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LEICESTER. Leicester City defeats Watford 4-2. Leicester City took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Andy Madley assisted by Darren Cann and Nicholas Hopton. The 4th official was Andre Marriner. The weather was snow. The temperature was freezing at -0.3 degrees Celsius or 31.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 17 Total 16
- 7 On Target 5
- 10 Off Target 11
- 5 Shots blocked 4
- 94 Attack 104
- 31 Dangerous attack 44
- 99 Ball safe 68
- 0 Penalties 1
- 8 Corners 6
- 5 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 20
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Leicester City had a strong ball possession 57% while Watford was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Watford was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Still, Leicester City succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Leicester City shot 17 times, 7 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Watford shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Leicester City didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Watford didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Leicester City will have 18 points like Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion to remain in the 10th place. On the other side, Watford will stay with 13 points to hold in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Leicester City will play away with 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 record in favor of Chelsea (2 draws).
Leicester City – Formation
Leicester City
88'
16'
Leicester City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Brendan Rodgers decided to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel , Timothy Castagne , Jonny Evans , Çağlar Söyüncü , Luke Thomas , Boubakary Soumaré , Wilfred Ndidi , Ademola Lookman , James Maddison , Harvey Barnes and Jamie Vardy .
The home team had on the bench: Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall , Patson Daka, Hamza Choudhury, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ayoze Pérez, Marc Albrighton , Jannik Vestergaard, Daniel Amartey and Danny Ward.
Substitutions
Leicester City made 2 changes: A. Lookman for M. Albrighton (75′) and J. Maddison for K. Dewsbury-Hall (88′).
Best player: James Maddison
The player that probably impressed the most for Leicester City was James Maddison.
His rating is 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
Watford
Watford started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Claudio Ranieri played with: Daniel Bachmann , Kiko Femenía , Craig Cathcart , William Troost-Ekong , Adam Masina , Imrân Louza , Cucho Hernández , Tom Cleverley , Moussa Sissoko , Joshua King and Emmanuel Dennis .
They had on the bench: Christian Kabasele, Robert Elliot, James Morris, Danny Rose, Jeremy Ngakia, Ashley Fletcher , Dan Gosling, Ozan Tufan and João Pedro .
Watford could not rely on the presence of A. Fletcher (injured).
Substitutions
Watford made 3 changes: T. Cleverley for O. Tufan (46′), I. Louza for J. Pedro (46′) and E. Dennis for A. Fletcher (72′).
Best player: Tom Cleverley
The player that probably impressed the most for Watford was Tom Cleverley.
His rating is 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.
- Brentford – Everton – 1-0
- Chelsea – Manchester United – 1-1
- Leicester City – Watford – 4-2
- Manchester City – West Ham United – 2-1
