Leicester City 2-1 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 7 November 2015
Result
Leicester City 2-1 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 7 November 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Leicester City 2-1 Watford: match report
Leicester City won against Watford 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 November 2015. The half-time score was 0-0.
N'Golo Kanté opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Leicester City's goals came from N'Golo Kanté (52') and Jamie Vardy (65', penalty). Watford scored through Troy Deeney (75', penalty).
Discipline: Leicester City received no yellow cards; Watford received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Leicester City were 6th on 20 points from 11 and Watford 11th on 15 points from 11. Leicester City went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Watford 12th with 48.
Leicester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Watford in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Vardy of Leicester City (7.8), level with Marc Albrighton (7.8).
Going into the match Leicester City's last five read W-W-D-D-L and Watford's W-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 52'Goal · N'Golo Kanté
- 65'Yellow card · Heurelho Gomes
- 65'Penalty goal · Jamie Vardy
- 75'Penalty goal · Troy Deeney
Team news
Leicester City line-up (4-4-1-1)
Kasper Schmeichel, Danny Simpson, Wes Morgan, Robert Huth, Christian Fuchs, Marc Albrighton, N'Golo Kanté, Danny Drinkwater, Jeffrey Schlupp, Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy
Watford line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Allan Nyom, Craig Cathcart, Miguel Britos, Nathan Aké, Ikechi Anya, Étienne Capoue, Ben Watson, Almen Abdi, Troy Deeney, Odion Ighalo