Match Report
Watford went into the game 16th in the table on 57 points; Leicester City sat 23rd on 46 — an 11-point gap. The last five rounds placed Watford no better than 24th for form, against 16th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Watford 1.15 scored and 1.41 conceded per game, Leicester City 1.26 and 1.48, with the league averaging 1.3.
28 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Watford 9, draws 3, Leicester City 16, at 3.43 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 68% of the meetings went to the host. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 68%.
Vicarage Road, capacity 21,400, hosted the game. With 100 matches recorded and 2.0 yellow cards per game, J. Smith was the man in the middle. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Watford 45% · Leicester City 55% · Total shots: 6-15 · On target: 2-5 · Corners: 7-4