Premier League: Leicester City defeats Watford 4-2

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LEICESTER. Leicester City beats Watford 4-2.

LEICESTER. Leicester City prevails over Watford 4-2. Leicester City took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was held at the King Power Stadium Stadium in Leicester on Sunday and this began at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Andy Madley who had the assistance of Darren Cann and Nicholas Hopton. The 4th official was Andre Marriner. The weather was snow. The temperature was freezing around -0.3 degrees Celsius or 31.51 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 86%.​

Match Statistics

Leicester City was in firm control of the ball 57% while Watford was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Watford was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Leicester City was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Leicester City shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Watford shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

No yellow cards were issued to Leicester City. On the other side, No yellow cards were issued to Watford.

After playing this contest, Leicester City will have 15 points like Everton to stay in the 13th place. On the other side, Watford will stay with 13 points like Brentford to stay in the 16th place.

Match Events

  • 16'
    16'

    J. Maddison

  • 29'
    29'

    J. King (Penalty)

  • 34'
    34'

    J. Vardy

  • 42'
    42'

    J. Vardy

  • 46'
    46'

    João Pedro

    Imrân Louza

  • 46'
    46'

    Ozan Tufan

    Tom Cleverley

  • 61'
    61'

    E. Dennis

  • 68'
    68'

    A. Lookman

    H. Barnes

  • 72'
    72'

    A. Fletcher

    E. Dennis

  • 75'
    75'

    M. Albrighton

    A. Lookman

  • 88'
    88'

    K. Dewsbury-Hall

    J. Maddison

Next match

In the upcoming Premier League match, Leicester City will play away against Southampton on the 1st of December with a 10-9 head to head stats in favor of Leicester City (5 draws).

Watford will host Chelsea on the 1st of December with a 12-1 head to head statistic in favor of Chelsea (2 draws).

Leicester City: Formation and Lineups

Leicester City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Brendan Rodgers chose to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel (6.5), Timothy Castagne (6.1), Jonny Evans (7.5), Çağlar Söyüncü (6.9), Luke Thomas (7.2), Boubakary Soumaré (6.9), Wilfred Ndidi (6.6), Ademola Lookman (7.1), James Maddison (9.4), Harvey Barnes (6.2) and Jamie Vardy (8.4).

Substitutes

Leicester City made 2 changes: A. Lookman for M. Albrighton (75′) and J. Maddison for K. Dewsbury-Hall (88′).

Top player: James Maddison

The player who no doubt impressed Leicester City the most was James Maddison.

His rating is (9.4) with 1 goal, 31 passes (77% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 7 crosses.

Watford: Formation and Lineups

Watford started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

On the opposite side, Claudio Ranieri played with: Daniel Bachmann (6.4), Kiko Femenía (6.4), Craig Cathcart (6.4), William Troost-Ekong (5.6), Adam Masina (6.2), Imrân Louza (6.4), Cucho Hernández (6.2), Tom Cleverley (7.3), Moussa Sissoko (6.6), Joshua King (6.2) and Emmanuel Dennis (7.2).

Substitutes

Watford made 3 changes: T. Cleverley for O. Tufan (46′), I. Louza for J. Pedro (46′) and E. Dennis for A. Fletcher (72′).

Top player: Tom Cleverley

The player who no doubt impressed Watford the most was Tom Cleverley.

His rating is (7.3) with 15 passes (86% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League

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