Watford 2-1 Leicester City: result and report

Watford 2-1 Leicester City

Premier League · Sunday 3 March 2019, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Watford defeated Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 March 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Troy Deeney opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Watford's goals came from Troy Deeney (5') and Andre Gray (90+2'). Leicester City scored through Jamie Vardy (75').

Discipline: Watford received 4 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 8th on 40 points from 28 and Leicester City 11th on 35 points from 28. Watford went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Leicester City 9th with 52.

Watford lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Leicester City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Troy Deeney of Watford (8.1), ahead of Wilfred Ndidi (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Watford wins, 1 draw and 6 for Leicester City.

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