Leicester City FC vs Watford FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Leicester City FC

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Watford FC

Fri 26 Dec 2025 · 15:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Leicester City FC vs Watford FC — Championship .

Leicester City FC 46 games · 46 pts (2026/27)
Watford FC 8 games · 8 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Joshua Smith

7 games this season 🟨 3.6/game ⚽ 11.6 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Swansea City AFC	8	17
2	West Ham United FC	8	15
3	Middlesbrough FC	8	15
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	7	14
5	West Bromwich Albion FC	8	14
6	Queens Park Rangers FC	8	13
7	Stoke City FC	8	13
8	Bristol City FC	8	13
9	Charlton Athletic FC	8	12
10	Birmingham City FC	8	11
11	Millwall FC	8	11
12	Lincoln City FC	8	11
13	Southampton FC	8	10
14	Wrexham AFC	8	10
15	Bolton Wanderers FC	8	10
16	Blackburn Rovers FC	8	9
17	Norwich City FC	8	9
18	Sheffield United FC	8	9
19	Portsmouth FC	7	8
20	Watford FC	8	8
21	Cardiff City FC	8	7
22	Derby County FC	8	5
23	Preston North End FC	8	4
24	Burnley FC	8	4

Head-to-Head

Leicester City FC 10 games · Avg 2.9 goals Watford FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-12-26 Leicester City FC 1–2 Watford FC 2024-02-10 Watford FC 1–2 Leicester City FC 2023-11-25 Leicester City FC 2–0 Watford FC 2022-05-15 Watford FC 1–5 Leicester City FC 2021-11-28 Leicester City FC 4–2 Watford FC

Recent Form

Leicester City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Dec	Watford FC	H	1–2	L
20 Dec	Queens Park Rangers FC	A	1–4	L
13 Dec	Ipswich Town FC	H	3–1	W
10 Dec	Bristol City FC	A	2–2	D
06 Dec	Derby County FC	A	3–1	W
29 Nov	Sheffield United FC	H	2–3	L

Watford FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Dec	Leicester City FC	A	2–1	W
20 Dec	Stoke City FC	H	1–0	W
13 Dec	Wrexham AFC	A	2–2	D
09 Dec	Sheffield Wednesday FC	H	1–1	D
06 Dec	Norwich City FC	H	3–2	W
01 Dec	Birmingham City FC	A	1–2	L

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Watford FC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Watford FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/2

31-45

–/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

1/–

76+

2/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Watford FC

Amin Nabizada	3 G
Iker Bravo	1 G
Luca Kjerrumgaard	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Leicester City FC to score. At the same time, Watford FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
Another three points for Watford FC.

Lineups

Leicester City FC Lineups

Watford FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jamie Vardy	9
James Maddison	4
Emmanuel Dennis	2
Harvey Barnes	2
Ben Chilwell	1
Craig Dawson	1
Ademola Lookman	1
Joshua King	1

Head to Head

Leicester City FC Form

2025-12-26 Leicester City FC 1–2 Watford FC L 2025-12-20 Queens Park Rangers FC 4–1 Leicester City FC L 2025-12-13 Leicester City FC 3–1 Ipswich Town FC W 2025-12-10 Bristol City FC 2–2 Leicester City FC D 2025-12-06 Derby County FC 1–3 Leicester City FC W 2025-11-29 Leicester City FC 2–3 Sheffield United FC L

Watford FC Form

2025-12-26 Leicester City FC 1–2 Watford FC W 2025-12-20 Watford FC 1–0 Stoke City FC W 2025-12-13 Wrexham AFC 2–2 Watford FC D 2025-12-09 Watford FC 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday FC D 2025-12-06 Watford FC 3–2 Norwich City FC W 2025-12-01 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Watford FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.76 Leicester City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.35 Watford FC xG

I would bet for: Leicester City FC or Watford FC 74% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Leicester City FC45% Draw26% Watford FC29%

Actual: Watford FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.11

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	59%	41%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Leicester City FC or Draw

71%

Draw or Watford FC

55%

Leicester City FC or Watford FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Leicester City FC34% Draw43% Watford FC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.5%

2 – 1

1 – 0

7.1%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 0

6.8%

0 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

0 – 1

5.2%

3 – 1

5.2%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Leicester City FC

Handicap	Leicester City FC covers	Push	Watford FC covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	21%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	71%	—	29%
+1	71%	16%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Leicester City FC keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Watford FC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.