Leicester vs Watford

28 November 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 3–1

James Maddison 16’
Jamie Vardy 34’, 42’
Ademola Lookman 68’

Joshua King 30’ (pen)
Emmanuel Dennis 61’

Match summary

Leicester won 4-2 at home to Watford. Leicester led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, James Maddison put Leicester ahead in the 16th minute, set up by Jonny Evans, Joshua King equalised from the penalty spot in the 30th minute, Jamie Vardy put Leicester back in front in the 34th minute, set up by James Maddison, and Vardy made it 3-1 with a header in the 42nd minute, set up by James Maddison. In the second half, Emmanuel Dennis pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 61st minute and Ademola Lookman made it 4-2 in the 68th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Leicester created 2.42 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots, Watford 2.39 from 16.

Match stats

18 Shots 16

8 Shots on Target 5

8 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

2.16 xG 2.38

2.16 Non-penalty xG 1.62

8 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Leicester Watford

Kick-off

James Maddison
Assist: Jonny Evans

1-0

16’

30’

Joshua King
Penalty

1-1

Jamie Vardy
Assist: James Maddison

2-1

34’

Jamie Vardy
Assist: James Maddison

3-1

42’

Half-time3-1

61’

Emmanuel Dennis

3-2

Ademola Lookman

4-2

68’

Full-time4-2

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Leicester 2.42 xGWatford 2.39 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Watford attacking Leicester attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kasper Schmeichel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Timothy Castagne	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.13	1
Caglar Söyüncü	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.04	1
Jonny Evans	DEF	90		1	1	0.08	0.33	2
Luke Thomas	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.35	1
Boubakary Soumare	MID	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Wilfred Ndidi	MID	90			4	0.13	0.05	1
Ademola Lookman	MID	77	1		2	0.82	0.08	1
James Maddison	MID	90	1	2	4	0.46	0.52	5
Harvey Barnes	MID	90			1	0.35	0.04	2
Jamie Vardy	FWD	90	2		5	0.52	0.00	0
Marc Albrighton	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Daniel Bachmann	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiko Femenía	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.28	1
William Troost-Ekong	DEF	90		1	0.09	0.00	0
Craig Cathcart	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Masina	DEF	90		1	0.03	0.18	2
Imran Louza	MID	48		0	0.00	0.00	0
Juan Camilo Hernández	MID	90		3	0.15	0.37	1
Moussa Sissoko	MID	90		1	0.02	0.11	1
Tom Cleverley	MID	48		0	0.00	0.21	4
Joshua King	MID	90	1	3	1.20	0.00	0
Emmanuel Dennis	FWD	73	1	3	0.46	0.05	2
João Pedro	Sub	42		2	0.14	0.00	0
Ozan Tufan	Sub	42		1	0.28	0.00	0
Ashley Fletcher	Sub	17		1	0.02	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Leicester win 56% Avg odds 1.70

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.90

Watford win 19% Avg odds 5.10

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Leicester W W L D L

Watford L W L L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Watford 1-1 Leicester, 20 Jun 20 Next meeting: Watford 1-5 Leicester, 15 May 22 All Leicester vs Watford meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.