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Friday 26 December 2025 · 15:00 · HT 1-1 · King Power Stadium, Leicester · Referee Josh Smith

Leicester City v Watford: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Leicester City's last 10 home games and Watford's last 10 away games in the Championship before kick-off, both teams scored in 14 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 9 of 20, with 10.3 corners per match (league 10.3) and 4.3 cards (league 3.9).

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Leicester City v Watford, full match

51%

Possession

49%

0.43

Expected goals (xG)

1.40

9

Shots

13

2

Shots on target

3

5

Corners

6

14

Fouls

8

3

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

1

Goals and cards

7'

Goal

Jordan James LEI

19'

Yellow card

Abdul Fatawu Issahaku LEI

42'

Yellow card

Oliver Skipp LEI

45'

Goal

Othmane Maamma WAT

48'

Yellow card

Imrân Louza WAT

61'

Yellow card

Hector Kyprianou WAT

63'

Yellow card

Stephy Mavididi LEI

65'

Goal

Matthew Pollock WAT

At a glance

Leicester City

21st in the table

L

W

D

W

L

Watford

16th in the table

W

D

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Leicester City's home games and Watford's away games in the Championship this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Leicester City's last 10 home games and Watford's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

70%

14/20 games · League 57%

Over 1.5 goals

80%

16/20 games · League 76%

Over 2.5 goals

45%

9/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 25%

Over 9.5 corners

60%

12/20 games · League 55%

Over 3.5 cards

45%

9/20 games · League 53%

Leicester City clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 25%

Watford clean sheet

0%

0/10 games · League 25%

Leicester City fail to score

20%

2/10 games · League 25%

Watford fail to score

30%

3/10 games · League 25%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.6

League 2.6

Corners

10.3

League 10.3

Cards

4.3

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Leicester City

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Jakub Stolarczyk

DEFENDERS

4

5

21

33

MIDFIELDERS

6

Jordan James

14

Bobby De Cordova-Reid

22

Oliver Skipp

FORWARDS

7

Abdul Fatawu Issahaku

9

Jordan Ayew

10

Stephy Mavididi

SUBSTITUTES

31

3

56

17

25

28

30

18

39

Watford

4-4-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Egil Selvik

DEFENDERS

2

3

6

16

MIDFIELDERS

5

7

10

42

FORWARDS

8

Giorgi Chakvetadze

9

Luca Kjerrumgaard

SUBSTITUTES

12

4

22

25

29

17

23

18

66

Referee: Josh Smith

27 games in the Championship this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

3.9

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.8

Red cards per game

0.22

Fouls per game

20.5

League 21.5

Penalties per game

0.19

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

LEI

WAT

Match

League

Goals per match

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.6

Over 0.5

95%

21/22

100%

22/22

98%

43/44

95%

Over 1.5

86%

19/22

77%

17/22

82%

36/44

75%

Over 2.5

59%

13/22

55%

12/22

57%

25/44

51%

Over 3.5

32%

7/22

27%

6/22

30%

13/44

27%

Over 4.5

9%

2/22

9%

2/22

9%

4/44

11%

Bet

LEI

WAT

Match

League

Yes

73%

16/22

73%

16/22

73%

32/44

59%

Yes and win

27%

6/22

27%

6/22

19%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

55%

12/22

50%

11/22

52%

23/44

42%

Yes and draw

27%

6/22

36%

8/22

32%

14/44

22%

Yes and loss

18%

4/22

9%

2/22

19%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/22

0%

0/22

0%

0/44

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Bet

LEI

WAT

Match

League

Corners per match

10.8

9.5

10.2

Over 7.5

86%

18/21

82%

18/22

84%

36/43

78%

Over 8.5

67%

14/21

64%

14/22

65%

28/43

69%

Over 9.5

57%

12/21

55%

12/22

56%

24/43

54%

Over 10.5

43%

9/21

45%

10/22

44%

19/43

42%

Over 11.5

38%

8/21

27%

6/22

33%

14/43

32%

Over 12.5

38%

8/21

0%

0/22

19%

8/43

24%

Referee Josh Smith: 3.9 cards and 20.5 fouls per game in 27 games this season

Bet

LEI

WAT

Match

League

Cards per match

3.8

4.5

4.1

3.8

Over 2.5

82%

18/22

82%

18/22

82%

36/44

75%

Over 3.5

36%

8/22

50%

11/22

43%

19/44

50%

Over 4.5

27%

6/22

45%

10/22

36%

16/44

32%

Over 5.5

18%

4/22

41%

9/22

30%

13/44

20%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Bobby De Cordova-Reid

7 starts · 0.5 per 90

29%

2/7

43%

3/7

0%

0/7

0%

0/7

Imrân Louza

19 starts · 0.3 per 90

11%

2/18

32%

6/19

0%

0/19

0%

0/19

Luca Kjerrumgaard

16 starts · 0.6 per 90

13%

2/16

31%

5/16

19%

3/16

0%

0/16

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Leicester City

Last 5 games before this match

20 Dec

Queens Park Rangers

(A)

1-4

L

13 Dec

Ipswich Town

(H)

3-1

W

10 Dec

Bristol City

(A)

2-2

D

6 Dec

Derby County

(A)

3-1

W

29 Nov

Sheffield United

(H)

2-3

L

Watford

Last 5 games before this match

20 Dec

Stoke City

(H)

1-0

W

13 Dec

Wrexham

(A)

2-2

D

9 Dec

Sheffield Wednesday

(H)

1-1

D

6 Dec

Norwich City

(H)

3-2

W

1 Dec

Birmingham City

(A)

1-2

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Leicester City and Watford haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

Championship table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Coventry

46

28

11

7

97

45

+52

95

W

D

2

Ipswich

46

23

15

8

80

47

+33

84

W

D

W

D

3

Millwall

46

24

11

64

49

+15

83

W

D

W

D

4

Southampton

46

22

14

10

82

56

+26

80

W

D

W

5

Middlesbrough

46

22

14

10

72

47

+25

80

D

W

D

L

6

Hull City

46

21

10

15

70

66

+4

73

W

L

D

L

7

Wrexham

46

19

14

13

69

65

+4

71

D

L

W

L

8

Derby

46

20

9

17

67

59

+8

69

L

W

L

W

L

9

Norwich

46

19

8

19

63

56

+7

65

L

D

W

L

10

Birmingham

46

17

13

16

57

56

+1

64

D

W

D

W

11

Swansea

46

18

10

18

57

59

-2

64

W

D

W

L

W

12

Bristol City

46

17

11

18

59

0

62

W

L

D

L

D

13

Sheffield Utd

46

18

6

22

66

0

60

W

L

W

14

Preston

46

15

16

55

62

-7

60

L

W

L

W

15

QPR

46

16

10

20

61

73

-12

58

L

D

16

Watford

46

14

15

17

53

65

-12

57

L

17

Stoke City

46

15

10

21

51

56

-5

55

L

D

18

Portsmouth

46

14

13

19

49

64

-15

55

D

W

L

W

19

West Brom

46

13

14

19

48

58

-10

53

L

D

W

D

20

Charlton

46

13

14

19

44

58

-14

53

L

W

L

D

L

21

Leicester

46

12

16

18

58

68

-10

52

W

D

L

22

Blackburn

46

13

20

42

56

-14

52

L

W

D

L

D

23

Oxford Utd

46

11

14

21

45

59

-14

47

L

W

L

W

24

Sheffield Wed

46

2

12

32

29

89

-60

18

W

L

D

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Leicester City v Watford: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Leicester City

Watford

Referee: Josh Smith

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Leicester City

Watford

Head to head

Championship table