Watford 3-1 Leicester City: result and report

Championship · Sunday 12 May 2013

Result

Watford 3-1 Leicester City

Championship · Sunday 12 May 2013, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Watford 3-1 Leicester City: match report

Watford won against Leicester City 3-1 in the Championship on Sunday 12 May 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.

M. Vydra opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Watford's goals came from M. Vydra (15'), M. Vydra (65') and Troy Deeney (90+7'). Leicester City scored through David Nugent (19').

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

Going into the game Watford were 4th on 75 points from 47 and Leicester City 6th on 68 points from 47. Watford went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Leicester City 6th with 68.

Watford lined up in a 3-5-2 and Leicester City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Watford wins, 1 draw and 4 for Leicester City.

Going into the match Watford's last five read L-L-W-W-L and Leicester City's W-W-L-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · M. VydraWatford · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · David NugentLeicester City · 1-1
  • 34'Yellow card · C. WoodLeicester City
  • 65'Goal · M. VydraWatford · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Marco CassettiWatford
  • 90+7'Goal · Troy DeeneyWatford · 3-1
  • 90+10'Yellow card · Troy DeeneyWatford

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 5, draws 1, Leicester City 4.

Team news

Watford expected line-up (3-5-2)

Almunia, Marco Cassetti, Lloyd Doyley, Joel Ekstrand, Daniel Pudil, Almen Abdi, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ikechi Anya, Jonathan Hogg, Matej Vydra, Troy Deeney

Leicester City expected line-up (4-4-2)

Kasper Schmeichel, Michael Keane, Wes Morgan, Ritchie De Laet, Matty James, Andy King, Jeffrey Schlupp, Lloyd Dyer, Chris Wood, Anthony Knockaert