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Watford 2-1 Leicester - December 26, 2017 / Premier League 2017/2018

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Premier League 2017/2018 - Journée 20

Vicarage Road - Watford - England

December 26, 2017 - 15:00

20 308

Watford

2 - 1

Leicester

(right foot) Molla Wagué

45'

(o.g) Kasper Schmeichel

65'

37'

Riyad Mahrez (header) Assist by Marc Albrighton

logo Watford WAT

4' - Yellow card Harry Maguire

8' - Yellow card Ben Watson8

13' - Yellow card Christian Kabasele13

30' - Yellow card Aleksandar Dragovic

37' - Goal Riyad Mahrez

44' - Substitution Roberto Pereyrais substituted by Stefano Okaka44

45' - Goal Molla Wagué45

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65' - Own goal Kasper Schmeichel65

73' - Substitution Aleksandar Dragovicis substituted by Demarai Gray photo Islam Slimani

73' - Substitution Shinji Okazakiis substituted by Islam Slimani

81' - Yellow card Andy King

84' - Substitution Andy Kingis substituted by Leonardo Ulloa

87' - Substitution Ben Watsonis substituted by Sebastian Prödl87

88' - Yellow card Marvin Zeegelaar88

90' - Substitution André Carrillois substituted by Jerome Sinclair90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Watford

2 - 1

Leicester

Watford Leicester

Team line-ups

Watford

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Richarlison

Richarlison

Brazil

B.date10/05/1997

Age20 years

H1m84

positionSecond striker

37Pereyra44

Roberto Pereyra

Argentina

B.date17/01/1991

Age26 years

H1m87

positionPlaymaker

28Carrillo90

André Carrillo

Peru

B.date14/07/1991

Age26 years

H1m81

positionRight Winger

16Doucouré

Abdoulaye Doucouré

Mali

B.date01/01/1993

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

23Watson878

Ben Watson

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age32 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

8Cleverley

Tom Cleverley

England

B.date12/08/1989

Age28 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

22Zeegelaar88

Marvin Zeegelaar

Netherlands

B.date12/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

27Kabasele13

Christian Kabasele

Belgium

B.date24/02/1991

Age26 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

13Wagué45

Molla Wagué

Mali

B.date21/02/1991

Age26 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

2Janmaat

Daryl Janmaat

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1989

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

1Gomes

Heurelho Gomes

Brazil

B.date15/02/1981

Age36 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Heurelho Gomes		36	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Molla Wagué	45	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Christian Kabasele	13	26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Marvin Zeegelaar	88	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Daryl Janmaat		28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Ben Watson	878	32	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Abdoulaye Doucouré		24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Tom Cleverley		28	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	M	Roberto Pereyra	44	26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	André Carrillo	90	26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Richarlison		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Leicester

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Vardy

Jamie Vardy

England

B.date11/01/1987

Age30 years

H1m78

positionStriker

26Mahrez37

Riyad Mahrez

Algeria

B.date21/02/1991

Age26 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

20Okazaki73

Shinji Okazaki

Japan

B.date16/04/1986

Age31 years

H1m73

positionStriker

11Albrighton

Marc Albrighton

England

B.date18/11/1989

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

10King8481

Andy King

Wales

B.date29/10/1988

Age29 years

H1m82

positionPlaymaker

25Ndidi

Wilfred Ndidi

Nigeria

B.date16/12/1996

Age21 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Chilwell

Benjamin Chilwell

England

B.date21/12/1996

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

16Dragovic7330

Aleksandar Dragovic

Austria

B.date06/03/1991

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

5Morgan

Wes Morgan

Jamaica

B.date21/01/1984

Age33 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

15Maguire4

Harry Maguire

England

B.date05/03/1993

Age24 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

1Schmeichel65

Kasper Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date05/11/1986

Age31 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Kasper Schmeichel	65	31	281	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Aleksandar Dragovic	7330	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Harry Maguire	4	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Wes Morgan		33	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Benjamin Chilwell		21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Wilfred Ndidi		21	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Andy King	8481	29	377	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Marc Albrighton		28	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Shinji Okazaki	73	31	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Riyad Mahrez	37	26	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jamie Vardy		30	214	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

148

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
35	G	Daniel Bachmann		23
5	D	Sebastian Prödl	87	30	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	José Holebas		33
29	M	Étienne Capoue		29
17	M	Jerome Sinclair	90	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	F	Stefano Okaka	44	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Andre Gray		26

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Ben Hamer		30
29	D	Yohan Benalouane		30
28	D	Christian Fuchs		31
22	M	Matt James		26
19	F	Islam Slimani	73	29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Demarai Gray	73	21	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Leonardo Ulloa	84	31	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Molla Wagué

Sebastian Prödl

OUT

Marvin Zeegelaar

José Holebas

OUT

Abdoulaye Doucouré

Andre Gray

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Benjamin Chilwell

Christian Fuchs

OUT

Andy King

Vicente Iborra

OUT

Shinji Okazaki

Demarai Gray

OUT

Aleksandar Dragovic

Danny Simpson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Marco Silva

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Silva vs Leicester

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2017

Silva vs Puel

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Claude Puel

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Puel vs Watford

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2017

Puel vs Silva

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2017

Referee

Chris Kavanagh

4 victories	2 draws	3 losses	Watford9 matches	General total	Leicester23 matches	6 victories	4 draws	13 losses
2 victories	1 draw	0 loss	Watford3 matches	Season total	Leicester5 matches	2 victories	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on August 30, 2022					Latest figure on February 17, 2024

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Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Molla Wagué scores 1 goal in Premier League

End of streak for Watford after 6 consecutive matches without a win (since 28/11/2017).

Watford keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 28/11/2017).

Read the next 17 key stats

General ranking

8	Leicester	27 pts	20 rd
9	Everton	27 pts	20 rd
10	Watford	25 pts	20 rd
11	Huddersfield Town	23 pts	20 rd
12	Brighton & Hove	21 pts	20 rd

General ranking

6	Arsenal	34 pts	19 rd
7	Burnley	33 pts	20 rd
8	Leicester	27 pts	20 rd
9	Everton	27 pts	20 rd
10	Watford	25 pts	20 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWatford 2-1 Arsenal14/10/2017

LWatford 0-1 Stoke City28/10/2017

VWatford 2-0 West Ham19/11/2017

LWatford 2-4 Manchester United28/11/2017

DWatford 1-1 Tottenham02/12/2017

LWatford 1-4 Huddersfield Town16/12/2017

Overall

LWatford 2-4 Manchester United28/11/2017

DWatford 1-1 Tottenham02/12/2017

LBurnley 1-0 Watford09/12/2017

LCrystal Palace 2-1 Watford12/12/2017

LWatford 1-4 Huddersfield Town16/12/2017

LBrighton & Hove 1-0 Watford23/12/2017

Current form

Away

DBournemouth 0-0 Leicester30/09/2017

VSwansea 1-2 Leicester21/10/2017

DStoke City 2-2 Leicester04/11/2017

DWest Ham 1-1 Leicester24/11/2017

VNewcastle United 2-3 Leicester09/12/2017

VSouthampton 1-4 Leicester13/12/2017

Overall

VLeicester 1-0 Burnley02/12/2017

VNewcastle United 2-3 Leicester09/12/2017

VSouthampton 1-4 Leicester13/12/2017

LLeicester 0-3 Crystal Palace16/12/2017

DLeicester 1-1 Manchester City19/12/2017

DLeicester 2-2 Manchester United23/12/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	4
Winless streak	3	6
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	7	2
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	5	2
Conceding streak	5	5

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

10	General ranking (Competition total)	8
17	General ranking (Home / Away)	7
190	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	55
13	FBDB index ranking (National)	8

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

19	Number of games (Competition total)	19
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
6	Victories (Competition total)	7
2	Victories (Home / Away)	3
4	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
9	Losses (Competition total)	6
4	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

27	Goals scored (Competition total)	29
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
34	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.42	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.53
1.22	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.78
1.79	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.47
2.22	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.56

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	12
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
3-3 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	22
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
4	Red cards (Competition total)	2
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Abdoulaye Doucouré	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Jamie Vardy
Abdoulaye Doucouré	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Shinji Okazaki
Troy Deeney	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Jamie Vardy
Troy Deeney	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jamie Vardy
Richarlison	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Riyad Mahrez
José Holebas	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Harry Maguire
Richarlison	1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	5 goals, 3 assists during the last 12 matches	Riyad Mahrez

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

15 v

6 d

9 l

53 gf

43 ga

Away

31 matches

4 v

10 d

17 l

36 gf

69 ga

Total

61 matches

19 v

16 d

26 l

89 gf

112 ga

Historical head to head

Home

31 matches

17 v

10 d

4 l

69 gf

36 ga

Away

30 matches

9 v

6 d

15 l

43 gf

53 ga

Total

61 matches

26 v

16 d

19 l

112 gf

89 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	November 22, 1986
Home	5 - 1	November 22, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	May 06, 2017
Away	3 - 0	November 02, 2013

Latest head to head

May 06, 2017 - Premier League 2016/2017

Leicester

3 - 0

Watford

November 19, 2016 - Premier League 2016/2017

Watford

2 - 1

Leicester

March 05, 2016 - Premier League 2015/2016

Watford

0 - 1

Leicester

November 07, 2015 - Premier League 2015/2016

Leicester

2 - 1

Watford

February 08, 2014 - Championship 2013/2014

Leicester

2 - 2

Watford

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Wilf Rostron	4 goals	1984 - 1986
Heidar Helguson	3 goals	2002 - 2009
Troy Deeney	3 goals	2013 - 2015
Danny Graham	2 goals	2009 - 2010
John Barnes	2 goals	1984 - 1986
Fernando Forestieri	2 goals	2012 - 2014

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1983. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Watford

David Nugent	6 goals	2011 - 2013
Brian Deane	3 goals	2002 - 2002
Paul Gallagher	3 goals	2010 - 2010
Alan Smith	3 goals	1984 - 1986
Riyad Mahrez	3 goals	2016 - 2017
Yakubu Ayegbeni	2 goals	2011 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1983. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Lloyd Doyley	15 matches	2002 - 2013
Troy Deeney	12 matches	2010 - 2017
Adrian Mariappa	9 matches	2007 - 2017
Wilf Rostron	8 matches	1983 - 1987
John Barnes	8 matches	1983 - 1987
Ikechi Anya	8 matches	2012 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1983. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Watford

Andy King	13 matches	2009 - 2017
Kasper Schmeichel	11 matches	2011 - 2017
Wes Morgan	10 matches	2012 - 2016
Danny Drinkwater	10 matches	2012 - 2017
Lloyd Dyer	9 matches	2011 - 2014
Ian Wilson	8 matches	1983 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/11/1983. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jordan Stewart

117 matches

127 matches

2000 - 2008

James Chambers

106 matches

28 matches

2004 - 2008

Steve Sims

74 matches

71 matches

1975 - 1987

Tom Cleverley

71 matches

15 matches

2009 - 2017

Mark Yeates

66 matches

9 matches

2007 - 2013

Wayne Brown

37 matches

49 matches

2002 - 2010

Total : 16 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Lloyd Dyer

16 matches

265 matches

2008 - 2014

Danny Drinkwater

12 matches

218 matches

2011 - 2017

Jordan Stewart

117 matches

127 matches

2000 - 2008

Trevor Benjamin

2 matches

91 matches

2000 - 2005

Gareth Williams

4 matches

91 matches

2004 - 2007

Steve Sims

74 matches

71 matches

1975 - 1987

Total : 16 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/08/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2017

Tottenham

5 2

Southampton

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December 27, 2017

Newcastle United

0 1

Manchester City

Line-ups available

December 28, 2017

Crystal Palace

2 3

Arsenal

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Manchester City	55	19	18	1	0	60	12	+48
2	Manchester United	43	20	13	4	3	43	16	+27
3	Chelsea	42	20	13	3	4	34	14	+20
4	Liverpool	38	20	10	8	2	46	23	+23
5	Tottenham	37	20	11	4	5	39	20	+19
6	Arsenal	34	19	10	4	5	34	23	+11
7	Burnley	33	20	9	6	5	18	17	+1
8	Leicester	27	20	7	6	7	30	30	0
9	Everton	27	20	7	6	7	24	30	-6
10	Watford	25	20	7	4	9	29	35	-6
11	Huddersfield Town	23	20	6	5	9	18	32	-14
12	Brighton & Hove	21	20	5	6	9	15	25	-10
+113	Stoke City	20	20	5	5	10	23	41	-18
-114	Southampton	19	20	4	7	9	20	30	-10
15	Newcastle United	18	19	5	3	11	19	29	-10
16	Crystal Palace	18	19	4	6	9	16	29	-13
17	West Ham	18	20	4	6	10	22	38	-16
18	Bournemouth	17	20	4	5	11	18	31	-13
19	West Bromwich Albion	15	20	2	9	9	14	27	-13
20	Swansea	13	20	3	4	13	11	31	-20

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Watford 2-1 Leicester - December 26, 2017 / Premier League 2017/2018

Watford

2 - 1

Leicester

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Silva vs Leicester

Silva vs Puel

Manager

Puel vs Watford

Puel vs Silva

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Leicester

Best historical scorers against Watford

Players with most games played vs Leicester

Players with most games played vs Watford

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking