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Matchday

Championship 25/26 · 26 Dec 2025

Leicester City 1–2 Watford

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Nov 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.5 – 0.9
Actual xG
0.4 – 1.3
Goals
1 – 2

Footybot made Leicester City favourites at 52%.

Watford won and made the better chances: 1.3 xG to 0.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Matthew Pollock, 63.2 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Matthew Pollock +19.3, Imrân Louza +10.4.

Well below it: Caleb Okoli −17.2, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku −16.0, Jakub Stolarczyk −10.2.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Leicester City

20 Dec 2025L 1–4at Queens Park Rangers Championship
13 Dec 2025W 3–1v Ipswich Town Championship
10 Dec 2025D 2–2at Bristol City Championship
6 Dec 2025W 3–1at Derby County Championship
29 Nov 2025L 2–3v Sheffield United Championship

Watford

20 Dec 2025W 1–0v Stoke City Championship
13 Dec 2025D 2–2at Wrexham Championship
9 Dec 2025D 1–1v Sheffield Wednesday Championship
6 Dec 2025W 3–2v Norwich City Championship
1 Dec 2025L 1–2at Birmingham City Championship

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Leicester City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Jakub Stolarczyk Goalkeeper9000–41.0−10.2
Jordan James Midfielder90100.0839.5−6.9
Hamza Choudhury Midfielder900–39.2–
Bobby De Cordova-Reid Midfielder75000.0538.4−4.2
Stephy Mavididi Midfielder69000.0737.5−5.0
Silko Thomas Forward900–37.5–
Ricardo Pereira Defender8700–37.2+0.1
Oliver Skipp Midfielder8700–35.9−4.4
Jordan Ayew Forward90010.1034.0−9.9
Caleb Okoli Defender9000–31.9−17.2
Luke Thomas Defender9000–31.6−3.2
Benjamin Nelson Defender9000–31.0−8.4
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder1500–26.4–
Abdul Fatawu Issahaku Midfielder90000.1020.9−16.0
Jeremy Monga Midfielder2100–18.1–

Watford

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
James Morris Defender100–100.0–
Matthew Pollock Defender90100.8463.2+19.3
Imrân Louza Midfielder90020.2457.9+10.4
Nestory Irankunda Forward24000.0247.5–
Egil Selvik Goalkeeper9000–46.3−6.2
Vivaldo Forward900–45.3–
Tom Ince Midfielder66000.0744.0+4.1
Hector Kyprianou Midfielder9000–42.7+1.8
Luca Kjerrumgaard Forward81000.0540.1−3.8
Othmane Maamma Midfielder81100.1340.0+6.7
Jeremy Ngakia Defender9000–39.4+3.2
Max Alleyne Defender9000–37.2−3.3
Giorgi Chakvetadze Midfielder8900–34.2+4.9
Marc Bola Defender9000–34.2−0.9
Moussa Sissoko Midfielder900–16.1–