Watford vs Leicester 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season

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Introduction

Watford are hosting Leicester City at Vicarage Road, Watford, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

12': Formose Mendy (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
17': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Penalty saved. Patson Daka (Leicester City) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner by Egil Selvik (Watford).
42': Jordan James (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Substitution, Watford. Kévin Keben replaces Formose Mendy.
45': Second Half begins Watford 0, Leicester City 0.
54': Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61': Substitution, Leicester City. Bobby De Cordova-Reid replaces Stephy Mavididi.
61': Substitution, Leicester City. Divine Mukasa replaces Jordan James.
66': Substitution, Watford. Edoardo Bove replaces Giorgi Chakvetadze.
67': Substitution, Watford. Nampalys Mendy replaces Imrân Louza.
76': Substitution, Watford. Mamadou Doumbia replaces Luca Kjerrumgaard.
79': Substitution, Leicester City. Ben Nelson replaces Jamaal Lascelles.
80': Substitution, Leicester City. Joe Aribo replaces Oliver Skipp.
87': Substitution, Watford. Vivaldo Semedo replaces Pierre Ekwah.
90': Substitution, Leicester City. Jordan Ayew replaces Patson Daka.
90'+1': Mamadou Doumbia (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Egil Selvik (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Watford 0, Leicester City 0.

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: Vicarage Road
Location: Watford, England
Attendance: 19,493

English League Championship Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+41	Coventry City	39	80	7
+22	Middlesbrough	39	71	8
+28	Ipswich Town	38	69	7
+9	Millwall	39	69	10

Full Table

Statistics

LEI		WAT
8	Fouls	13
4	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	1
4	Corner Kicks	7
2	Saves	5
55.1	Possession	44.9
15	SHOTS	6
5	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
327	Accurate Passes	253
413	Passes	333
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	2
18	Crosses	17
0.3	Cross %	0.1
65	Long Balls	65
21	Accurate Long Balls	32
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	2
12	Effective Tackles	7
22	Tackles	11
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
11	Interceptions	11
29	Effective Clearances	29
29	Clearances	29

Line-Ups

Watford (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Egil Selvik (GK)
27	Formose Mendy
6	Matthew Pollock
16	Marc Bola
25	James Abankwah
17	Pierre Ekwah
10	Imran Louza
8	Giorgi Chakvetadze
66	Nestory Irankunda
39	Edo Kayembe
9	Luca Kjerrumgaard

Substitutes:

Kévin Keben, Vivaldo Semedo, Edoardo Bove, Nampalys Mendy, Albert Eames, Mamadou Doumbia, Tom Ince, Amin Nabizada, Nathan Baxter.

Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Jakub Stolarczyk (GK)
24	Jamaal Lascelles
5	Caleb Okoli
33	Luke Thomas
21	Ricardo Pereira
6	Jordan James
8	Harry Winks
22	Oliver Skipp
20	Patson Daka
10	Stephy Mavididi
7	Fatawu Issahaku