English League Championship

Leicester City vs Watford, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
Leicester City
  • 76': Jamie Vardy
  • 90'+5': Jamie Vardy (P)
FT
2 - 0
Watford
  • Red Card 90'+3': Daniel Bachmann

About

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

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Delay in match (Watford).
  • 2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 4': Foul by Mileta Rajovic (Watford).
  • 4': Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Offside, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi is caught offside.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Mileta Rajovic (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tom Ince with a cross.
  • 11': Foul by Ken Sema (Watford).
  • 11': Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Edo Kayembe.
  • 13': Foul by Ryan Porteous (Watford).
  • 13': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Hamza Choudhury.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Wout Faes (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 17': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Ryan Porteous (Watford) header from a difficult angle on the left is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ken Sema with a cross following a corner.
  • 20': Foul by Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City).
  • 20': Tom Ince (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
  • 22': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Daniel Bachmann.
  • 23': Attempt saved. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
  • 25': Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  • 25': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 27': Foul by Ryan Porteous (Watford).
  • 27': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by James Justin from a direct free kick.
  • 30': Foul by Imrân Louza (Watford).
  • 30': Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Imrân Louza (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  • 30': Foul by Jake Livermore (Watford).
  • 30': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City).
  • 33': Ken Sema (Watford) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
  • 39': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jamal Lewis.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
  • 42': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jake Livermore.
  • 43': Attempt missed. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall with a cross.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Wout Faes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
  • 45': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Jamal Lewis.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Leicester City 0, Watford 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 0, Watford 0.
  • 46': Attempt missed. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Imrân Louza (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mileta Rajovic.
  • 49': Corner, Watford. Conceded by James Justin.
  • 50': Offside, Watford. Mileta Rajovic is caught offside.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kelechi Iheanacho.
  • 54': Foul by Ryan Porteous (Watford).
  • 54': Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 54': Ryan Porteous (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 55': Offside, Leicester City. Jannik Vestergaard is caught offside.
  • 55': Substitution, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  • 56': Substitution, Leicester City. Abdul Fatawu replaces Kasey McAteer.
  • 56': Substitution, Watford. Giorgi Chakvetadze replaces Imrân Louza.
  • 56': Substitution, Watford. Ismaël Koné replaces Jake Livermore.
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jannik Vestergaard.
  • 58': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Wesley Hoedt.
  • 62': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
  • 62': Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 63': Offside, Watford. Wesley Hoedt is caught offside.
  • 63': Foul by Wesley Hoedt (Watford).
  • 63': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Abdul Fatawu following a set piece situation.
  • 64': Substitution, Leicester City. Cesare Casadei replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  • 64': Foul by Ryan Andrews (Watford).
  • 64': Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Substitution, Watford. Vakoun Bayo replaces Mileta Rajovic.
  • 68': Offside, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy is caught offside.
  • 68': Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  • 70': Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
  • 72': Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
  • 72': Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  • 73': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  • 73': Attempt missed. Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira with a cross following a corner.
  • 74': Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range is too high.
  • 75': Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
  • 75': Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 75': Edo Kayembe (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall with a cross.
  • 76': Goal! Leicester City 1, Watford 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
  • 82': Attempt saved. Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi with a cross.
  • 82': Attempt blocked. Edo Kayembe (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ismaël Koné.
  • 83': Daniel Bachmann (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  • 84': Substitution, Watford. Yáser Asprilla replaces Tom Ince.
  • 84': Substitution, Watford. Matheus Martins replaces Jamal Lewis.
  • 84': Substitution, Leicester City. Yunus Akgün replaces Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Matheus Martins (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  • 86': Foul by Yáser Asprilla (Watford).
  • 86': James Justin (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Yunus Akgün (Leicester City).
  • 88': Ryan Andrews (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Ryan Porteous (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giorgi Chakvetadze.
  • 89': Foul by Abdul Fatawu (Leicester City).
  • 89': Ryan Porteous (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Offside, Watford. Yáser Asprilla is caught offside.
  • 90': Yáser Asprilla (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Matheus Martins.
  • 90'+3': Penalty Leicester City. Jamie Vardy draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+3': Penalty conceded by Daniel Bachmann (Watford) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+3': Second yellow card to Daniel Bachmann (Watford) for a bad foul.
  • 90'+5': Goal! Leicester City 2, Watford 0. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 90'+7': Offside, Leicester City. Jamie Vardy is caught offside.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Leicester City 2, Watford 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Leicester City 2, Watford 0.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 5
5 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 4
2 Corner Kicks 6
5 Saves 1
35.4 Possession 64.6
9 SHOTS 23
1 ON GOAL 7
0.1 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
258 Accurate Passes 566
337 Passes 635
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 7
12 Crosses 16
0.2 Cross % 0.4
57 Long Balls 48
19 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
3 Blocked Shots 5
10 Effective Tackles 7
19 Tackles 11
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
12 Interceptions 15
24 Effective Clearances 7
24 Clearances 7

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: King Power Stadium
Location: Leicester, England
Attendance: 31,577

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Middlesbrough 5 +6 13
2 Stoke City 5 +6 12
3 Bristol City 5 +8 11
4 Leicester City 5 +3 10
Full Standings

Line-Ups

LEI Leicester City (4-3-3)

No. Name
30 Mads Hermansen (GK)
23 Jannik Vestergaard
3 Wout Faes
2 James Justin
21 Ricardo Pereira
25 Wilfred Ndidi Yellow Card
22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
17 Hamza Choudhury
14 Kelechi Iheanacho
10 Stephy Mavididi
35 Kasey McAteer
Leicester City Substitutes:
Dennis Praet, Yunus Akgün, Jamie Vardy, Jakub Stolarczyk, Cesare Casadei, Thomas Cannon, Fatawu Issahaku, Conor Coady, Harry Souttar.

WAT Watford (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Daniel Bachmann (GK) Yellow Card
4 Wesley Hoedt
5 Ryan Porteous Yellow Card
6 Jamal Lewis
45 Ryan Andrews
39 Edo Kayembe Yellow Card
10 Imran Louza Yellow Card
8 Jake Livermore
9 Mileta Rajovic
12 Ken Sema
7 Tom Ince
Watford Substitutes:
James Morris, Rhys Healey, Yáser Asprilla, Ismaël Koné, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Bayo Youssouf, Ben Hamer, Matheus Martins.

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