Watford v Leicester City, 19 November 2016

Score2-1 to Watford
RefereeNeil Swarbrick
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVicarage Road
Attendance20,640

View Watford v Leicester City head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm This was Watford's first Premier League win over Leicester City on their fifth attempt (lost three).

2 Watford

1 Leicester City

Goals:

Etienne Capoue 1 G
Roberto Pereyra 12 G

Goals:

Riyad Mahrez penalty 15 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Miguel Britos
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Defender Younès Kaboul
Defender Sebastian Prödl
Defender/Midfielder Valon Behrami
Defender/Midfielder Camilo Zúñiga
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Roberto Pereyra
Midfielder/Forward Nordin Amrabat
Forward Troy Deeney

Starting lineup:

Ron-Robert Zieler Goalkeeper
Danny Simpson Defender/Right back
Christian Fuchs Defender
Robert Huth Defender
Wes Morgan Defender
Marc Albrighton Defender/Midfielder
Daniel Amartey Defender/Midfielder
Danny Drinkwater Midfielder
Riyad Mahrez Midfielder/Forward
Shinji Okazaki Forward
Jamie Vardy Forward

Substitutions:

Adlène Guédioura for Nordin Amrabat 87
Stefano Okaka for Troy Deeney 90

Substitutions:

Demarai Gray for Shinji Okazaki 68
Jeffrey Schlupp for Christian Fuchs 68
Ahmed Musa for Marc Albrighton 78

Cards:

Camilo Zúñiga 21 Y
Miguel Britos 32 Y

Cards:

Christian Fuchs 53 Y
Danny Drinkwater 65 Y
Demarai Gray 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Midfielder Adlène Guédioura
Midfielder Ben Watson
Forward Odion Ighalo
Forward Stefano Okaka
Forward Jerome Sinclair

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ben Hamer
Defender Luis Hernández
Defender Marcin Wasilewski
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Andy King
Midfielder/Forward Demarai Gray
Midfielder/Forward Ahmed Musa

Comments:

League position: 8th Etienne Capoue's opening goal was timed at 33 seconds. It was the first time that Watford had scored in the first minute of a Premier League game. This was the first time that the Hornets had beaten the reigning league champions since 6 December 1986 when they beat Liverpool in League Division One. They had now gone four consecutive home games without defeat in the same Premier League season for the first time since November 2006.

Comments:

League position: 14th Leicester City became only the third reigning champions to start a Premier League season without a win in their opening six away games (also Leeds United in 1992 and Blackburn Rovers in 1995). This was Claudio Ranieri's 50th Premier League game in charge of the Foxes (won 26 and lost nine). Robert Huth made his 300th Premier League appearance so becoming the first German player to reach the milestone.

2 Watford

Goals:

Etienne Capoue 1 G
Roberto Pereyra 12 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes
Defender Miguel Britos
Defender Daryl Janmaat
Defender Younès Kaboul
Defender Sebastian Prödl
Defender/Midfielder Valon Behrami
Defender/Midfielder Camilo Zúñiga
Midfielder Etienne Capoue
Midfielder Roberto Pereyra
Midfielder/Forward Nordin Amrabat
Forward Troy Deeney

Substitutions:

Adlène Guédioura for Nordin Amrabat 87
Stefano Okaka for Troy Deeney 90

Cards:

Camilo Zúñiga 21 Y
Miguel Britos 32 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon
Defender Adrian Mariappa
Midfielder Adlène Guédioura
Midfielder Ben Watson
Forward Odion Ighalo
Forward Stefano Okaka
Forward Jerome Sinclair

Comments:

League position: 8th Etienne Capoue's opening goal was timed at 33 seconds. It was the first time that Watford had scored in the first minute of a Premier League game. This was the first time that the Hornets had beaten the reigning league champions since 6 December 1986 when they beat Liverpool in League Division One. They had now gone four consecutive home games without defeat in the same Premier League season for the first time since November 2006.

1 Leicester City

Goals:

Riyad Mahrez penalty 15 P

Starting lineup:

Ron-Robert Zieler Goalkeeper
Danny Simpson Defender/Right back
Christian Fuchs Defender
Robert Huth Defender
Wes Morgan Defender
Marc Albrighton Defender/Midfielder
Daniel Amartey Defender/Midfielder
Danny Drinkwater Midfielder
Riyad Mahrez Midfielder/Forward
Shinji Okazaki Forward
Jamie Vardy Forward

Substitutions:

Demarai Gray for Shinji Okazaki 68
Jeffrey Schlupp for Christian Fuchs 68
Ahmed Musa for Marc Albrighton 78

Cards:

Christian Fuchs 53 Y
Danny Drinkwater 65 Y
Demarai Gray 81 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ben Hamer
Defender Luis Hernández
Defender Marcin Wasilewski
Defender/Midfielder Jeffrey Schlupp
Midfielder Andy King
Midfielder/Forward Demarai Gray
Midfielder/Forward Ahmed Musa

Comments:

League position: 14th Leicester City became only the third reigning champions to start a Premier League season without a win in their opening six away games (also Leeds United in 1992 and Blackburn Rovers in 1995). This was Claudio Ranieri's 50th Premier League game in charge of the Foxes (won 26 and lost nine). Robert Huth made his 300th Premier League appearance so becoming the first German player to reach the milestone.