English FA Cup

Leicester vs Watford 2021-22 English FA Cup, Third Round

Leicester City
  • 7': Youri Tielemans (P)
  • 25': James Maddison
  • 54': Harvey Barnes
  • 85': Marc Albrighton
FT
4 - 1
Watford
  • 27': João Pedro

Holders Leicester ease into FA Cup fourth round

Holders Leicester eased into the FA Cup fourth round after a 4-1 win over Watford on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 7': Goal! Leicester City 1, Watford 0. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 25': Goal! Leicester City 2, Watford 0. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ademola Lookman with a through ball.
  • 27': Goal! Leicester City 2, Watford 1. João Pedro (Watford) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ashley Fletcher with a through ball.
  • 37': Vontae Daley-Campbell (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Leicester City 2, Watford 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Leicester City. Wanya Marcal-Madivadua replaces Vontae Daley-Campbell.
  • 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 2, Watford 1.
  • 54': Goal! Leicester City 3, Watford 1. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ademola Lookman.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  • 58': Substitution, Watford. Ken Sema replaces Ashley Fletcher.
  • 63': Substitution, Watford. Dan Gosling replaces Tom Cleverley.
  • 64': Substitution, Watford. Juraj Kucka replaces Ozan Tufan.
  • 74': Substitution, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer replaces Ayoze Pérez.
  • 74': Substitution, Watford. Shaqai Forde replaces João Pedro.
  • 74': Substitution, Watford. Kamil Conteh replaces Moussa Sissoko.
  • 85': Goal! Leicester City 4, Watford 1. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 86': Substitution, Leicester City. Will Alves replaces Ademola Lookman.
  • 90'+10': Second Half ends, Leicester City 4, Watford 1.

Game Information

Competition: English FA Cup

Venue: King Power Stadium
Location: Leicester, England
Attendance: 25,710

Statistics

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11 Fouls 9
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
5 Corner Kicks 5
3 Saves 2
48.6 Possession 51.4
13 SHOTS 13
4 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
348 Accurate Passes 387
434 Passes 458
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
6 Accurate Crosses 4
20 Crosses 18
0.3 Cross % 0.2
60 Long Balls 50
31 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
4 Blocked Shots 3
11 Effective Tackles 17
14 Tackles 27
0.8 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 11
15 Effective Clearances 16
15 Clearances 16

Line-Ups

LEI Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
12 Danny Ward (GK)
23 Jannik Vestergaard
20 Hamza Choudhury
38 Vontae Daley-Campbell Yellow Card
11 Marc Albrighton
10 James Maddison
62 Lewis Brunt
8 Youri Tielemans
37 Ademola Lookman
7 Harvey Barnes
17 Ayoze Pérez
Substitutes:
Jakub Stolarczyk, Ben Nelson, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua, Kasper Schmeichel, Will Alves, Kasey McAteer, Sammy Braybrooke.

WAT Watford (4-3-3)

No. Name
26 Daniel Bachmann (GK)
31 Francisco Sierralta
15 Craig Cathcart
42 James Morris
2 Jeremy Ngakia
19 Moussa Sissoko
18 Ozan Tufan
8 Tom Cleverley
29 Cucho Hernández
10 João Pedro
17 Ashley Fletcher
Substitutes:
Juraj Kucka, Robert Elliot, Joshua King, Hassane Kamara, Kamil Conteh, Dan Gosling, Ken Sema, Shaqai Forde, Derek Agyakwa.

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