Leicester City vs Watford – Schedule & Where to Watch on TV

26/12/2025 at 10:00 (Time Zone – GMT-5 (America/New_York))

King Power Stadium (Leicester).

Championship - Round 23
Referee: Smith J. (Eng)
Where to Watch on TV:


United-kingdom	Sky Sports+
Usa	Paramount+

Match Stats


Expected Goals (xG)
0.41	1.35
Ball Possession
51%	49%
Total shots
9	13
Shots on target
2	3
Big Chances
0	2
Corner Kicks
5	6
Passes
84% (387/458)	85% (383/448)
Yellow Cards
3	2
Expected Goals (xG)
0.41	1.35
xG on target (xGOT)
0.24	1.36
Total shots
9	13
Shots on target
2	3
Shots off target
5	5
Blocked Shots
2	5
Shots inside the Box
4	7
Shots outside the Box
5	6
Hit the Woodwork
0	0
Headed Goals
0	1
Big Chances
0	2
Corner Kicks
5	6
Touches in opposition box
13	21
Accurate through passes
0	0
Offsides
1	1
Free Kicks
8	14
Passes
84% (387/458)	85% (383/448)
Long passes
52% (24/46)	40% (17/43)
Passes in final third
74% (112/152)	78% (94/121)
Crosses
6% (1/18)	31% (5/16)
Expected assists (xA)
0.38	1.21
Throw-ins
22	19
Fouls
14	8
Tackles
63% (12/19)	48% (12/25)
Duels won
34	57
Clearances
17	32
Interceptions
4	9
Errors leading to shot
0	1
Errors leading to goal
1	0
Goalkeeper Saves
1	1
xGOT faced
1.36	0.24
Goals prevented
-0.64	-0.76

Key Moments

Here there are

1st Half (1 - 1)
7', 1 - 0, James J. ⚽, Ayew J. (A),
19', Fatawu I. 🟨,
42', Skipp O. 🟨,
45', 1 - 1, Maamma O. ⚽, Louza I. (A),
2nd Half (0 - 1)
48', Louza I. 🟨,
61', Kyprianou H. 🟨,
63', Mavididi S. 🟨,
65', 1 - 2, Pollock M. ⚽, Louza I. (A),
66', Ince T. ↓, Irankunda N. ↑,
69', Mavididi S. ↓, Monga J. ↑,
75', De Cordova-Reid B. ↓, Ramsey A. ↑,
80', Kjerrumgaard L. ↓, Semedo V. ↑,
80', Maamma O. ↓, Sissoko M. ↑,
87', Pereira R. ↓, Thomas S. ↑,
87', Skipp O. ↓, Choudhury H. ↑,
90+1', Chakvetadze G. ↓, Morris J. ↑,

Chances of winning

Leicester City
41.6%

Draw
27.7%

Watford
30.7%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

42.8%

27.4%

29.8%

Our Initial ML Estimation

43.2%

27.1%

29.5%

Leicester City - Watford Odds

	1	X	2	Marga
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.28 ↑ (2.21)	3.38 ↓ (3.45)	3.07 ↓ (3.17)	6.1% (5.8%)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.50

What is the prediction for Leicester City - Watford?

Users Predictions: 28 users predict this event. Leicester will win (votes: 19 - 67.9%). Watford will win (votes: 5 - 17.9%). It will Tie (votes: 4 - 14.3%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Leicester: 50.6% – 85.2%.

High ROI Users Predictions (ROI>2%): 2 high ROI users predict this event. Leicester (votes: 2 - 100%).

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by High ROI users:

O/U 2 - over (votes: 1 - 100%) .

BTTS - yes (votes: 2 - 100%) .

O/U 2.5 - over (votes: 1 - 100%) .

AH 0 - Watford (2.23) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Overall votes from High ROI Users Predictions (including all markets): 3 high ROI users predict this event. Leicester (votes: 2 - 66.7%). Watford (votes: 1 - 33.3%).

The most likely score by Bookmakers is 1:1.

Preview Facts

Enjoy a game between evenly matched mid-table sides (ranked 13 and 10).
In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Leicester won 5.
Each of the teams is struggling with stability in their game.
Leicester will hold a modest advantage in this match.
There will not play in Leicester: Daka P. (International duty) Soumare B. (Knee Injury) Souttar H. (Achilles Tendon Injury)
There will not play in Watford: Baah K. (Hamstring Injury) Doumbia M. (International duty) Grieves J. (Ankle Injury) Kayembe E. (International duty) Vata R. (Hamstring Injury) Wiley C. (Muscle Injury)
There are questionable in Leicester: Kristiansen V. (Knock)
In the last 20 head-to-head matches, Leicester won 13 matches, drew 2 matches, lost 5 matches, and goals 41:20. (average 2.1:1).
Including home matches between the teams, Leicester won 9 matches, drew 1 match, lost 1 match, and goals 25:8. (average 2.3:0.7).

How many head-to-head matches has Leicester City won against Watford?

Leicester City has won 2 of their last 2 head-to-head matches.

How many head-to-head matches has Watford won against Leicester City?

Watford has won 0 of their last 2 head-to-head matches.

What were the results of their latest head-to-head matches?

The latest head-to-head matches between Leicester City - Watford were as follows:

10.02.2024 Watford - Leicester City 1:2

25.11.2023 Leicester City - Watford 2:0

Latest results of Leicester City

20.12.2025 Queens Park Rangers - Leicester City 4:1 ✺

13.12.2025 Leicester City - Ipswich Town 3:1 ✺

10.12.2025 Bristol City - Leicester City 2:2 ✺

06.12.2025 Derby County - Leicester City 1:3 ✺

29.11.2025 Leicester City - Sheffield United 2:3 ✺

Latest results of Watford

20.12.2025 Watford - Stoke City 1:0 ✺

13.12.2025 Wrexham - Watford 2:2 ✺

09.12.2025 Watford - Sheffield Wednesday 1:1 ✺

06.12.2025 Watford - Norwich City 3:2 ✺

01.12.2025 Birmingham City - Watford 2:1 ✺

English League Championship Table

2025/26

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
1	Coventry	28	17	7	4	61:31	30	58
2	Middlesbrough	28	15	7	6	42:29	13	52
3	Ipswich	27	14	8	5	47:24	23	50
4	Hull	27	14	5	8	45:39	6	47
5	Millwall	28	13	7	8	32:35	-3	46
6	Preston	28	11	10	7	36:29	7	43
7	Watford	27	11	9	7	38:32	6	42
8	Stoke	28	12	5	11	33:25	8	41
9	Wrexham	28	10	11	7	40:35	5	41
10	Derby	28	11	8	9	38:36	2	41
11	Bristol City	28	11	7	10	38:31	7	40
12	QPR	28	11	7	10	38:39	-1	40
13	Birmingham	28	10	8	10	38:37	1	38
14	Leicester	28	10	8	10	39:41	-2	38
15	Southampton	28	9	9	10	40:40	0	36
16	Swansea	28	10	6	12	31:35	-4	36
17	Sheffield Utd	27	10	2	15	36:40	-4	32
18	Charlton	27	8	8	11	27:34	-7	32
19	West Brom	28	9	4	15	31:43	-12	31
20	Norwich	28	8	6	14	35:40	-5	30
21	Portsmouth	26	7	8	11	23:36	-13	29
22	Blackburn	27	7	7	13	25:36	-11	28
23	Oxford Utd	27	5	9	13	25:35	-10	24
24	Sheffield Wed	27	1	8	18	18:54	-36	-7

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