The visiting Leicester City side should be favourites in this visit to Watford, as the away team holds a 26 point advantage from their 29 league games this season.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Watford form and stats
Watford have played 14 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-5 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager N. Pearson led his Watford to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Crystal Palace. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Vicarage Road. Ahead of that match, Watford won a home game hosting Liverpool (3-0).
Watford are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 14 games. Watford's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Leicester City form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Leicester City have produced an overall stat of 7-2-5 so far.
Harvey Barnes (2) and Jamie Vardy (2) scored in Leicester City's previous match, the home game against Aston Villa that ended 4-0. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Birmingham City in the FA Cup.
As you can tell from the results above, Leicester City was very dominant against Aston Villa, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Harvey Barnes (2) and Jamie Vardy (2) providing the goals.
The Leicester City manager B. Rodgers has got the team scoring on the road, with 28 away goals in 14 league matches. It's not easy to score on Leicester City as they have only conceded 13 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Leicester City - Watford 2-0 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Watford victories, one draw and six Leicester City wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Vardy 19 goals | A. Pérez Gutiérrez 7 goals |   T. Deeney 6 goals |
Watford missing players
Leicester City missing players
| Watford | Leicester City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 27 | 16 | 8 | Scored | S | 17 | 28 | 58 |
| 44 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 86% | 71% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 79% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 79% | 83% |
| 48% | 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 57% | 62% |
| 14% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 21% | 31% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 14% | 14% |
| 38% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 52% |
| 31% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 36% | 34% |
| 45% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 21% | 21% |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.8 |
| 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 331 | 201 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 97 | 192 | 399 |
| 92 | 50 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 43 | 79 | 149 |
| 29% | 32% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 39% |
- Leicester City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Leicester City have scored more than double the goals of Watford.
- Watford have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 29 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 45 | 82 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 68 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 37 | 57 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 58 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 30 | 53 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 12 | 48 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 45 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 29 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 41 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 43 |
| 7 | Sheffield United | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 43 |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 41 |
| 9 | Arsenal | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 40 |
| 10 | Burnley | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | -6 | 39 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -6 | 39 |
| 12 | Everton | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 31 | -9 | 37 |
| 13 | Newcastle United | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 35 |
| 14 | Southampton | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 21 | -17 | 34 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -8 | 29 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -15 | 27 |
| 17 | Watford | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -17 | 27 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 26 | -18 | 27 |
| 19 | Aston Villa | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 56 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 32 | -22 | 25 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 52 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 26 | -27 | 21 |
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