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Watford Take The Points

We were beaten 2-1 by Watford at King Power Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship on Boxing Day.

2025-12-26T17:12+00:00

by Sam Stevens

Published

26 Dec, 2025

from King Power Stadium

Watford Take The Points

We were beaten 2-1 by Watford at King Power Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship on Boxing Day.

Sam Stevens

2025-12-26T17:12+00:00

Watford Take The Points

We were beaten 2-1 by Watford at King Power Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship on Boxing Day.

Sam Stevens

2025-12-26T17:12+00:00

Watford Take The Points

We were beaten 2-1 by Watford at King Power Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship on Boxing Day.

Sam Stevens

2025-12-26T17:12+00:00

Watford Take The Points

We were beaten 2-1 by Watford at King Power Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship on Boxing Day.

Sam Stevens

2025-12-26T17:12+00:00

Jordan James’ sixth goal for Leicester City opened the scoring seven minutes in on Filbert Way, but the Hornets were level on the stroke of half-time through Othmane Maamma before Mattie Pollock’s header settled the contest in the 65th minute.

With this result leaving us 13th in the Championship standings, we’re back in action on Monday when Derby County visit Leicester in our last match of 2025.

Early promise

It was a positive start from the Foxes, who couldn’t continue the momentum over the full 90 minutes. We were in front just seven minutes in when Stephy Mavididi located Jordan Ayew on the edge of the box, the Ghanaian threading it across to James.

On loan from Rennes, James has impressed many among the Blue Army so far this term. While his finish took a minor deflection, it had the power and accuracy required to squeeze through the penalty area and past Egil Selvik in the away goal.

Mavididi tested Selvik again later on in the first half, while Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Ayew both missed the target from the edge of the box.

The Hornets hit back

Just before the referee reached for his whistle to signal half-time, it was 1-1. Watford had already gone close on occasion during the first 45 minutes, the flag denying Pollock a quick-fire equaliser in the 11th minute, with Marc Bola straying offside.

Luca Kjerrumgaard had skidded a low hit wide as well, but in the 45th minute, it was Imrǎn Louza who found Maamma in space.

The Watford man’s tidy shot, with the outside of his boot, was close enough to the bottom corner, and far enough away from Jakub Stolarczyk, to get Javi Gracia’s visitors back on level terms.

Defeat on Filbert Way

City were finding it difficult to break Watford’s rearguard down into the second period, with chances for either side few and far between.

The decisive moment arrived in the 65th minute. Louza was the provider again for the Hornets, his cross behind headed into the net by Pollock in front of the Spion Kop.

Leicester had plenty of the ball in the latter moments, but it was Watford who nearly added a third late on, as Louza blazed over after being played in by Vivaldo Semedo. Coming after the reverse at QPR last weekend, this is a disappointing one for Martí Cifuentes’ Foxes, who will need to go again on Monday when East Midlands rivals Derby are in town.

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