Leicester vs Watford head-to-head
Leicester10-season win rate35.3%266 games 94W 56D 116Lthrough 2025.05.25
Watford10-season win rate25.7%152 games 39W 31D 82Lthrough 2022.05.22Leicester City and Watford have met 13 times across all competitions between 2017-18 ~ 2025-26: Leicester 8 wins, 2 draws, Watford 3 wins. At Leicester's ground the home side is 6-0-1 (7 games); at Watford's it is 2-2-2 (6 games). The fixture averages 3.0 goals and both teams score in 61.5% of meetings (8 league, 1 cup, 4 second-tier).
Head-to-head8 · 2 · 3Leicester W · D · Watford W
Goals per game3.03+ goals 53.8%
Both teams score61.5%13 games
First goal30.1 mingoals from 76' 23.1%
Yellows per game3.77reds 2 · pens 7
Top scorerJ. Vardy10 goals · since left
All results
- Watford0–0Leicester
- Leicester1–2Watford
- Watford1–2Leicester
- Leicester2–0Watford
- Watford1–5Leicester
- Leicester4–1Watford
- Leicester4–2Watford
- Watford1–1Leicester
- Leicester2–0Watford
- Watford2–1Leicester
- Leicester2–0Watford
- Leicester2–0Watford
- Watford2–1Leicester
top rows are fixtures still to be played (UK kick-off time) · green home win · red away win · league games since 2017-18 only · rows marked Preview open the pre-match data published for that game
Top scorers in this fixture
J. Vardy 10 · J. Maddison 5 · H. Barnes 3 · R. Mahrez 2 · E. Dennis 2
None of the players above are still at their club (squad as of 2026-09-21) — the list covers ten seasons. The records themselves are left as they are.
Compare by condition
Pick a condition and see how each club has done under it — kickoff time, weather, days of rest, formation. These are league records against everyone, not this head-to-head: Leicester 266 and Watford 152 matches since 2017-18. Every win rate is shown with its W-D-L.
League win rate Leicester 35.3% · Watford 25.7%
Home or away
- LeicesterWatford
- 40.6%133 games 54W 25D 54LLeague home30.3%76 games 23W 17D 36L
- 30.1%133 games 40W 31D 62LLeague away21.1%76 games 16W 14D 46L
At half time
- LeicesterWatford
- 82.8%64 games 53W 6D 5LLeading65.6%32 games 21W 4D 7L
- 31.8%110 games 35W 34D 41LLevel26.8%56 games 15W 19D 22L
- 6.5%92 games 6W 16D 70LTrailing4.7%64 games 3W 8D 53L
Possession
- LeicesterWatford
- 33.0%106 games 35W 29D 42LPossession 55%+20.0%25 games 5W 5D 15L
- 44.6%74 games 33W 13D 28LPossession 45–55%32.6%46 games 15W 12D 19L
- 30.2%86 games 26W 14D 46LPossession under 45%23.5%81 games 19W 14D 48L
Weather
- LeicesterWatford
- 41.7%36 games 15W 9D 12LClear13.3%15 games 2W 2D 11L
- 29.2%24 games 7W 3D 14LMostly clear23.5%17 games 4W 6D 7L
- 44.0%25 games 11W 6D 8LPartly cloudy37.5%8 games 3W 4D 1L · thin sample
- 27.7%112 games 31W 24D 57LOvercast29.3%75 games 22W 12D 41L
- 41.3%63 games 26W 14D 23LDrizzle25.0%28 games 7W 5D 16L
- 60.0%5 games 3W 0D 2L · thin sampleRain16.7%6 games 1W 2D 3L · thin sample
Temperature
- LeicesterWatford
- 35.0%123 games 43W 26D 54LUnder 10°C26.1%69 games 18W 14D 37L
- 38.4%125 games 48W 22D 55L10–20°C23.9%67 games 16W 14D 37L
- 16.7%18 games 3W 8D 7LOver 20°C31.2%16 games 5W 3D 8L
Stadium size
- LeicesterWatford
- 30.8%39 games 12W 10D 17LUnder 30,00032.0%97 games 31W 22D 44L
- 39.7%179 games 71W 39D 69L30–50,00023.1%26 games 6W 4D 16L
- 16.7%42 games 7W 5D 30LOver 50,0004.2%24 games 1W 2D 21L
Days of rest
- LeicesterWatford
- 39.0%59 games 23W 14D 22L3 days21.1%19 games 4W 5D 10L
- 43.1%51 games 22W 7D 22L4 days15.4%26 games 4W 8D 14L
- 40.0%20 games 8W 4D 8L5 days44.4%9 games 4W 0D 5L · thin sample
- 22.2%27 games 6W 6D 15L6 days30.8%13 games 4W 2D 7L
- 37.5%48 games 18W 11D 19L7 days23.4%47 games 11W 10D 26L
- 26.1%46 games 12W 8D 26L8–14 days34.6%26 games 9W 2D 15L
- 20.0%10 games 2W 5D 3L15+ days20.0%10 games 2W 3D 5L
Previous match
- LeicesterWatford
- 33.2%196 games 65W 46D 85LAfter a league game26.0%131 games 34W 24D 73L
- 42.0%69 games 29W 10D 30LAfter a cup or European tie25.0%20 games 5W 6D 9L
Kickoff time
- LeicesterWatford
- 22.7%22 games 5W 6D 11LEarly afternoon33.3%12 games 4W 4D 4L
- 39.6%144 games 57W 28D 59LAfternoon27.4%95 games 26W 20D 49L
- 30.0%40 games 12W 7D 21LEvening30.0%20 games 6W 4D 10L
- 33.3%60 games 20W 15D 25LNight12.0%25 games 3W 3D 19L
Day of week
- LeicesterWatford
- 27.8%18 games 5W 5D 8LMon25.0%4 games 1W 1D 2L · thin sample
- 53.3%15 games 8W 3D 4LTue25.0%12 games 3W 1D 8L
- 40.0%20 games 8W 6D 6LWed10.0%10 games 1W 3D 6L
- 30.0%10 games 3W 2D 5LThu0.0%3 games 0W 1D 2L · thin sample
- 8.3%12 games 1W 3D 8LFri40.0%5 games 2W 0D 3L · thin sample
- 34.2%120 games 41W 26D 53LSat25.3%95 games 24W 24D 47L
- 39.4%71 games 28W 11D 32LSun34.8%23 games 8W 1D 14L
Month
- LeicesterWatford
- 34.6%26 games 9W 5D 12LJanuary20.0%15 games 3W 6D 6L
- 22.2%27 games 6W 6D 15LFebruary35.3%17 games 6W 4D 7L
- 55.0%20 games 11W 3D 6LMarch27.3%11 games 3W 1D 7L
- 20.7%29 games 6W 8D 15LApril14.3%14 games 2W 2D 10L
- 33.3%24 games 8W 5D 11LMay12.5%8 games 1W 1D 6L · thin sample
- 28.6%7 games 2W 1D 4L · thin sampleJuly33.3%6 games 2W 0D 4L · thin sample
- 35.0%20 games 7W 4D 9LAugust38.5%13 games 5W 3D 5L
- 30.4%23 games 7W 5D 11LSeptember28.6%14 games 4W 4D 6L
- 48.0%25 games 12W 4D 9LOctober30.8%13 games 4W 3D 6L
- 43.5%23 games 10W 6D 7LNovember28.6%14 games 4W 1D 9L
- 40.0%40 games 16W 7D 17LDecember20.8%24 games 5W 5D 14L
Own back line
- LeicesterWatford
- 29.2%48 games 14W 5D 29LBack 330.8%13 games 4W 2D 7L
- 36.6%216 games 79W 50D 87LBack 426.0%131 games 34W 26D 71L
- 50.0%2 games 1W 1D 0L · thin sampleBack 512.5%8 games 1W 3D 4L · thin sample
Own formation
- LeicesterWatford
- 30.7%101 games 31W 23D 47L4-2-3-128.6%42 games 12W 10D 20L
- 50.0%50 games 25W 8D 17L4-1-4-121.4%14 games 3W 0D 11L
- 38.1%21 games 8W 5D 8L4-3-317.4%23 games 4W 6D 13L
- —No record4-2-2-236.8%38 games 14W 8D 16L
- 32.1%28 games 9W 9D 10L4-4-1-10.0%2 games 0W 0D 2L · thin sample
- 33.3%15 games 5W 0D 10L3-4-2-142.9%7 games 3W 2D 2L · thin sample
- 33.3%12 games 4W 4D 4L4-4-212.5%8 games 1W 2D 5L · thin sample
- 12.5%8 games 1W 1D 6L · thin sample3-4-325.0%4 games 1W 0D 3L · thin sample
- 54.5%11 games 6W 1D 4L3-4-1-2—No record
- 0.0%7 games 0W 0D 7L · thin sample3-5-20.0%2 games 0W 0D 2L · thin sample
- 0.0%1 games 0W 1D 0L · thin sample5-3-216.7%6 games 1W 3D 2L · thin sample
- 40.0%5 games 2W 2D 1L · thin sample3-1-4-2—No record
Opponent back line
- LeicesterWatford
- 37.0%46 games 17W 9D 20LOpponent back 331.0%29 games 9W 4D 16L
- 34.4%209 games 72W 46D 91LOpponent back 425.0%120 games 30W 24D 66L
- 45.5%11 games 5W 1D 5LOpponent back 50.0%3 games 0W 3D 0L · thin sample
Opponent formation
- LeicesterWatford
- 28.4%81 games 23W 19D 39L4-2-3-123.7%38 games 9W 8D 21L
- 26.9%52 games 14W 10D 28L4-3-320.6%34 games 7W 5D 22L
- 40.5%37 games 15W 7D 15L4-4-222.7%22 games 5W 5D 12L
- 27.3%22 games 6W 5D 11L3-4-2-127.3%11 games 3W 2D 6L
- 61.5%13 games 8W 3D 2L4-4-1-153.3%15 games 8W 2D 5L
- 46.2%13 games 6W 4D 3L4-1-4-114.3%7 games 1W 2D 4L · thin sample
- 50.0%12 games 6W 1D 5L3-5-216.7%6 games 1W 2D 3L · thin sample
- 50.0%8 games 4W 2D 2L · thin sample3-4-340.0%10 games 4W 0D 6L
- 37.5%8 games 3W 1D 4L · thin sample5-4-10.0%3 games 0W 3D 0L · thin sample
Referee
- LeicesterWatford
- 44.0%25 games 11W 4D 10LMichael Oliver9.1%11 games 1W 3D 7L
- 40.0%20 games 8W 1D 11LCraig Pawson9.1%11 games 1W 2D 8L
- 20.0%15 games 3W 5D 7LMike Dean30.8%13 games 4W 3D 6L
- 29.4%17 games 5W 3D 9LAnthony Taylor27.3%11 games 3W 2D 6L
- 21.1%19 games 4W 4D 11LChris Kavanagh33.3%6 games 2W 2D 2L · thin sample
- 27.3%11 games 3W 1D 7LPaul Tierney27.3%11 games 3W 1D 7L
- 27.3%11 games 3W 4D 4LMartin Atkinson0.0%10 games 0W 3D 7L
- 40.0%10 games 4W 2D 4LJonathan Moss30.0%10 games 3W 1D 6L
- 50.0%10 games 5W 3D 2LGraham Scott20.0%10 games 2W 2D 6L
- 33.3%9 games 3W 3D 3L · thin sampleAndre Marriner37.5%8 games 3W 1D 4L · thin sample
- 28.6%7 games 2W 2D 3L · thin sampleLee Mason50.0%8 games 4W 0D 4L · thin sample
- 57.1%7 games 4W 0D 3L · thin sampleSimon Hooper25.0%8 games 2W 2D 4L · thin sample
League matches only, from 2017-18. Each row is that club's own record under the condition, not a head-to-head split. A dimmed figure sits on fewer than 10 matches.