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Watford Take The Points On Filbert Way

A first half goal from Vera Jones condemned LCFC Women to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Watford in Barclays WSL2 on Sunday afternoon.

2026-11-08T18:00+00:00

by Matthew Temple

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from King Power Stadium

Watford Take The Points On Filbert Way

A first half goal from Vera Jones condemned LCFC Women to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Watford in Barclays WSL2 on Sunday afternoon.

Matthew Temple

2026-11-08T18:00+00:00

Watford Take The Points On Filbert Way

A first half goal from Vera Jones condemned LCFC Women to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Watford in Barclays WSL2 on Sunday afternoon.

Matthew Temple

2026-11-08T18:00+00:00

Watford Take The Points On Filbert Way

A first half goal from Vera Jones condemned LCFC Women to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Watford in Barclays WSL2 on Sunday afternoon.

Matthew Temple

2026-11-08T18:00+00:00

Watford Take The Points On Filbert Way

A first half goal from Vera Jones condemned LCFC Women to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Watford in Barclays WSL2 on Sunday afternoon.

Matthew Temple

2026-11-08T18:00+00:00

The Foxes fell to a fourth consecutive defeat in WSL2 as a first half goal from the Hornets was enough to warrant the visitors all three points at King Power Stadium.

Rick Passmoor went into the game with an unchanged side that beat Southampton on penalties last time out in the Subway Players Cup, with the late goalscorer, Paulina Nyström, remaining on the bench.

Vera Jones nets for Watford

Watford's Vera Jones scored the only goal of the game.

Heading into the game, Jones was certainly one to keep an eye on, with the 18-year-old looking dangerous when the away side were on the attack, and 10 minutes before the break, the winger made the only difference in the game.

Racing onto a through ball, the youngster drove forward into the City box, chopped back onto her left foot and got the all-important touch under the onrushing Katie Keane.

Conceding in every game since an opening day clean sheet at Sheffield United, the Foxes had it all to do heading into the second half in the East Midlands.

City struggle to find a way through

The Foxes failed to score in a game for the first time in five outings.

Throughout the second period, the Foxes utilised a limited bench to bring on the likes of Nyström, Asmita Ale and Denny Draper, but despite a few brief openings at goal, struggled to find a way through the Hornets' defence.

Substitute Nyström did come closest, when a cross landed onto the head of the Finland international, but our No.17 could only find the safe hands of Sofia Middleton-Patel with her effort.

Watford's strength at the back and ability to break at pace, caused many issues for Leicester under the lights, who fell to defeat for the fourth time in the league this season.

Bouncing back

We have three games coming up in the next two weeks.

One positive for the Foxes is that we have plenty of opportunities coming up in the next two weeks to turn things back around again before a second international break of the campaign.

Next Sunday, we make the short trip to face Nottingham Forest, before a midweek visit to the capital to take on Tottenham Hotspur in the Subway Players Cup.

Our next home game on Filbert Way sees us take on Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday 22 November (3pm GMT kick-off) - tickets for our next few games can be found online.

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