Watford 1-5 Leicester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2022

Result

Watford 1-5 Leicester City

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2022, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Watford 1-5 Leicester City: match report

Watford lost to Leicester City 1-5 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 May 2022. The half-time score was 1-2.

João Pedro opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Watford's goal came from João Pedro (6'). Leicester City scored through James Maddison (18'), Jamie Vardy (22'), Harvey Barnes (46'), Jamie Vardy (70') and Harvey Barnes (86').

Discipline: Watford received no yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Watford were 19th on 23 points from 36 and Leicester City 10th on 45 points from 35. Watford went on to finish that season 19th with 23 points, and Leicester City 8th with 52.

Watford lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leicester City in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Maddison of Leicester City (9.3), ahead of Harvey Barnes (8.8).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · João PedroWatford · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · James MaddisonLeicester City · 1-1
  • 22'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 1-2
  • 46'Goal · Harvey BarnesLeicester City · 1-3
  • 55'Yellow card · Youri TielemansLeicester City
  • 70'Goal · Jamie VardyLeicester City · 1-4
  • 86'Goal · Harvey BarnesLeicester City · 1-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Watford 3, draws 1, Leicester City 6.

Team news

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Watford line-up (4-3-3)

Ben Foster, Jeremy Ngakia, Christian Kabasele, Craig Cathcart, Adam Masina, Moussa Sissoko, Edo Kayembe, Dan Gosling, Samuel Kalu, João Pedro, Ken Sema

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

Danny Ward, Timothy Castagne, Wesley Fofana, Jonny Evans, James Justin, Nampalys Mendy, James Maddison, Youri Tielemans, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Harvey Barnes, Jamie Vardy