Pre Match Watford v Leicester

[Jeff]

Sunday, 2PM, no TV.

 

[londonfox]

Watford to get a new manager bounce (yes I know he won’t actually be in charge) and a (very) rare home win.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Watford to get a new manager bounce (yes I know he won’t actually be in charge) and a (very) rare home win.

They’d better win one of their remaining games or he’ll be sacked before his contract starts

 

[Jeff]

They’d better win one of their remaining games or he’ll be sacked before his contract starts

Their fans already want him out... https://www.wfcforums.com/index.php?threads/edwards-out.59337/

 

[big_mac4824]

Their fans already want him out... https://www.wfcforums.com/index.php?threads/edwards-out.59337/

Wow they are a joyous bunch I am not read up on the situation of the appointment I guessing by the posts he has shat on Forest Green to get the job.

 

[londonfox]

Wow they are a joyous bunch I am not read up on the situation of the appointment I guessing by the posts he has shat on Forest Green to get the job.

Apparently his agent and Watford told him not to tell Forest Green that he was negotiating with them, which he didn’t.

 

[big_mac4824]

Apparently his agent and Watford told him not to tell Forest Green that he was negotiating with them, which he didn’t.

ouch

 

[SJN-Fox]

Referee: Jarred Gillett.
Assistants: Lee Betts, Timothy Wood.
Fourth official: Peter Bankes.
VAR: Michael Salisbury.
Assistant VAR: Natalie Aspinall.

 

[Jeff]

Head-to-head

• Watford have lost just two of their last 11 home league games against Leicester, winning seven, while they are unbeaten in the last four.
• Leicester are looking to complete the Premier League double over Watford for just the second time, previously doing so in their 2015-16 title-winning campaign.
• Leicester have scored in 24 successive matches against Watford in all competitions since a 1-0 away defeat in the Championship on 12 February 2008. The Foxes have netted in all 21 top-flight encounters.
• Leicester have already beaten Watford twice this season, winning 4-2 in the league and 4-1 in the FA Cup. The Foxes have never scored four or more goals in three games against an opponent in a single season.

Watford

• Watford are one short of equalling the club top-flight record of 26 defeats in a season.
• The Hornets can match the overall top-flight record of 15 home losses in one season, last set by Stoke City in 1984-85.
• Watford's goalless draw against Everton on Wednesday ended a run of 11 successive home league defeats.
• It was the Hornets' first clean sheet in 23 Premier League games at Vicarage Road. They last kept consecutive top-flight shutouts at home in December 2019.
• Watford have lost three of their last four final home games of a top-flight campaign, conceding at least four goals in each defeat.
• They have used 30 players in the Premier League this season, second only to Everton's 32. The Hornets have had a league-low eight different goalscorers.
• Each of Watford's last 85 Premier League goals was scored from inside the penalty area since Gerard Deulofeu's long-range effort in a 5-1 win at Cardiff City in February 2019.
• Roy Hodgson won six of his first seven Premier League matches as a manager against Leicester, but he's taken only one point out of a possible 12 since Brendan Rodgers became manager.

Leicester City

• Leicester City begin this matchround 10th in the Premier League table. The Foxes have not finished in the bottom half since 2016-17, when they were 12th as reigning champions.
• They have conceded a league-high 25 set-piece goals this season, including an unrivalled 14 from corners. It is the most goals a team has conceded from a corner since 16 by Brighton in 2017-18.
• Leicester have triumphed in just one of their last 12 Premier League away games, a 2-0 victory at Burnley on 1 March. That is also their only clean sheet in 24 league fixtures on the road.
• James Maddison has been directly involved in a career-best six goals in six meetings with Watford in all competitions, scoring four and assisting two.
• Jamie Vardy has scored 24 goals and assisted 10 against promoted teams since the start of 2014-15.

 

[Brown Nose]

Word on the street is that Schmeichel has been benched today.

 

[tedfoxxx]

Word on the street is that Schmeichel has been benched today.

That would be tremendously odd given the run he’s on.

 

[glyn]

That would be tremendously odd given the run he’s on.

That’s what I was thinking, unless it’s an injury

 

[Lako42]

Word on the street is that Schmeichel has been benched today.

The most bizarre shit he's done all season if true.

 

[homer]

The most bizarre shit he's done all season if true.

Unless he’s injured, or he’s said he’s definitely leaving, then it’s mental

If Perez, Soyuncu, Tielemans, Choudhury etc are offski, or we want to get rid, then they shouldn’t be playing either

Put the kids in, give Soumare a run of games - and start preparing for next season

Anything but same old, same old