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Championship · REGULAR SEASON - 23 · FRI, 26 DEC · 15:00 LOCAL
LEICESTER
23RD · 46 PTS · LAST 5:
W D D L L
FT
1 – 2
FULL TIME HT · 1-1
WATFORD
L L L L L
· 16TH · 57 PTS · LAST 5
⚽ 7' Jordan James
GOALS
⚽ 45' Othmane Maamma ⚽ 65' Matthew Pollock
Imrân Louza
👑
⭐ PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Imrân Louza
Watford · Captain · 90 mins
🅰 2 assists · 67% pass acc
RATING
8.5
PREDICTIONS
📊 90 MIN TOTALS

Finalised · Match completed

0.43
⚡ EXPECTED GOALS (xG)
1.40
51%
BALL POSSESSION %
49%
9
TOTAL SHOTS
13
2
SHOTS ON TARGET
3
84%
PASS ACCURACY %
85%
5
CORNERS
6
KEY EVENTS 16 events
  1. 7'
    Goal · Normal Goal
    Jordan James · assist Jordan Ayew
    LEI
  2. 19'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
    LEI
  3. 42'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Oliver Skipp
    LEI
  4. 45'
    Goal · Normal Goal
    Othmane Maamma · assist Imrân Louza
    WAT
  5. 48'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Imrân Louza
    WAT
  6. 61'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Hector Kyprianou
    WAT
  7. 63'
    Card · Yellow Card
    Stephy Mavididi
    LEI
  8. 65'
    Goal · Normal Goal
    Matthew Pollock · assist Imrân Louza
    WAT
  9. 66'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Thomas Ince · assist Nestory Irankunda
    WAT
  10. 69'
    Subst · Substitution 1
    Stephy Mavididi · assist Jeremy Monga
    LEI
  11. 75'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Bobby Decordova-Reid · assist Aaron Ramsey
    LEI
  12. 81'
    Subst · Substitution 2
    Othmane Maamma · assist Moussa Sissoko
    WAT
  13. 81'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    Luca Kjerrumgaard · assist Vivaldo
    WAT
  14. 87'
    Subst · Substitution 3
    Oliver Skipp · assist Hamza Choudhury
    LEI
  15. 87'
    Subst · Substitution 4
    Ricardo Pereira · assist Silko Thomas
    LEI
  16. 90'+1
    Subst · Substitution 4
    Giorgi Chakvetadze · assist James Morris
    WAT
PLAYER RATINGS · TOP 5 EACH 0–10 scale
LEICESTER AVG 6.8
WATFORD AVG 7.7
MATCH STATS H vs A
ATTACK
0.4
xG
1.4
9.0
TOTAL SHOTS
13.0
2.0
ON TARGET
3.0
5.0
OFF TARGET
5.0
2.0
BLOCKED
5.0
POSSESSION
51.0%
POSSESSION %
49.0%
458.0
PASSES
448.0
84.0%
PASS ACCURACY
85.0%
SET PIECES
5.0
CORNERS
6.0
1.0
OFFSIDES
1.0
DISCIPLINE
14.0
FOULS
8.0
3.0
YELLOW CARDS
2.0
1.0
GK SAVES
1.0
🎯 SHOT BREAKDOWN

Top shooters · accuracy = on-target / total

player-level shot accuracy · per-shot xG bubbles require xG Advanced tier
LEICESTER 1 shots
Jordan James
1/1
WATFORD 4 shots
Matthew Pollock
1/2
Imrân Louza
0/1
Othmane Maamma
1/1
📈 xG RACE

Cumulative xG over 90 minutes REAL xG

final xG: 0.43 – 1.40
1.1 0.8 0.6 0.3 1.4 0.0 HT 7' 45' 65' H 0.43 A 1.40 KO 30' 60' FT

Step chart anchored to real goal minutes · final xG from SportMonks · baseline distributes remaining shots evenly across the match

⚡ ATTACK SHARE

Event activity ratio · attacks/cards/subs

zone-based attack maps require broadcast partner (Q3)
H 50%
50% A
8
EVENTS LOGGED
8
EVENTS LOGGED
LINEUPS 4-2-3-1 vs 4-4-2
4-2-3-1
4-4-2
1
JAKUB STO
33
LUKE THOM
 6.6
4
BENJAMIN
5
CALEB OKO
 6.7
21
RICARDO P
22
OLIVER SK
 7.3
6
JORDAN JA
10
STEPHY MA
14
BOBBY DEC
7
ABDUL FAT
9
JORDAN AY
1
EGIL SELV
16
MARC BOLA
3
MAX ALLEY
 7.9
6
MATTHEW P
 7.7
2
JEREMY NG
7
THOMAS IN
 8.5
10
IMRâN LOU
 6.9
5
HECTOR KY
 7.7
42
OTHMANE M
9
LUCA KJER
8
GIORGI CH
SUBSTITUTES · LEICESTER
28
Jeremy Monga
M
30
Aaron Ramsey
M
39
Silko Thomas
F
25
Louis Page
M
17
Hamza Choudh...
M
56
Olabade Aluk...
D
3
Wout Faes
D
31
Asmir Begovi...
G
18
J. Carranza
F
COACH: Marti Cifuentes
SUBSTITUTES · WATFORD
25
James Abankw...
D
29
Jeremy Petri...
D
23
Nampalys Men...
M
22
James Morris
D
18
Vivaldo
F
17
Moussa Sisso...
M
4
Kévin Keben...
D
12
Nathan Baxte...
G
66
Nestory Iran...
F
COACH: Javier Gracia Carlos
🏥 UNAVAILABLE PLAYERS
LEI · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

WAT · 0 OUT

No injuries reported · federation feed activates Q3

⚖ MATCH OFFICIALS
REFEREE
Josh Smith, England
—
LEI MANAGER
Marti Cifuentes
head coach
WAT MANAGER
Javier Gracia Carlos
head coach
HEAD TO HEAD · ALL-TIME
6
LEI WINS
2
DRAWS
2
WAT WINS
60%
20%
20%
22 – 10
TOTAL GOALS · 10 MEETINGS
3.20
AVG GOALS / MATCH
RECENT MEETINGS SHOWING 5 / 10
21 Mar 2026
Watford
0 – 0
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D
10 Feb 2024
Watford
1 – 2
Leicester
W
25 Nov 2023
Leicester
2 – 0
Watford
W
15 May 2022
Watford
1 – 5
Leicester
W
28 Nov 2021
Leicester
4 – 2
Watford
W
LEICESTER LAST 5 OVERALL
W D D L L
WATFORD LAST 5 OVERALL
L L L L L
MATCH IMPACT Final 1–2 · result locked
LEICESTER #23
Lost · already at 46 pts
Relegation
WATFORD #16
Won · already at 57 pts
LEAGUE CONTEXT FULL TABLE →
# TEAM P W D L GD PTS FORM
1 Coventry 46 28 11 7 +52 95
W W W D D
2 Ipswich 46 23 15 8 +33 84
W D D W D
3 Millwall 46 24 11 11 +15 83
L D W D W
4 Southampton 46 22 14 10 +26 80
W D W D D
5 Middlesbrough 46 22 14 10 +25 80
L L D D W
6 Hull City 46 21 10 15 +4 73
W W D W L
7 Wrexham 46 19 14 13 +4 71
D L W W L
8 Derby 46 20 9 17 +8 69
L W L W L
9 Norwich 46 19 8 19 +7 65
L D W W L
10 Birmingham 46 17 13 16 +1 64
D W W D W
11 Swansea 46 18 10 18 -2 64
W D W L W
12 Bristol City 46 17 11 18 0 62
W L D L D
13 Sheffield Utd 46 18 6 22 0 60
W L L W W
14 Preston 46 15 15 16 -7 60
L W L L W
15 QPR 46 16 10 20 -12 58
L L L L D
16 Watford 46 14 15 17 -12 57
L L L L L
17 Stoke City 46 15 10 21 -5 55
L L L L D
18 Portsmouth 46 14 13 19 -15 55
D W L W W
19 Charlton 46 13 14 19 -14 53
L W L D L
20 Blackburn 46 13 13 20 -14 52
L W D L D
21 West Brom 46 13 14 19 -10 51
L D W W D
22 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 -14 47
L W L L W
23 Leicester 46 12 16 18 -10 46
W D D L L
24 Sheffield Wednesday 46 2 12 32 -60 0
W L L D D
UCL Qualification Europa / Conference Relegation
COMMENTARY
  • 90'+1
    Subst · Substitution 4 · Giorgi Chakvetadze
  • 87'
    Subst · Substitution 4 · Ricardo Pereira
  • 87'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · Oliver Skipp
  • 81'
    Subst · Substitution 3 · Luca Kjerrumgaard
  • 81'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Othmane Maamma
  • 75'
    Subst · Substitution 2 · Bobby Decordova-Reid
  • 69'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Stephy Mavididi
  • 66'
    Subst · Substitution 1 · Thomas Ince
  • 65'
    Goal · Normal Goal · Matthew Pollock
  • 63'
    Card · Yellow Card · Stephy Mavididi
    Foul
  • 61'
    Card · Yellow Card · Hector Kyprianou
    Foul
  • 48'
    Card · Yellow Card · Imrân Louza
    Foul
  • HALF TIME · 1 – 1
  • 45'
    Goal · Normal Goal · Othmane Maamma
  • 42'
    Card · Yellow Card · Oliver Skipp
    Foul
  • 19'
    Card · Yellow Card · Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
    Foul
  • 7'
    Goal · Normal Goal · Jordan James
MATCH WINNER ODDS
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