shot Shinji Okazaki LEI assist Ben Chilwell xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 92.2%, 47%

19' shot Roberto Pereyra WAT assist André Carrillo xG 0.14 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95%, 41.5%

25' shot Jamie Vardy LEI assist Marc Albrighton xG 0.32 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.3%, 62.4%

28' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 85.3%, 42.9%

28' shot Molla Wagué WAT assist Tom Cleverley xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 90.3%, 53.2%

30' Yellow Aleksandar Dragović LEI Yellow card

31' shot Riyad Mahrez LEI xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.9%, 51.5%

35' shot Wes Morgan LEI assist Riyad Mahrez xG 0.05 · From Corner · location 92.5%, 53%

36' shot Riyad Mahrez LEI assist Marc Albrighton xG 0.27 · Open Play · location 92.1%, 41.5%

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37' Goal Riyad Mahrez 0–1 LEI assist Marc Albrighton

39' shot Richarlison WAT assist André Carrillo xG 0.31 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 97.3%, 35.9%

44' shot Richarlison WAT assist Tom Cleverley xG 0.1 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 92%, 51.3%

44' shot Molla Wagué WAT xG 0.53 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 96.3%, 43.3%

44' Sub Stefano Okaka WAT on for Roberto Pereyra · Injury substitution

45' Goal Molla Wagué 1–1 WAT Goal

47' shot Richarlison WAT assist Tom Cleverley xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93.2%, 67.2%

52' shot Riyad Mahrez LEI assist Shinji Okazaki xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.9%, 61.8%

52' shot Wilfred Ndidi LEI xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.6%, 44.3%

56' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT assist André Carrillo xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.3%, 60.6%

57' shot Stefano Okaka WAT assist Richarlison xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.2%, 55.7%

62' shot Abdoulaye Doucouré WAT assist Richarlison xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 87.2%, 66.4%

64' shot Kasper Schmeichel LEI xG 0 · Set Piece · location 0.9%, 46.4%

65' Goal Kasper Schmeichel 2–1 WAT Own goal

73' Sub Islam Slimani LEI on for Shinji Okazaki

73' Sub Demarai Gray LEI on for Aleksandar Dragović

81' shot Tom Cleverley WAT xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.7%, 33.1%

81' Yellow Andy King LEI Yellow card

84' shot Harry Maguire LEI assist Riyad Mahrez xG 0.03 · From Corner · location 92.1%, 44.8%

84' shot Wes Morgan LEI assist Harry Maguire xG 0.61 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 95.2%, 48.1%

84' shot Leonardo Ulloa LEI assist Marc Albrighton xG 0.09 · From Corner · location 93.2%, 56.3%

84' Sub Leonardo Ulloa LEI on for Andy King

87' Sub Sebastian Prödl WAT on for Ben Watson

88' Yellow Marvin Zeegelaar WAT Yellow card

90' shot Islam Slimani LEI assist Marc Albrighton xG 0.06 · Open Play · location 89.6%, 46.1%

90' Sub Jerome Sinclair WAT on for André Carrillo

Shot map 23 shots · 2 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Watford 11 shots · 1.49 xG · 1 goal

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Leicester 12 shots · 1.57 xG · 1 goal

Full pitch retained for 1 location outside the attacking half.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 12

Leicester leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 8 wins, 2 losses, 2 draws. Latest meeting: 21 Mar 2026 · Watford vs Leicester · 0 - 0.

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Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (26 Dec 2017). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

21 Mar 2026

Watford 0 - 0 Leicester

26 Dec 2025

Leicester 1 - 2 Watford

10 Feb 2024

Watford 1 - 2 Leicester

25 Nov 2023

Leicester 2 - 0 Watford

15 May 2022

Watford 1 - 5 Leicester

08 Jan 2022

Leicester 4 - 1 Watford

28 Nov 2021

Leicester 4 - 2 Watford

20 Jun 2020

Watford 1 - 1 Leicester

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04 Dec 2019

Leicester 2 - 0 Watford

03 Mar 2019

Watford 2 - 1 Leicester

01 Dec 2018

Leicester 2 - 0 Watford

20 Jan 2018

Leicester 2 - 0 Watford

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (26 Dec 2017). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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31 Oct 2026

Leicester 2 - 2 Stevenage