Premier League

Watford 2-1 Leicester

Watford vs Leicester finished 2-1 in Premier League. Key event: 4' Harry Maguire (Yellow card). Head to head: H2H last 4: 1-0-3. 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.

WAT 2 - 1 Finished

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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

Match context 4 facts

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

Away form D L W W W 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.

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

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 0–1LEI 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 1–1WAT 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 2–1WAT 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

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 2-8-2

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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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

Team statistics 17 metrics

49% Ball Possession 51%

49% 51%

1.43 Expected Goals 1.55

48% 52%

11 Total Shots 12

47% 52%

1 Shots on Goal 5

16% 83%

8 Corner Kicks 8

50% 50%

7 Fouls 13

35% 65%

3 Yellow Cards 3

50% 50%

4 Goalkeeper Saves 0

100% 0%

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3 Blocked shots 3

4 Offsides 6

13 Free kicks 6

7 Shots off target 3

28 Throw-ins 43

5 Goal kicks 6

4 Total saves 0

1 Hit woodwork 0

11 Shots inside box 8

Lineups

1 Kasper Schmeichel GK 16 Aleksandar Dragović DEF 5 Wes Morgan DEF 15 Harry Maguire DEF 3 Ben Chilwell DEF 25 Wilfred Ndidi MID 10 Andy King MID 26 Riyad Mahrez MID 20 Shinji Okazaki MID 11 Marc Albrighton MID 9 Jamie Vardy FWD 1 Heurelho Gomes GK 2 Daryl Janmaat DEF 13 Molla Wagué DEF 27 Christian Kabasele DEF 22 Marvin Zeegelaar DEF 8 Tom Cleverley MID 23 Ben Watson MID 16 Abdoulaye Doucouré MID 28 André Carrillo FWD 11 Richarlison FWD 37 Roberto Pereyra FWD

Leicester

4-2-3-1 · Manager Claude Puel

1 K Kasper Schmeichel GK

16 A Aleksandar Dragović DEF

5 W Wes Morgan · Captain DEF

15 H Harry Maguire DEF

3 B Ben Chilwell DEF

25 W Wilfred Ndidi MID

10 A Andy King MID

26 R Riyad Mahrez MID

20 S Shinji Okazaki MID

11 M Marc Albrighton MID

9 J Jamie Vardy FWD

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7 D Demarai Gray MID

19 I Islam Slimani FWD

23 L Leonardo Ulloa FWD

12 B Ben Hamer GK

28 C Christian Fuchs DEF

29 Y Yohan Benalouane DEF

22 M Matty James MID

Watford

4-3-3 · Manager Marco Silva

1 H Heurelho Gomes · Captain GK

2 D Daryl Janmaat DEF

13 M Molla Wagué DEF

27 C Christian Kabasele DEF

22 M Marvin Zeegelaar DEF

8 T Tom Cleverley MID

23 B Ben Watson MID

16 A Abdoulaye Doucouré MID

28 A André Carrillo FWD

11 R Richarlison FWD

37 R Roberto Pereyra FWD

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33 S Stefano Okaka FWD

5 S Sebastian Prödl DEF

17 J Jerome Sinclair FWD

35 D Daniel Bachmann GK

25 J José Holebas DEF

29 É Étienne Capoue MID

18 A Andre Gray FWD

Watford 2-1 Leicester

Match context 4 facts

Shot map 23 shots · 2 goals

Timeline 38 events

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 2-8-2

Recent form

Team statistics 17 metrics

Lineups

Leicester

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