Leicester City 2-0 Watford: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2018

Result

Leicester City 2-0 Watford

Premier League · Saturday 1 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Leicester City 2-0 Watford: match report

Leicester City won against Watford 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 December 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Jamie Vardy opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Leicester City's goals came from Jamie Vardy (12', penalty) and James Maddison (23'). Watford did not score.

Discipline: Leicester City received 2 yellow cards; Watford received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Leicester City were 10th on 18 points from 13 and Watford 9th on 20 points from 13. Leicester City went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Watford 11th with 50.

Leicester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Watford in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ricardo Pereira of Leicester City (8.4), ahead of James Maddison (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leicester City wins, 0 draws and 2 for Watford.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Penalty goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · James MaddisonLeicester City · 2-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Marc AlbrightonLeicester City
  • 85'Yellow card · Isaac SuccessWatford
  • 90'Red card · Étienne CapoueWatford
  • 90+4'Yellow card · James MaddisonLeicester City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Leicester City 4, draws 0, Watford 2.

Team news

Leicester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Wes Morgan, Jonny Evans, Ben Chilwell, Nampalys Mendy, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton, James Maddison, Demarai Gray, Jamie Vardy

Watford line-up (4-2-2-2)

Ben Foster, Kiko Femenía, Adrian Mariappa, Craig Cathcart, José Holebas, Abdoulaye Doucouré, Étienne Capoue, Will Hughes, Brian Gartland, Gerard Deulofeu, Isaac Success