Leicester vs Watford 26/12/2025

Leicester

King Power Stadium

26 Dec 2025, 16:00

1:2

Finished

Watford

Away

Match summary

1ST HALF

7'

Goal

Jordan James(Jordan Ayew)

19'

Abdul Fatawu

42'

Oliver Skipp

O. Maamma(Imrân Louza)

Goal

45'

2ND HALF

Imrân Louza

48'

H. Kyprianou

61'

63'

S. Mavididi

Mattie Pollock(Imrân Louza)

Goal

65'

Tom Ince

N. Irankunda

66'

69'

Jeremy Monga

S. Mavididi

75'

Aaron Ramsey

Bobby Reid

L. Kjerrumgaard

M. Sissoko

81'

O. Maamma

Vivaldo

81'

87'

H. Choudhury

Oliver Skipp

87'

Silko Thomas

Ricardo Pereira

G. Chakvetadze

J. Morris

91'

Match statistics

50%Possession50%

458Passes Attempted448

387Completed Passes383

5Corners6

22Throw-ins19

9Shots On Target13

Line-ups

Leicester

Formation

4-2-3-1

Jakub

#1Stolarczyk

Benjamin

#4Nelson

Memeh Caleb

#5Okoli

Luke Jonathan

#33Thomas

Ricardo Domingos

#21Barbosa Pereira

Oliver William

#22Skipp

Jordan Anthony

#6James

Bobby

#14Armani Decordova-Reid

Stephy Alvaro

#10Mavididi

Issahaku

#7Abdul Fatawu

Jordan Pierre

#9Ayew

Starting XI

J. Stolarczyk #1
Ben Nelson #4
Caleb Okoli #5
Luke Thomas #33
Ricardo Pereira #21	87'
Oliver Skipp #22	87' 42'
Jordan James #6	⚽7'
Bobby Reid #14	75'
S. Mavididi #10	69' 63'
Abdul Fatawu #7	19'
Jordan Ayew #9	🎯7'

Will not play

Boubakary

Boubakary Soumare

Midfielder

Knee injury

Return: Late January 2026

Harry James

Harry James Souttar

Defender

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Late January 2026

Aaron James

Aaron James Ramsey

Midfielder

Hamstring Injury

Return: Late January 2026

Victor Bernth

Victor Bernth Kristiansen

Defender

Knee injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Manager

Leicester

Martí Cifuentes

Leicester

Formation

4-2-3-1

Jakub

#1Stolarczyk

Benjamin

#4Nelson

Memeh Caleb

#5Okoli

Luke Jonathan

#33Thomas

Ricardo Domingos

#21Barbosa Pereira

Oliver William

#22Skipp

Jordan Anthony

#6James

Bobby

#14Armani Decordova-Reid

Stephy Alvaro

#10Mavididi

Issahaku

#7Abdul Fatawu

Jordan Pierre

#9Ayew

Starting XI

J. Stolarczyk #1
Ben Nelson #4
Caleb Okoli #5
Luke Thomas #33
Ricardo Pereira #21	87'
Oliver Skipp #22	87' 42'
Jordan James #6	⚽7'
Bobby Reid #14	75'
S. Mavididi #10	69' 63'
Abdul Fatawu #7	19'
Jordan Ayew #9	🎯7'

Will not play

Boubakary

Boubakary Soumare

Midfielder

Knee injury

Return: Late January 2026

Harry James

Harry James Souttar

Defender

Achilles tendon injury

Return: Late January 2026

Aaron James

Aaron James Ramsey

Midfielder

Hamstring Injury

Return: Late January 2026

Victor Bernth

Victor Bernth Kristiansen

Defender

Knee injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Manager

Leicester

Martí Cifuentes

Watford

Formation

4-4-2

Egil

#1Selvik

Max

#3Alleyne

Matthew William

#6Pollock

Marc Joel

#16Bola

Jeremy Mpobi

#2Ngakia

Imrân

#10Louza

Hector Matthew

#5Kyprianou

Thomas Paul

#7Ince

Othmane

#42Maamma

Luca

#9Kjerrumgaard

Giorgi

#8Chakvetadze

Starting XI

E. Selvik #1
Max Alleyne #3
Mattie Pollock #6	⚽65'
Marc Bola #16
Jeremy Ngakia #2
Imrân Louza #10	🎯65' 48' 🎯45'
H. Kyprianou #5	61'
Tom Ince #7	66'
O. Maamma #42	81' ⚽45'
L. Kjerrumgaard #9	81'
G. Chakvetadze #8	91'

Will not play

Edouard

Edouard Kayembe Kayembe

Midfielder

Pierre

Pierre Dwomoh Junior

Midfielder

Thigh injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Rocco

Rocco Vata

Forward

Hamstring Injury

Return: Late January 2026

Caleb Ryan

Caleb Ryan Wiley

Defender

Muscle injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Jack

Jack Grieves

Forward

Knee injury

Return: Mid January 2026

Mamadou

Mamadou Doumbia

Forward

Manager

Watford

Javi Gracia

Head-to-head

47 matches

Leicester

Leicester

26

Wins

9

Draws

12

Wins

Watford

Watford

Championship2024 • 1 match

Watford

Leicester

Championship2023 • 1 match

Leicester

Watford

FA Cup2022 • 1 match

Leicester

Watford

Premier League2022 • 1 match

Watford

Leicester

Premier League2021 • 1 match

Leicester

Watford

League standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	G	GD	Pts	Form
1	Coventry City	26	15	7	4	57:29	+28	52	DWLDL
2	Middlesbrough	26	13	7	6	37:26	+11	46	LDLLW
3	Ipswich Town	25	12	8	5	42:24	+18	44	LWDWW
4	Preston North End	26	11	10	5	36:25	+11	43	DDLWW
5	Millwall	26	12	7	7	29:33	-4	43	LDWDW
6	Watford	25	11	8	6	37:29	+8	41	DWWWW
7	Hull City	25	12	5	8	40:38	+2	41	WWDWL
8	Stoke City	26	12	4	10	32:23	+9	40	LDLWW
9	Wrexham AFC	26	10	10	6	38:32	+6	40	LWWWW
10	Bristol City	26	11	6	9	38:29	+9	39	WWLWL
11	Queens Park Rangers	26	11	5	10	38:39	-1	38	WDLLW
12	Leicester	26	10	7	9	37:38	-1	37	LLWLW
13	Derby County	26	9	8	9	35:35	0	35	DDLWL
14	Birmingham City	26	9	7	10	35:36	-1	34	LDDLW
15	Southampton	26	8	9	9	38:38	0	33	DLDDL
16	Sheffield Utd	25	10	2	13	36:38	-2	32	LWLWW
17	Swansea City	26	9	5	12	27:33	-6	32	WLWWL
18	West Brom	26	9	4	13	29:35	-6	31	LLWLL
19	Charlton Athletic	25	7	8	10	25:32	-7	29	WLLDD
20	Blackburn Rovers	25	7	7	11	24:30	-6	28	WDDLD
21	Portsmouth	24	6	7	11	21:35	-14	25	WDDWL
22	Norwich City	26	6	6	14	28:39	-11	24	DWLWL
23	Oxford United	25	5	7	13	25:35	-10	22	LLWLL
24	Sheffield Wed	25	1	8	16	18:51	-33	-7	LDDLL

Match Information

Referee:

Smith

Venue:

King Power Stadium

Capacity:

32 312

Leicester vs Watford match from the Championship. View the final score, key match events, detailed statistics, line-ups and head-to-head record between Leicester and Watford. Follow team performance and match context within the Championship season.